Lisa M. Najavits, PhD is Director of the Trauma Research Program in the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Treatment Centre at McLean Hospital (Belmont, MA), and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry Harvard Medical School (Boston, MA). She is author of the book Seeking Safety: A Treatment Manual for PTSD and Substance Abuse (2002) and A Woman's Addiction Workbook: Your Guide to In-depth Healing (New Harbinger Press; 2002), as well as over 75 professional publications. In 1997 she was awarded the Chaim Danieli Young Professional Award of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, and in 1998 the Early Career Award of the International Society for Psychotherapy Research. She is past-president of the New England Society for Behaviour Analysis and Therapy; and on the advisory boards of Psychotherapy Research, the Journal of Traumatic Stress, and the Journal of Gambling Studies. Dr. Najavits has received, as Principle Investigator, four National Institutes of Health research grants, including an Independent Scientist Career Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse and three grants for treatment outcome studies on posttraumatic stress disorder and substance abuse. She is a licensed psychologist in Massachussetts; a psychotherapy supervisor; and conducts a psychotherapy practice. She received her PhD in clinical psychology from Vanderbilt University in 1990 (Nashville, Tennessee) and her bachelor's degree with honours from Columbia University in 1983 (New York, New York). Her major clinical and research interests include: posttraumatic stress disorder, substance abuse, psychotherapy outcome research and women's mental health treatment.

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