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INTEGRATED TREATMENT THAT ADDRESSES TRAUMA AND ADDICTION AT THE SAME TIME IF CLIENTS HAVE BOTH;  \n3.A FOCUS ON IDEALS TO INSPIRE HOPE;  \n4. FOUR CONTENT AREAS: COGNITIVE, BEHAVIOURAL, INTERPERSONAL, AND CASE MANAGEMENT;  \n5.ATTENTION TO CLINICIAN PROCESSES ( HELPING CLINICIANS WORK ON SELF-CARE, EMOTIONAL RESPONSES, AND OTHER ISSUES) .  \nABOUT SEEKING SAFETY  \nSEEKING SAFETY (SS) IS A COPING SKILLS APPROACH TO HELP PEOPLE ATTAIN SAFETY FROM TRAUMA AND/OR  \nADDICTION.  \nIT IS PRESENT-FOCUSED AND DESIGNED TO BE SAFE, OPTIMISTIC, AND ENGAGING. THE TREATMENT IS HIGHLY FLEXIBLE. IT CAN BE CONDUCTED IN GROUP OR INDIVIDUAL FORMAT; OPEN OR CLOSED GROUPS; WITH ANY GENDER; ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS; ANY LENGTH OF TIME AVAILABLE ( USING ALL25TOPICS OR FEWER); ANY TREATMENT SETTING ( E.G., OUTPATIENT, INPATIENT, RESIDENTIAL); AND ANY TYPEOF TRAUMA AND/OR  \nADDICTION.  \nIT CAN BE USED FROM THE START OF TREATMENT AS IT ISSTABILISATION-ORIENTED. IT CAN BE USED WITH CLIENTS WHO HAVE TRAUMA AND/OR ADDICTION PROBLEMS (THEY DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE BOTH  \n086 7831162  \nORLAW@LCDAT.IE  \nA Women's program for PTSD and Substance abuse  \nADDITIONAL FEATURES  \n*Traumas are not described in detail. Clients do not have to tell or listen to intense trauma details. We focus on trauma as it impacts the client in the present.  \n* Allows for harm reduction or abstinence approaches.  \n* Encourages but does not require 12-step and other self-help groups  \n* Focuses on empowerment and choice  \n* Is written in everyday language to be accessible to all  \n* \" Meets clients where they are at\" in terms of addiction, not requiring abstinence or motivation to quit; these often develop as they do Seeking Safety over time.  \n* Anyone can participate. No one is excluded from Seeking Safety. Anyone receiving services of any kind can participate in Seeking Safety. It has been successfully conducted with people who are psychotic, illiterate, homeless, severely mentally ill, suicidal, and have histories of violence.  \n* Anyone can conduct it. It has been implemented by all types of professionals and also be peersand paraprofessionals. No specific license, degree, or education is required. Training is available and recommended but only required only if a formal publishable clinical trials is being conducted for research purposes.  \nEVIDENCE BASED  \nSEEKING SAFETY ISAN EVIDENCE-BASED MODEL, WITH OVER45 PUBLISHED RESEARCH ARTICLES AND CONSISTENTLY POSITIVE RESULTS AND HIGH SATISFACTION. IT HAS BEEN STUDIED IN A BROAD RANGE OF POPULATIONS IN TERMS OF ETHNIC DIVERSITY, SETTING, AND SEVERITY OF TRAUMA HISTORY AND ADDICTION.  \nSEEKING SAFETY IS ONEOF THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE MODELS, ESPECIALLY FOR ADDICTION. A GOVERNMENTBASED ANALYSIS, FOR EXAMPLE, INDICATES THAT IT HAS 88% LIKELIHOOD OF BENEFIT RELEVANT TO COST, WHICH WAS THE THIRD HIGHEST OF ALL23 SUD MODELS ( HIGHER THAN MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING, 63%; MOTIVATIONAL ENHANCEMENT THERAPY, 61%, AND RELAPSE PREVENTION, 56%) (WASHINGTON STATE INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY, 2018).  \nFOR ALL STUDIES, GOTO WWW.SEEKINGSAFETY.ORG , SECTION EVIDENCE. STUDIES INCLUDE NUMEROUS PILOTS, RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS, AND MULTISITE TRIALS.  \nLEARN MORE  \nSEE WWW.SEEKINGSAFETY.ORG  \nFOR REFERALS PLEASE CONTACT ORLA WALSH  \n 086 7831162  \n ORLAW@LCDAT.IE  \n\"The future depends on what we do in the present \"  \nMohandas K. 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