APC: Overview of Seeking Safety and Finding Your Best Self: Two models for trauma and/or addiction: Lisa Najavits, PhD-Seeking Safety & Beyond Video

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The video is a webinar, part of a series on evidence-based intensive psychotherapy training for addiction psychiatry fellows and faculty. It is hosted in partnership with the American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, Oregon Health and Science University, and New York University. Dr. Lisa Najibitz, the Director of Treatment Innovations and Adjunct Professor at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, presents two models for addiction and trauma: Seeking Safety and Finding Your Best Self. Seeking Safety is a flexible model that focuses on safety and coping skills for trauma and addiction, proven effective in diverse populations and settings. Finding Your Best Self is a self-help model that supports individuals with trauma and addiction in taking care of themselves and developing positive beliefs and behaviors. Both models are compassionate and engaging, adaptable to various settings, and aim to provide practical tools and resources. The video covers the content, structure, and implementation of the models, with an emphasis on adapting to different populations and using various strategies for engagement. The speaker discusses the importance of safety as a core theme in both models and provides strategies for redirecting individuals fixating on past resentments. The video aims to improve care and sensitivity towards individuals with trauma and addiction by providing practical tools and resources.

Keywords

evidence-based psychotherapy

addiction psychiatry

webinar

Seeking Safety

Finding Your Best Self

trauma and addiction

practical tools

diverse populations

adaptable settings

strategies for engagement

safety as core theme

improve care and sensitivity