Creating change lisa najavits cary

          Thanks for your interest in Seeking Safety.!

          Presented by: Lisa M. Najavits, PhD. – Director of Treatment Innovations; and adjunct professor, University of Massachusetts Medical School.

          Creating Change: A Past-Focused Treatment for Trauma and Addiction new Lisa M. Najavits.

        1. It was developed by Lisa Najavits, formerly of Harvard.
        2. Thanks for your interest in Seeking Safety.
        3. Substance use disorder (SUD) is characterized by an intense, enduring, and often irresistible desire for subjective effects of substances (cravings).
        4. Co-occurring posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is prevalent in addiction treatment programs and a risk factor for negative outcomes.

          5. She was on the faculty of Harvard Medical School for 25 years and was a research psychologist at Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, Boston for 12 years. She is author of over 200 professional publications, as well as the books Seeking Safety (a treatment manual for trauma and addiction); Finding Your Best Self: Recovery from Addiction, Trauma, or Both; and A Woman’s Addiction Workbook. 

          This presentation offers a description and implementation of Creating Change, a counseling model for trauma and addiction.

          The new model is designed to offer additional work beyond Seeking Safety, and can be conducted one after the other (Seeking Safety first, then Creating Change) or at the same time.  Where Seeking Safety teaches coping skills in the present, the new model focuses on proc