Seeking Safety Training

Join Illume: The Behavioral Health Center of Excellence on Wednesday, May 22nd, from 9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.m. (Central)

Individuals seeking behavioral health services often have high rates of both significant lifetime trauma and substance use/misuse. These issues and concerns interact with each other and are best treated in an integrated and present focused manner. It is difficult for a person to recover from trauma while still using substances and it is difficult for a person to recover from a substance use disorder with unaddressed trauma symptoms.

Seeking Safety has a present focus approach that allows clinicians to support clients in a way that can safety address both concerns simultaneously. This training helps trainees better understand this process and learn to deliver the intervention in both individual and group formats.

This training is presented by Julie Blanco, LCSW, CRAADC. She has dedicated 33 years of her career to supporting individuals living with mental illness and substance use concerns, including 11 years as Integrated Treatment Program Manager (first at Community Alternatives, then at Places for People following the two organizations’ merger). Julie is certified as a Trainer for TREM, is Motivational Interviewing Network of Trainers (MINT) member, a Certified Trainer of CRA, among other licensure and certifications. Additionally, Julie has been an adjunct professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.

Behavioral Health professionals may apply for 6 CEUs.

Should you want to purchase the textbook separately:

Textbook: Seeking Safety: A treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse textbook

ISBN-13: 978-1572306394

ISBN-10: 1572306394

**NOTE for PfP Staff: PfP teams are responsible for textbook purchases**

•All attendees must attend the full time of the event.

•All attendees are required to be registered before the event.

•All attendees must complete the event CEU questions during the registration process and sign-in sheet at the start of the training.

•Please, arrive to the training 5-10 minutes prior to the start time to ensure that any potential difficulties are worked out prior to the event start.

•Attendees must attend the full event time in order to receive continuing education. If an attendee is not present at the start of the training, leaves for a significant time during the training or leaves the training early, CEUs may not be awarded.

•If an attendee experiences any issue that would keep them from being in the training from start time to end time, continuing education cannot be awarded. Illume retains the attendance list for auditing purposes.

•Please allow at least 45 days to receive your CEU certificate of attendance. CEUs will only be disbursed via email to individuals that have followed the guidelines.

Event Venue & Nearby Stays

1310 Papin St suite 101, 1310 Papin Street, St. Louis, United States