treatment innovations'  HISTORY, MISSION, and values

How we began

Treatment Innovations was created by Lisa Najavits, the developer of Seeking Safety. It began in the 1990s, originally called LMN Consulting. 

Mission

Our mission is to provide resources to improve the quality of care for people with substance abuse, trauma, and related problems. Treatment Innovations bridges the worlds of

• Evidence: research-based models
• Compassion: a public-health oriented approach to serve vulnerable populations
• Action: offering practical options for training, consultation, and materials

We strive to support clients and the clinicians and agencies who serve them.  We offer onsite training of all kinds (onsite, webinar, online learning, telephone consultation), including how to conduct Seeking Safety and other models, as well as fidelity training, supervisor training, research, and implementation materials. 

Values

Our primary values are to create options that are:

• Highly appealing to clients and clinicians (carefully constructed works that are emotionally engaging) 
• Flexible to promote ease of implementation
• Relevant across diverse settings, including hospitals, community-based mental health and substance abuse programs, criminal justice, homeless programs, veteran and military settings, adolescent programs, primary care,etc. 
• Cost-effective and easily scaleable

The models on which we provide support 

Seeking Safety   A present-focused (first-stage) model for trauma and/or addiction

Finding Your Best Self  A model that can be used as self-help or counselor led, for trauma and/or addiction

Creating Change  A past-focused (second stage) model for trauma and/or addiction recovery

A Woman's Path to Recovery   A gender-based model using A Woman's Addiction Workbook 

General trauma-informed care  At the core of all our work

Policies

We have a financial conflict of interest policy related to federal grants we receive..