Norristown Hospitality Center

Providing Care, Comfort, and Compassion to those experiencing homelessness and poverty

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Seeking Safety

 

About the Seeking Safety Program

  • A therapy program to reduce unsafe behaviors brought on by lived trauma.
  • Provides coping skills to help reduce the impact of your triggers.
  • Help with your day-to-day struggles through community resources.
  • Can be completed individually or in groups.
  • 25 total sessions – not all required
  • 50-90 minutes per session
  • Created by Lisa M Najavits, Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts Medical School and formerly Harvard Medical School.

Examples of Session Topics

  • Asking for Help
  • Red and Green Flags
  • Creating Meaning
  • Healing from Anger
  • Taking Good Care of Yourself
  • Recovery Thinking

 

Coping Skills We Will Discuss

  • Expect growth to feel uncomfortable
  • Pretend you like yourself
  • Focus on now
  • Practice delay
  • Take responsibility
  • Use kinder language
  • Examine the evidence
  • Find rules to live by
  • Setbacks are not failures
  • Create positive addictions

 

How to Enroll in the Seeking Safety Program

  • Call Us: 610-277-1321 ext. 103
  • Email Us: [email protected]
  • Click here for professional referrals
  • Click here to sign yourself up

 

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CONTACT US

Norristown Hospitality Center

Mailing Address:
PO Box 858
Norristown, PA 19404

Ph: 610-277-1322
Fax: 610-277-6463

Visit Us

503 Chain Street
Norristown, PA
Monday - Friday
7:00 am - 3:00 pm

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