Josh Seezs, CSW-PIP
(he/him)
Master Trainer Consultant
Meet Josh
Josh Seezs provides training services for Hazelden Publishing's strategic growth initiatives and offers consultation grounded in best practice standards. He collaborates with organizational teams to support program development and expansion. Seezs brings specialized expertise in working with veterans, justice-involved individuals and suicide prevention.
Josh's professional experience includes serving as a social work executive at the St. Cloud VA Healthcare System and as an adjunct professor at the Hazelden Betty Ford Graduate School.
Josh has a Bachelor's of Science from South Dakota State University and a Masters of Social Work from George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis.
Facilitated Trainings: Understanding The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition, and Its Clinical Application Training, Treatment Planning Using The ASAM Criteria, Fourth Edition, Updates, Motivational Interviewing Introduction, Motivational Interviewing Beyond the Basics, Living Skills, My Ongoing Recovery Experience (MORE®), Return to Use Prevention and Self-Care for Behavioral Health Providers
Key Topics: Integrated treatment approaches, addressing social determinants of health, policy change and coordination
Publications & Speaking Engagements
Publications: DeMars, K. R., & Seezs, J. M. (2004). Olfactory recognition in couples. South Dakota State University Journal of Undergraduate Research, 2, 43-47.
Beyer, R. J., Seezs, J. M., & Hildreth, M. B. (2005). Identification of larval habitats for Culex Tarsalis in Brookings County, South Dakota. Proceedings of the South Dakota Academy of Science, 84, 326.
Recurring Speaker for NAMI St. Cloud
Boards & Affiliations
National Association of Social Workers (NASW)
Central Minnesota Mental Health Center (Board member)