The Becoming Who I Want to Be workbooks for young men and women were designed for professionals working with youths with problematic behaviors toward others. Designed to be approachable and interactive, the workbooks engage clients whose adverse childhood experiences and problem behaviors have caused them to fall behind academically, socially, and emotionally. Based on the Good Lives Model (GLM), the workbook translates complex theory into practical strategies for treatment settings.

This training shows participants how to effectively integrate the workbooks into their therapeutic practice. Presenter and author David Prescott begins the training by reviewing the core principles of the GLM. He then offers ideas for how clinicians and counselors can use each section. Central to this training is its focus on dovetailing the GLM and these workbooks with Motivational Interviewing skills and the principles of Trauma-Informed Care, ensuring that intervention is not only effective but also client-centered and deeply supportive.

The GLM is a strengths-based rehabilitation practice framework that augments the risk, need, and responsivity principles of effective correctional intervention by focusing on assisting clients to develop and implement meaningful life plans incompatible with future offending. Although originally developed as a rehabilitation framework for use with adults who have harmed others, this training spotlights how the GLM—when applied thoughtfully—becomes a powerful model for working with adolescents.

Key topics discussed during this training include:

• Core Principles of the Good Lives Model
• The therapist’s role in using the Becoming Who I Want to Be workbook
• How to use the workbook in both group and individual treatment
• Translating the GLM’s ten “primary human goods” into the eight “good life goals”
• Ways to help clients overcome obstacles to building a positive

Beyond workbook strategies, this training closely examines many individual GLM tenets like approach goals and primary human goods, with special attention to the role of family involvement. It also explores how harmful behaviors often emerge from developmental adversity and from obstacles that interfere with pursuing specific goals that are common to all human beings.

After completing this training, participants have a clear, actionable framework for using the workbooks to help young people develop healthier identities, build meaningful futures, and move toward long-term change.

Safer Society Press published two workbooks in the Becoming Who I Want to Be series. Please click the title below to view the workbooks in our webstore:

• Becoming Who I Want to Be: A Good Lives Model Workbook for Young Men, 2nd Edition
• Becoming Who I Want to Be: A Good Lives Model Workbook for Young Women

Note: We recognize that gender can play dramatically different roles in clients’ lives. As a result, we recommend that each professional, in consultation with their individual clients, determine which workbook is a better fit for a given person.

Interactive Follow-Up Meeting

Attendees are invited to join an open discussion 15 minutes following the end of the training, where you can engage with fellow attendees by turning on your camera and microphone. This is an opportunity to share your experiences and contribute to a meaningful exchange of ideas. Time will be allocated to address questions or insights from the training. Please note that attendance is optional and will not affect your eligibility for a training certificate.