Your client is a middle-age woman who feels no hope for herself in terms of her addiction recovery. She has tried substance abuse treatment several times and feels she has failed each time because of...

Your client is a middle-age woman who feels no hope for herself in terms of her addiction recovery. She has tried substance abuse treatment several times and feels she has failed each time because of her inability to achieve any long-term abstinence (more than 6 months). She has a significant trauma history and has been diagnosed as having PTSD.

1. How could you see the Seeking Safety program as being helpful to her?

2. How would you explain the program to her?

3. Would you place her in individual therapy, group therapy, or both? And why?

4. What would be your main focus in applying the Seeking Safety program to her situation?