TRAINING

Training can occur either via videotape, onsite training, attending an existing training, or telephone consultation.

Video training.  A series of training videos are now available. 

Attend an existing training.  There are numerous trainings held all over the US, in Canada, and sometimes internationally. See the training calendar. 

On-site training.  On-site trainings can be arranged for your staff.   

Telephone consultation.  Either following a training or on its own, telephone consultation can be arranged. 

For further information:

• Seeking Safety training calendar (for people who want to attend a training), for 2005 and 2006

• Setting up a training

• Training materials (for organizers of trainings)

If you do not find what you need, please email info@seekingsafety.org for assistance.   

Seeking Safety Training Calendar

For training in Seeking Safety, some options are listed below, organized by year (2005, 2006) and into trainings by Lisa Najavits and her associates, with dates, locations, and contact names.  "Workshops" refer to lengths of 1.5-3 hours, approximately. Longer trainings (1 and 2 days) provide a more intensive experience, with the 2-day training providing an opportunity to rehearse, in small groups, a typical Seeking Safety session. (To see the actual outline for training, go to the next section on this page, Training Materials.)  If interested, contact the person listed next to the training, or if no name listed, contact info@seekingsafety.org.  If the workshop is listed as "closed", it is not open for further attendance.

2005 Trainings

This list offers all trainings in 2005, including those by Lisa Najavits and her associates. Trainings in 2006 are listed following 2005. Click here for information on who the associates are. 

2005 Trainings by Lisa Najavits (upcoming)

10/6-10/7/05: North Dakota (location TBA); contact Ros Hayslett rosalind-hayslett@uiowa.edu

10/20/05-10/21/05: Tauranga, New Zealand (training as part of conference); contact David Benton dbenton@globe.net.nz

11/18/05: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (plenary and workshops as part of 2nd annual Western Canadian Conference on Addictions and Mental Health); contact Ray Baker, MD at occhealth@infoserve.net or www.healthquest.ca

2005 Trainings by associates (upcoming)

10/17/05: San Jose, CA (1 day training); contact: www.sccdads.org

10/21/05: San Francisco, CA (2 hour training as part of conference) [closed]

10/26/05: Terrace, Canada (British Columbia) (1 day training, Northern Health Authority); contact Ruby.Baptiste@northernhealth.ca [closed]

11/8-11/9/05: New York City (2 day training sponsored by Goodwill Industries); contact ALamari@goodwillny.org

11/15/05: Prince George, Canada (British Columbia) (1 day training, Northern Health Authority); contact Ruby.Baptiste@northernhealth.ca [closed]

11/15/2005 and 11/22/2005: New York, New York (2 days training, The Bridge, Inc.), contact Susan Kaskowitz at skaskowitz@bridgenyc.org [closed]

11/17/05: Dawsons Creek, Canada (British Columbia) (1 day training, Northern Health Authority); contact Ruby.Baptiste@northernhealth.ca [closed]

11/30/05: Toronto, Canada (25 minute presentation as part of panel at conference by Ontario Women's Directorate); contact Greg Nickles Greg.Nickles@mci.gov.on.ca or Linda McDougall Linda@mmsonline.ca

12/09/2005: Denver, CO (1 day training, MayaTech Corp.), contact Erika Symonette at esymonette@mayatech.com [closed]

2006

This list offers all trainings in 2006, including those by Lisa Najavits and her associates. Trainings in 2005 are listed above.  Click here for information on who the associates are. 

2006 Training by Lisa Najavits

1/26/06-1/27/06: Honolulu, Hawaii (details TBA, as part of conference by Pacific Institute of Chemical Dependency); contact Ken Burtness purplewolf@hawaii.rr.com

2/2/06: Boston, MA (1 hour grand rounds at Boston Medical Center); contact Marion Burke Marion.Burke@bmc.org

3/13/06: Anchorage, Alaska (1 day training); contact Stephenie Saunders stephenies@codi-ak.org

4/12/06: Chapel Hill, North Carolina (1.5 hour keynote address as part of conference); crenz@med.unc.edu

4/21-4/22/06: Minneapolis, MN (plenary on first day and panel on second day; former for professionals, latter for women in recovery); contact Patricia Broat pbroat@hazelden.org

5/1/06: Red Deer, Alberta, Canada (note: fly into Calgary, then drive 1.5 hours to Red Deer); (1 day training); contact Jack Hirose jackhirose@shaw.ca

5/11-5/12/06: Springfield, Illinois (1.5 day training, Gateway Foundation); contact Phil Welches 773-862-2279 x3695

5/17/06: Columbus, Ohio (1 day training, Ohio Women's Network, sponsored by the Ohio Dept. of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services); contact Gayden Fite gfite@greenehealth.org

5/19-5/20/06: Tampa, FL (plenary on first day and panel on second day; former for professionals, latter for women in recovery); contact Patricia Broat pbroat@hazelden.org

6/13-6/14/06: New York, NY (2 day training at Phoenix House); contact Liliane Drago [mailto:LDrago@phoenixhouse.org

6/17/06: Scottsdale, AZ (panel presentation at annual conference of the College of Problems on Drug Dependence); contact www.cpdd.vcu.edu/

6/23/06: Indianapolis, IN (plenary and workshop); contact Kim Lehman kimlehman@earthlink.net

9/15-9/16/06: White Plains, NY (plenary on first day and panel on second day; former for professionals, latter for women in recovery); contact Patricia Broat pbroat@hazelden.org

10/12-10/13/06: Seattle, WA (plenary on first day and panel on second day; former for professionals, latter for women in recovery); contact Patricia Broat pbroat@hazelden.org

10/23-10/24/06: Winnipeg, Manitoba (2 day training); contact Dave Colvin dcolvin@afm.mb.ca or 204-944-6360

12/1-12/2/06: Chicago, IL (plenary on 12/1 and panel 12/2; former for professionals, latter for women in recovery); contact Patricia Broat pbroat@hazelden.org

2006 Trainings by Associates

1/23-1/24/06: Sheridan, Wyoming (1.5 day training at WYSTAR); contact kathys@wystarrecovery.com

2/6-2/7/06: New York, NY (2 day training at Crossroads Community Connections) [closed]

3/6-3/7/06: Las Vegas, NV (2 day training at University of Nevada at Las Vegas); contact Larry Ashley larry.ashley@unlv.edu

3/29/06:Los Angeles, CA (1 day training) [closed]

4/17-18/06: Hartford, CT (2 day training as part of Women's Trauma Initiative, DMHS); contact Carol Huckaby CHuckaby@womensconsortium.org

4/21/06: Providence, RI (1 hour lecture); contact MStein@Lifespan.org

5/6/06: Miami, FL (2 hour workshop to community audience at Miami Girls' Conference); contact jac@gate.net

5/9/06: Madison, WI (1-day training at the Wisconsin Association on Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse); contact carol.waaoda@tds.net

5/10/06: New York, NY (1 hour grand rounds); Albert Einstein College of Medicine [closed]

Setting up a training

If you would like to organize your own training or would like information on rates, please contact Lisa Najavits.  Some possibilities:

• On-site training, which can range from 1 hour to two full days, or any time length in between. See the section above for a list of scheduled trainings (e.g., if you have just a few staff members, you may want to send them to one that already exists).

• Telephone supervision/consultation, which is often helpful for staff have already attended a formal training (e.g., one of those listed above, or one that you have on-site).  The telephone supervision process is typically up to 2-8 clinicians on a 1-hour phone conference call with a trainer, who provides assistance to clinicians who are in the process of implementing Seeking Safety (e.g., problem solving clinical dilemmas, case consultation, how to assess if the treatment is going well, special topics).  This can include listening to audiotapes of sessions, if desired. In the New York City and San Francisco areas, on-site supervision/consultation is also available.

• Training by Lisa Najavits or one of her associates.   Who are the "associates"?   

Training Materials

This section provides materials for those who are organizing a training (handouts, CEU-related materials, etc.). Note: all below are Adobe Acrobat documents. To download Acrobat (free), click here.

For all trainings

         (1) Please fill out one of these:

• Logisticands Form (Required)-for any training by Lisa Najavits.  This needs to be completed and returned at least 1 month before any training to Lisa Najavits info@seekingsafety.org

• Logistics Form (Required)-for any training by an associate.  This needs to be completed and returned at least 1 month before any training to Jennifer Hunter jen@jenniferhunter.com, who is the assistant handling associates' training logistics. 

       (2) Audiovisual list (for all trainings)

       (3) W-9 form (if needed)

Optional items you may want:

         For any training:  Post-test questions (10 multiple-choice questions)

       For training by Lisa Najavits:

• Najavits-short c.v. (2-page summary of c.v.)

• Najavits- long c.v.  Please note this is 19 pages; for most purposes the 2 page "short c.v.", listed directly above, may be better and will take less time to download.

• Najavits-bio/introduction (1 paragraph, for introduction or brochure)

• Najavits-photograph (if needed for brochure)

A note on CEUs: you are welcome to apply for CEUs and to use the materials here for that purpose.  However, we are unable to apply for or provide CEUs.

In addition, please select from the materials below, based on the length/format of the presentation. See also the important notes at the end of this section.

      a) Short program that is 2 hours or less (e.g., plenary, or panel at a conference):  

   Please download the basic handouts and short program outline/objectives. 

b) Combination of a short program  followed by a workshop:

    For the short program (e.g., plenary or panel at a conference) please download the basic handouts and short program outline/objectives.  [Note: these are the same as listed under "a" above.]

    For the workshop that follows the short program, please download the handouts Asking for Help and Session Format Checklist, as well as the workshop outline/objectives.

c) One- or two-day initial training (or any length in between, such as 1.5 days):

    Please download the basic handouts as well as Asking for Help and Session Format Checklist, and the 1-2 day initial training outline/objectives.   

d) Follow-up training:  A follow-up training is typically conducted several months after an initial training (usually formats "c" above).  During that time, attendees of the initial training have the opportunity to try out Seeking Safety in their clinical work.  

    Please downlaod the follow-up training outline and objectives and request the handouts by email info@seekingsafety.org

         Suggestion: to help participants make the most of the follow-up training, please ask them to prepare the following (or a subset of these that they or you choose):  (1) Bring a list of any clinical dilemmas, case scenarios, and positive/negative feedback about how their work using Seeking Safety has gone thus far.  (2) Fill out the Seeking Safety feedback form (which is provided both in the final chapter of the book, and also at the end of this webpage).  (3) Read the articles "Training Clinicians in Seeking Safety" and "Implementing Seeking Safety" (both can be downloaded under "articles" section of this website).  

e) 1-day training on Trauma-Informed Treatment (not on Seeking Safety)

Please download the trauma-informed 1 day training outline/objectives and request the handouts by email info@seekingsafety.org

Important notes for all trainings:  

1)  Please note that the handouts do not include a copy of my powerpoint slides; however, a modified version can be obtained if you request it by email (info@seekingsafety.org) and ask for "modified slides"; this document is more than 10 pages, however, so please keep that in mind.

2)  The "basic handouts" provided above are 16 pages; if you want to shorten them, please delete pages 9-10. 

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