APC: Overview of Seeking Safety and Finding Your Best Self: Two models for trauma and/or addiction: Lisa Najavits, PhD-Overview of two models for addiction and/or trauma- Seeking Safety and Finding Your Best Self.pdf

Overview of two models for addiction and/or trauma- Seeking Safety and Finding Your Best Self.pdf

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This document provides an overview of two models for addiction and trauma: Seeking Safety and Finding Your Best Self. It discusses the linkages between trauma and addiction, emphasizing that trauma can lead to addiction and addiction can lead to trauma. Seeking Safety is described as a model that focuses on the stages of recovery and has been implemented in various settings and with diverse populations. It has shown positive outcomes in multiple studies and has a high likelihood of benefiting individuals relative to its cost. Seeking Safety covers 25 topics related to cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal aspects of recovery. Examples of topics include PTSD and taking back one's power, as well as the importance of compassion. Finding Your Best Self is presented as a chapter-based model that includes quotes and provides resources in the form of handouts. It also shows the link between reasons for using substances and trauma. The document concludes by suggesting further resources for Seeking Safety and providing a link to the Washington State Institute for Public Policy's analysis of Seeking Safety's cost-benefit results.

Keywords

addiction

trauma

Seeking Safety

Finding Your Best Self

linkages

recovery stages

diverse populations

positive outcomes

cognitive aspects

behavioral aspects

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