Pretreatment: Trauma Informed Approach to Homelessness and Beyond

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           News and Updates                                                                                                            

For information on Consultative services- Presentations and Staff Training, please contact Jay S. Levy directly at jslevy34@gmail.com 

New book scheduled for publication November 15, 2024 with a little help from my US and UK Colleagues –  Pretreatment Across Multiple Fields of Practice: Trauma Informed Approach to Homelessness and Beyond 

Pretreatment Across Multiple Fields of Practice: Trauma Informed Approach to Homelessness and Beyond

Advance orders can be made via this website, or Barnes & Noble,
Amazon-USAmazon-UK, and Amazon-CA

Synopsis
Jay and Louise Levy and their co-authors have distilled years of diverse experience serving people with complex psychological and physical needs into a much-needed roadmap for providers. This book clearly outlines working principles that will guide practitioners in the art of building authentic and effective working partnerships with people experiencing homelessness and other traumas, while minimizing re-traumatization and creating psychological safety. Carefully chosen case studies beautifully illustrate how these principles can be put into practice in a variety of settings–from street outreach to shelters to special education classrooms–and are attentive to the impact of racism and other forms of oppression.
–Kiko Malin, MPH, MSW, Public Health Director, Amherst, Massachusetts

As a representative of the Street Medicine Institute, and more importantly the global street medicine movement, Jay’s work is a beacon not just to light the path we are on, but to guide us towards a better place.
–Jim Withers, MD, Medical Director and Founder of Mercy’s Operation Safety Net and the Street Medicine Institute

This new collection demonstrates that Pretreatment-thinking offers people working with all kinds of human services a powerful, practical framework for engagement, for change, and ultimately for healing.
–Alex Bax, Chief Executive (London), Pathway – Homeless & Inclusion Health www.pathway.org.uk

As Levy, Connolly, and others argue in this important book, the concept of Pre-treatment Therapy is of major applicability way beyond the field of homelessness. Its ideas and concepts should be core reading for psychologists and psychiatrists, and indeed anybody hoping to work with people affected by chronic experiences of trauma in a psychologically informed way.
–Dr Peter Cockersell, DPsych, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist,
PIE Consultant, Chief Executive of Community Housing and Therapy

Check out Plenary Presentation at UK’s 2022 International Pathways from Homelessness Conference entitled- Pretreatment In Action: Creating Healing Relationships with the Most Vulnerable Among Us

-Publication (2021)- Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization

Available via Barnes & NobleAmazon – All formats are also available worldwide via Better World Books and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, and other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS 

Check out the Summary and advance reviews:

Jay Levy’s Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization provides the reader with a wonderfully crafted, detailed step-by-step manual with real world scenarios on how Pretreatment and the Stages of Engagement play out in the actual work. The vignettes are rich with descriptions that clearly come from a deep repertoire of experience working in the field that gives the reader confidence they are being guided by someone who has been in their shoes. The thoughtful questions and space to reflect add a helpful workbook touch to the feel of the text, and matches the grittiness of the material being covered.

-Joel Hunt, MPAS, PA-C
Director, Acclaim Street Medicine
Fort Worth, TX

Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization by Jay S. Levy, MSW is a landmark accomplishment. For those who do street outreach and street medicine, Jay has provided a much-needed framework for navigating the largely undefined terrain of therapeutic relationships with people who experience unsheltered homelessness.

-Dr. Jim Withers, Medical Director                                                                              Founder of the Street Medicine Institute                                                          Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

By using case studies and reflective exercises, Jay Levy has created a
highly readable and accessible guide to working with people who are street homeless. Levy’s enthusiasm for the work shines through on each page; he does not shy away from complexity, and the stories and situations he describes are as relevant in the UK as in his native USA.

-Dr.  Jenny Drife, START Homeless Outreach Team                                         South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust                                    Advisor to the Royal College of Psychiatrists on homelessness

Levy draws on respected approaches including Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy. He integrates these into a clearly articulated practical approach that will also work with other significantly disadvantaged people living with trauma and marginalisation.

-Rohena Duncombe, BA, BSW, MSWAP
Social Work Academic & Researcher                                                                                  Health service access for people living homeless                                            Charles Sturt University, Australia

-2019 National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Webinar on Homeless Outreach and Pretreatment

-Here’s the latest Interview: Jay S. Levy and Matt Bennett discuss  Pre-Treatment & Homelessness on Trauma Informed Lens Podcast 

Homeless Narratives, Housing First, and Pretreatment is now available as a Book Series featured on Amazon

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($5308) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness has been added to the student reading list for the module on Homeless and Inclusion Health delivered at the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness features multiple contributors from both the US and UK. It provides valuable lessons and insights for those engaging people with complex trauma and multiple needs.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness Reviews:  See Reviews and Blurbs  

 

             

Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First
Audiobook cover of Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First

Jay S. Levy’s Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First is now available as an audiobook at Audible.com!   You can get this book for FREE if you sign up for an Audible.com monthly subscription or purchase it as a one-time book and pay $19.95.  It is also available as an Apple iTunes audiobook.

 

 

Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Lessons Learned  by Jay S. Levy

                                                               

An innovative and timely educational resource that features three written works on homelessness inclusive of an article on moral, fiscal, and quality of life considerations, “Ronald’s Narrative: The Original Housing First”, and an interview that was originally featured in Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing.

-New Online Course by Dr. Ray Middleton is now available to train staff on Pretreatment. The new workbook entitled, Pretreatment In Action and the online video course in tandem provide the grounding needed to support trauma informed practice in homeless outreach and housing first settings.  Check out this introductory video:

 

 

 

 

Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization

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Welcome to 2024

~ We Support Human Rights, Freedom & Diversity ~

           News and Updates                                                                                                            

For information on Consultative services- Presentations and Staff Training, please contact Jay S. Levy directly at jslevy34@gmail.com 

New book scheduled for publication November 15, 2024 with a little help from my US and UK Colleagues –  Pretreatment Across Multiple Fields of Practice: Trauma Informed Approach to Homelessness and Beyond 

-Homelessness related Resources and Services – Check out this link of helpful resources

-Most recent Publication (2021)- Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization

Check out Plenary Presentation at UK’s 2022 International Pathways from Homelessness Conference entitled- Pretreatment In Action: Creating Healing Relationships with the Most Vulnerable Among Us

Available via Barnes & NobleAmazon – All formats are also available worldwide via Better World Books and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, and other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS 

Check out the Summary and advance reviews:

Jay Levy’s Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization provides the reader with a wonderfully crafted, detailed step-by-step manual with real world scenarios on how Pretreatment and the Stages of Engagement play out in the actual work. The vignettes are rich with descriptions that clearly come from a deep repertoire of experience working in the field that gives the reader confidence they are being guided by someone who has been in their shoes. The thoughtful questions and space to reflect add a helpful workbook touch to the feel of the text, and matches the grittiness of the material being covered.

-Joel Hunt, MPAS, PA-C
Director, Acclaim Street Medicine
Fort Worth, TX

Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization by Jay S. Levy, MSW is a landmark accomplishment. For those who do street outreach and street medicine, Jay has provided a much-needed framework for navigating the largely undefined terrain of therapeutic relationships with people who experience unsheltered homelessness.

-Dr. Jim Withers, Medical Director                                                                              Founder of the Street Medicine Institute                                                          Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh

By using case studies and reflective exercises, Jay Levy has created a
highly readable and accessible guide to working with people who are street homeless. Levy’s enthusiasm for the work shines through on each page; he does not shy away from complexity, and the stories and situations he describes are as relevant in the UK as in his native USA.

-Dr.  Jenny Drife, START Homeless Outreach Team                                         South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust                                    Advisor to the Royal College of Psychiatrists on homelessness

Levy draws on respected approaches including Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy. He integrates these into a clearly articulated practical approach that will also work with other significantly disadvantaged people living with trauma and marginalisation.

-Rohena Duncombe, BA, BSW, MSWAP
Social Work Academic & Researcher                                                                                  Health service access for people living homeless                                            Charles Sturt University, Australia

-New Online Course by Dr. Ray Middleton is now available to train staff on Pretreatment. The new workbook entitled, Pretreatment In Action and the online video course in tandem provide the grounding needed to support trauma informed practice in homeless outreach and housing first settings.  Check out this introductory video:

-2019 National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Webinar on Homeless Outreach and Pretreatment

-Here’s the latest Interview: Jay S. Levy and Matt Bennett discuss  Pre-Treatment & Homelessness on Trauma Informed Lens Podcast 

Homeless Narratives, Housing First, and Pretreatment is now available as a 4 Book Series featured on Amazon

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($5308) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness has been added to the student reading list for the module on Homeless and Inclusion Health delivered at the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness features multiple contributors from both the US and UK. It provides valuable lessons and insights for those engaging people with complex trauma and multiple needs.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness Reviews:  See Reviews and Blurbs  

 

             

Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First
Audiobook cover of Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First

Jay S. Levy’s Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First is now available as an audiobook at Audible.com!   You can get this book for FREE if you sign up for an Audible.com monthly subscription or purchase it as a one-time book and pay $19.95.  It is also available as an Apple iTunes audiobook.

 

 

Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Lessons Learned  by Jay S. Levy

                                                               

An innovative and timely educational resource that features three written works on homelessness inclusive of an article on moral, fiscal, and quality of life considerations, “Ronald’s Narrative: The Original Housing First”, and an interview that was originally featured in Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing.

 

 

 

Pretreatment, Psychologically Informed Environments, and Housing First

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The following Video reviews the history of Housing First in conjunction with the Evolution of Vulnerability Assessment Tools and the need for Trauma Informed Care. Pretreatment Principles are also presented as a means of modeling Person-Centered Work, while engaging people with significant histories of homelessness, trauma, and loss in an effort to complete vulnerability assessments. 

 News and Updates:

-3 Working Models to Enhance Engagement and Dialogue can be found via the Ways of Helping page – HERE

-Check out our new Guest’s Post page on Addiction and Harm Reduction Strategies

-Here’s the latest Interview: Jay S. Levy and Matt Bennett discuss  Pre-Treatment & Homelessness on Trauma Informed Lens Podcast 

Homeless Narratives, Housing First, and Pretreatment is now available as a 3 Book Series featured on Amazon

Available separately via Barnes & NobleAmazon Kindle e-bookHardcover, and Paperback. All formats are also available worldwide via Book Depository and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, and other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS 

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($4532) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness has been added to the student reading list for the module on Homeless and Inclusion Health delivered at the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness Reviews:  See Reviews and Blurbs for all reviews                                       

Jay Levy and colleagues’ “Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments” provides wonderful insight into the profound relationship-building that is the core of street outreach to the unsheltered homeless. Jay distills many decades of his own street experience, and by cross comparing his brilliant schema of Pretreatment with the British model of Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE), he reveals the underlying common processes of effective street engagement. Essentially, Jay shows us how to compassionately embrace the reality of those who fall within the underwater portion of the “pre-contemplative” iceberg of behavioral change. As a long-time practitioner of street medicine, I recommend this book to anyone who seeks that sacred place on the streets where healing begins.

Jim Withers, MD (Pittsburgh, PA)
Founder and Medical Director
Operation Safety Net and the Street Medicine Institute

In  Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness, Jay Levy and co-authors provide the conceptual tools, the hitherto “missing language”, needed by practitioners and policy makers working with excluded individuals. This well-written and insightful book outlines the psychologically informed approach that has been successfully used in the US, UK and other countries to re-integrate people who have experienced homelessness, severe mental illness and, frequently, other traumatic life events. This book has been informed by the authors’ practice and should come with a warning: it will revolutionise how you work – irreversibly and, undoubtedly, for the better. 

Clíona Cheallaigh, MB, MRCP Consultant Physician and Clinical Lead, Inclusion Health Service Pilot, St James’s Hospital, Dublin

Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First
Audiobook cover of Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First

Jay S. Levy’s Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First is now available as an audiobook at Audible.com!   You can get this book for FREE if you sign up for an Audible.com monthly subscription or purchase it as a one-time book and pay $19.95.  It is also available as an Apple iTunes audiobook.

 

 

Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Lessons Learned  by Jay S. Levy

                                                               

An innovative and timely educational resource that features three written works on homelessness inclusive of an article on moral, fiscal, and quality of life considerations, “Ronald’s Narrative: The Original Housing First”, and an interview that was originally featured in Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing.

 

 

 

Homeless Narratives, Housing First and Pretreatment

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Welcome to 2021

~ We Support Human Rights, Freedom & Diversity ~

News and Updates:

-New Publication slated for 2021- Pretreatment In Action: Interactive Exploration from Homelessness to Housing Stabilization

-Community Conversation on The Challenges of Housing Stabilization during CoVid.  Featuring a panel with great ‘hands on’ field experience with homelessness and housing.  Check it out  here

-Here’s the latest Interview: Jay S. Levy and Matt Bennett discuss  Pre-Treatment & Homelessness on Trauma Informed Lens Podcast 

-3 Working Models to Enhance Engagement and Dialogue can be found via the Ways of Helping page – HERE


Homeless Narratives, Housing First, and Pretreatment is now available as a 3 Book Series featured on Amazon

Or Available separately via Barnes & NobleAmazon Kindle e-bookHardcover, and Paperback. All formats are also available worldwide via Book Depository and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, and other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS 

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($4323) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness has been added to the student reading list for the module on Homeless and Inclusion Health delivered at the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London.

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness Reviews:  See Reviews and Blurbs for all reviews                                       

Jay Levy and colleagues’ “Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments” provides wonderful insight into the profound relationship-building that is the core of street outreach to the unsheltered homeless. Jay distills many decades of his own street experience, and by cross comparing his brilliant schema of Pretreatment with the British model of Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE), he reveals the underlying common processes of effective street engagement. Essentially, Jay shows us how to compassionately embrace the reality of those who fall within the underwater portion of the “pre-contemplative” iceberg of behavioral change. As a long-time practitioner of street medicine, I recommend this book to anyone who seeks that sacred place on the streets where healing begins.

Jim Withers, MD (Pittsburgh, PA)
Founder and Medical Director
Operation Safety Net and the Street Medicine Institute

In  Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness, Jay Levy and co-authors provide the conceptual tools, the hitherto “missing language”, needed by practitioners and policy makers working with excluded individuals. This well-written and insightful book outlines the psychologically informed approach that has been successfully used in the US, UK and other countries to re-integrate people who have experienced homelessness, severe mental illness and, frequently, other traumatic life events. This book has been informed by the authors’ practice and should come with a warning: it will revolutionise how you work – irreversibly and, undoubtedly, for the better. 

Clíona Cheallaigh, MB, MRCP Consultant Physician and Clinical Lead, Inclusion Health Service Pilot, St James’s Hospital, Dublin

 

 

Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First
Audiobook cover of Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First

Jay S. Levy’s Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First is now available as an audiobook at Audible.com!   You can get this book for FREE if you sign up for an Audible.com monthly subscription or purchase it as a one-time book and pay $19.95.  It is also available as an Apple iTunes audiobook.

 

 

 

Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Lessons Learned  by Jay S. Levy

                                                               

An innovative and timely educational resource that features three written works on homelessness inclusive of an article on moral, fiscal, and quality of life considerations, “Ronald’s Narrative: The Original Housing First”, and an interview that was originally featured in Recovering The Self: A Journal of Hope and Healing.

 

 

 

 

Outreach & Engagement: Crossing Cultural Divides to Help People without Homes

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News and Updates:

-It was an honor to take part in a MHSA Panel on Sleeping Rough issues  (Unsheltered Homelessness) during the CoVid 19 Pandemic.  Check out the video down below:

-Latest Interview: Jay S. Levy and Matt Bennett discuss  Pre-Treatment & Homelessness on Trauma Informed Lens Podcast 

-3 Working Models to Enhance Engagement and Dialogue can be found via the Ways of Helping page – HERE

-National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Webinar on Homeless Outreach and Pretreatment

~Celebrating the book~  Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments

Now available via Barnes & NobleAmazon Kindle e-bookHardcover, and Paperback. All formats are also available worldwide via Book Depository and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, as well as other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS 

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($4194) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First
Audiobook cover of Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First

Jay S. Levy’s Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First is now available as an audiobook at Audible.com!   You can get this book for FREE if you sign up for an Audible.com monthly subscription or purchase it as a one-time book and pay $19.95.  It is also available as an Apple iTunes audiobook.

Pretreatment Guide now available as an Audiobook

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Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First
Audiobook cover of Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First

Jay S. Levy’s Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First is now available as an audiobook at Audible.com!   You can get this book for FREE if you sign up for an Audible.com monthly subscription or purchase it as a one-time book and pay $19.95.  It will also be available as an Apple iTunes audiobook by December 20th, 2019.

 

-National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Webinar on Homeless Outreach and Pretreatment

~Celebrating the new book~  Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments

Now available via Barnes & NobleAmazon Kindle e-bookHardcover, and Paperback. All formats are also available worldwide via Book Depository and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, as well as other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS 

 Transatlantic Dialogues on Trauma and Homelessness

Our hope is to share and encourage transatlantic dialogues on homelessness that includes our narratives, challenges and successes in order to promote mutual learning and communication, as well as a more informed practice.

We have crossed the cultural divide in our work with colleagues at various conferences (e.g. International Street Medicine Symposium), sharing insights from around the globe. Of course this is not limited just to conferences, as cross-cultural perspectives on homelessness flow via journal articles, books, University coursework, staff trainings, and easily accessible podcasts, as well as through a variety of websites such as the PIElink that offers interviews and library materials on transatlantic homelessness issues.  In fact, I recently taught the first graduate studies course on PIE and Pretreatment, utilizing multi-media resources from PIE-Link, with college students in the US. These forums, as well as the exchange programs between the US and UK, provide the opportunities to share insights from PIE and Trauma Informed Care approaches to homelessness.

Robin Johnson, the founder of PIE, developed a dedicated section on Transatlantic Dialogues that can be found via PIELink.  Check out the following menu items that Robin has highlighted for further exploration:

The Transatlantic Exchange Programme

A Two-Way Trade

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness- Including a Transatlantic Homelessness Glossary

PIEs and HF in Europe

American PIE

We are Interpreters & Bridge Builders: Creating Dialogues and Crossing Cultural Divides

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News and Updates: 

-3 Working Models to Enhance Engagement and Dialogue can be found via the Ways of Helping page – HERE

-National Health Care for the Homeless Council (NHCHC) Webinar on Homeless Outreach and Pretreatment

~Celebrating the new book~  Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($3894.50) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

Now available via Barnes & NobleAmazon Kindle e-bookHardcover, and Paperback. All formats are also available worldwide via Book Depository and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, as well as other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS 

Cross-Cultural Context

During the summer of 2018 I had the honor of visiting my friends and co-authors from the UK. They are: Robin Johnson, John Conolly, Ray Middleton, and Suzanne Quinney. Together we had recently completed a book project entitled-

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments

As you may have surmised I live and work in the States, so in many respects the whole project was a transatlantic dialogue on homelessness. However, upon digging a little deeper it became evident that the dialogue that I sought was actually occurring on many fronts that included, but also transcended transatlantic considerations and really spoke to different cultures, roles, types of relationships, identity, power dynamics and so on.

Cultural divides in need of crossing existed between workers and clients, clients and different systems of care that we had hoped to access, Peer and non-Peer workers, the different sub-groups of clients and workers – young and old, male, female, LGBTQ, across the whole spectrum of religion, race, and varied ethnicities, etc.

So, this became a study of how to both respect and bridge differences by fostering effective and meaningful communication. As I like to say (Levy,  2013), “We are interpreters and bridge builders. Engagement is the foundation of our work and our main tool is Common Language Construction.”

The quest toward ‘productive dialogue’ is critical to building the person-centered relationships* that both PIE and Pretreatment approaches value and defines as an essential part of our practice.

*Relationships are central to the PIE 2.0 framework and more information can be found HERE.

Our latest book project Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness delves further into some specific methods of dialogue paired with numerous narratives that demonstrate how cultural divides can be crossed in order to promote person centered relationships.

New Book Review:

-Very positive review by Matthew Bennett in the Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless – 27(2), 2018.  It is entitled Shifting perspectives and finding gold: a review of Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness  – An excerpt of the review can be found here 

 

 

Transatlantic Dialogues on Homelessness and Beyond

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Welcome to 2019~Celebrating a New Publication

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments

News and Updates: 

-Episode 55: Talking Trauma Across the Atlantic with Jay Levy & Robin Johnson-Trauma-Informed Lens Podcast

-Very positive review by Matthew Bennett in the Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless – 27(2), 2018.  It is entitled Shifting perspectives and finding gold: a review of Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness  – An excerpt of the review can be found here 

Now available via Barnes & NobleAmazon Kindle e-bookHardcover, and Paperback. All formats are also available worldwide via Book Depository and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, as well as other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS

Our latest book project Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness delves further into some specific methods of dialogue paired with numerous narratives that demonstrate how cultural divides can be crossed in order to promote person centered relationships.

Book Reviews:                                                                                                                                In Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness, Jay Levy and co-authors provide the conceptual tools, the hitherto “missing language”, needed by practitioners and policy makers working with excluded individuals. This well-written and insightful book outlines the psychologically informed approach that has been successfully used in the US, UK and other countries to re-integrate people who have experienced homelessness, severe mental illness and, frequently, other traumatic life events. This book has been informed by the authors’ practice and should come with a warning: it will revolutionise how you work – irreversibly and, undoubtedly, for the better. 

Clíona Cheallaigh, MB, MRCP Consultant Physician and Clinical Lead, Inclusion Health Service Pilot, St James’s Hospital, Dublin
Faculty, Global Brain Health Institute

     Jay Levy and colleagues’ “Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments” provides wonderful insight into the profound relationship-building that is the core of street outreach to the unsheltered homeless. Jay distills many decades of his own street experience, and by cross comparing his brilliant schema of Pretreatment with the British model of Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE), he reveals the underlying common processes of effective street engagement. Essentially, Jay shows us how to compassionately embrace the reality of those who fall within the underwater portion of the “pre-contemplative” iceberg of behavioral change. As a long-time practitioner of street medicine, I recommend this book to anyone who seeks that sacred place on the streets where healing begins.

Jim Withers, MD (Pittsburgh, PA)
Founder and Medical Director
Operation Safety Net and the Street Medicine Institute

More information on the International Street Medicine Symposium can be found HERE.

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($3657) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness

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~Celebrating a New Publication for 2018~

Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments

Latest news:                                                                                                                                 -Cross-Cultural Dialogues on homelessness has been added to the student reading list for the module on Homeless and Inclusion Health delivered at the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care, University College London.

Now available via Barnes & NobleAmazon Kindle e-bookHardcover, and Paperback. All formats are also available worldwide via Book Depository and  Amazon-UK , Amazon CA, as well as other outlets-

Or order paperbacks directly from the publisher Here – Save 20% and get FREE Shipping when you use coupon code HELPHOMELESS

Back Cover Synopsis: This groundbreaking book presents compelling narratives and innovative approaches toward addressing the psychological traumas that can underlie homelessness and is the first to explore in-depth what the US and UK can learn from one another.

The authors focus on understanding and applying the precepts of Pretreatment and  “Psychologically Informed Environments”, as well as learning about effective ways to promote productive dialogue on all levels- with clients, clinicians, advocates, policymakers, researchers, and others. Detailed case studies review and integrate “hands on” practice with Appreciative Inquiry, Open Dialogue, and Common Language Construction methods.

Advance reviews:                                                                                                                      Jay Levy and colleagues’ “Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness: From Pretreatment Strategies to Psychologically Informed Environments” provides wonderful insight into the profound relationship-building that is the core of street outreach to the unsheltered homeless. Jay distills many decades of his own street experience, and by cross comparing his brilliant schema of Pretreatment with the British model of Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE), he reveals the underlying common processes of effective street engagement. Essentially, Jay shows us how to compassionately embrace the reality of those who fall within the underwater portion of the “pre-contemplative” iceberg of behavioral change. As a long-time practitioner of street medicine, I recommend this book to anyone who seeks that sacred place on the streets where healing begins.

Jim Withers, MD (Pittsburgh, PA)
Founder and Medical Director
Operation Safety Net and the Street Medicine Institute

In  Cross-Cultural Dialogues on Homelessness, Jay Levy and co-authors provide the conceptual tools, the hitherto “missing language”, needed by practitioners and policy makers working with excluded individuals. This well-written and insightful book outlines the psychologically informed approach that has been successfully used in the US, UK and other countries to re-integrate people who have experienced homelessness, severe mental illness and, frequently, other traumatic life events. This book has been informed by the authors’ practice and should come with a warning: it will revolutionise how you work – irreversibly and, undoubtedly, for the better. 

Clíona Cheallaigh, MB, MRCP Consultant Physician and Clinical Lead, Inclusion Health Service Pilot, St James’s Hospital, Dublin
Faculty, Global Brain Health Institute

This video features Robin Johnson who is the founder of the ‘Psychologically Informed Environments’ movement. More information at http://pielink.net/

Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Helping Couples, Youth, and Unaccompanied Adults (paperback/e-book) is now available

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Order it today via Barnes & Noble ~ Nook E-book or Amazon Kindle E-book  -Paperback, hardcover, and E-book editions are available worldwide via Books Depository and  Amazon-UK , as well as other outlets-

“This book is essential reading to both people new to the movement to end homelessness and folks who have been in the trenches for many years.” 
-Michael Stoops, National Coalition for the Homeless– USA

Outreach clinicians, social workers, case managers, and concerned community members are provided with a pretreatment guide for helping homeless couples, youth, and single adults. Chapters explore policy and research accompanied by narratives that trace a person’s journey from homelessness to housing and beyond. The inter-relationship between Homeless Outreach and Housing First is examined in detail to inform program development and hands on practice. Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First shares 5 intricate stories from the field to elucidate effective ways of helping, while demonstrating how the most vulnerable among us can overcome trauma and homelessness.

Check out an excerpt from Pretreatment Guide

Jay Levy is homeless outreach social worker and manager, and the author of two books on Homelessness and ‘Pretreatment’. Here at YOUTUBE.COM – Check out the video interview

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($3257) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

 

Reflections on Homeless Outreach & Housing First

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Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First: Helping Couples, Youth, and Unaccompanied Adults (paperback/e-book) is now available

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Order it today via Barnes & Noble ~ Nook E-book or Amazon ~ Kindle E-book  -Paperback, hardcover, and E-book editions are available worldwide via Books Depository and other outlets-

“This book is essential reading to both people new to the movement to end homelessness and folks who have been in the trenches for many years.” 
-Michael Stoops, National Coalition for the Homeless– USA

Outreach clinicians, social workers, case managers, and concerned community members are provided with a pretreatment guide for helping homeless couples, youth, and single adults. Chapters explore policy and research accompanied by narratives that trace a person’s journey from homelessness to housing and beyond. The inter-relationship between Homeless Outreach and Housing First is examined in detail to inform program development and hands on practice. Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First shares 5 intricate stories from the field to elucidate effective ways of helping, while demonstrating how the most vulnerable among us can overcome trauma and homelessness.

Check out an excerpt from Pretreatment Guide

  • The UK’s Housing, Care and Support Journal vol 17, no 4 – (November 2014 issue) reviews Pretreatment Guide for Homeless Outreach & Housing First and discusses its merits – Reviews & Blurbs features the UK Journal review by Lynn Vickery, among others

Thus far more than 33% of book related profits ($2872) have been given to national (U.S.) charities that support the goal and ideal of ending homelessness.  Please see Donations page for more details

  • Northeast Public Radio Interview ~ Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways
    “It looks to me like the bible for people who want to do this kind of work.”    –Dr. Alan Chartock  –Here’s the interview on WAMC Northeast Public Radio

                                        

The critically acclaimed book Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways: From Words to Housing is based on my many years of doing outreach counseling, advocacy, and developing housing alternatives for chronically homeless individuals throughout NYC, Boston, and Western MA.  Stories of survival, meaning making and overcoming are shared along with an approach for helping those who are most in need.

E-book, paperback, and hardcover versions are available here, as well as online via Barnes & NobleAmazon, and many other outlets.

This book (HNPP) was recommended by the following organizations:

ForeWord Digital Review
“Given the enormous and increasing budget cuts facing these historically tax-supported programs, this epidemic of homelessness forces us to care for one another in creative ways that are unprecedented in recent memory. For this pressing reason, Levy’s book presents a pretreatment model for action that is becoming necessary reading as narrative for improving policy, supervision, and outreach counseling services for the most vulnerable among us.”

-Pamela Harris Kaiser – ForeWord Review of Homeless Narratives & Pretreatment Pathways

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