A 6 hour training event with Joni Utley, PsyD. 
9:00am to 4:00pm on October 29, 2020
This is a DCATT-funded Training.
This training is remote only!
PRESENTATION: The goal of this presentation is to describe Seeking Safety, an evidence-based model for trauma and/or substance use (clients do not have to have both issues). By the end of the training day, participants can implement Seeking Safety in their setting. Seeking Safety teaches present-focused coping skills to help clients attain safety in their lives. It is highly flexible and can be conducted in any setting by a wide range of clinicians and also peers. There are 25 treatment topics, each representing a safe coping skill relevant to both trauma and/or substance use, such as “Asking for Help”, “Creating Meaning”, “Compassion”, and “Healing from Anger”. Topics can be done in any order and the treatment can be done in few or many sessions as time allows. Seeking Safety strives to increase hope through emphasis on ideals; it offers exercises, emotionally-evocative language, and quotations to engage patients; attends to clinician processes; and provide concrete strategies to build recovery skills. This training covers: (a) background on trauma and substance use (rates, presentation, models and stages of treatment, clinical challenges); and (b) overview of Seeking Safety including evidence-base; and (c) clinical implementation such as use of the model with specific populations. For more information on Seeking Safety see www.seekingsafety.org. As a result of this training, participants will be able:
- To review current understanding of evidence-based treatment of trauma and substance use
- To increase empathy and understanding of trauma and substance use
- To describe Seeking Safety, an evidence-based model for trauma and/or substance use
- To provide assessment and treatment resources
- To identify how to apply Seeking Safety for specific populations, such as homeless, adolescents, criminal justice, HIV, military/veteran, etc.
ABOUT THE PRESENTER: Joni Utley, PsyD. has been providing Seeking Safety training and consultation with Treatment Innovations throughout the U.S. since 2012. She has presented in diverse settings, including community mental health centers, addiction programs, jail-diversion program, medical hospitals, and academic settings. She is a clinical psychologist at the San Francisco VA Medical Center in the Drug and Alcohol Treatment Clinic and Substance Abuse Day Hospital . She completed a 2-year postdoctoral fellowship at VA Boston Healthcare System from 2011-2013 under Lisa Najavits’ supervision, where she specialized in treating PTSD/SUD and held an academic appointment at Boston University School of Medicine. Prior to that, she completed her psychology internship at the University of Massachusetts Medical School/Worcester State Hospital, where she obtained a broad range of clinical training experiences with a focus on trauma, addictions, and co-occurring disorders. Dr. Utley earned her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. She has research experience in PTSD, SUD, posttraumatic growth, and cognitive behavioral couples’ therapy. She is also a military veteran; with five years active duty in the Coast Guard and currently a Lieutenant Commander (O-4) in the Coast Guard Reserve.
REGISTRATION FEE: Free to NH drug court providers; up to 10 others may attend as space is available for a $65 registration fee; *NBCC add $5. For registration information contact: 603-225-7060 training@nhadaca.org
6 Contact Hours Available
CRSW Performance Domains: 4
LADC/MLADC Categories of Competence: 1, 4-7, 15, 17, 18
CPS Domains: None
NBCC: LICSW/L-MFT/LCMHC (Category 1) & Psychologist Category A
NH Alcohol & Drug Abuse Counselors Association has been approved by NBCC as an Approved Continuing Education Provider. ACEP No 6754. Programs that do not qualify for NBCC credit are clearly identified. NHADACA is solely responsible for all aspects of the program.
PLEASE NOTE: ONLY ONE REGISTRANT PER FORM. FOR MULTIPLE REGISTRANTS YOU MUST REGISTER EACH ONE INDIVIDUALLY. THANK YOU.
This project was supported by Grant No. 2019-DC-BX-0017 awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance. The Bureau of Justice Assistance is a component of the Department of Justice's Office of Justice Programs, which also includes the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the National Institute of Justice, the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, the Office for Victims of Crime, and the SMART Office. Points of view or opinions in this document are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the official position or policies of the U.S. Department of Justice.
