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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
Advance orders can be made via this website, or Barnes & Noble,
Amazon-US , Amazon-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
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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
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: