# Event Details

- **Event Name**: 12 Mis-Steps: How Twelve-Step Programs Trip Up Trauma Survivors
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 17 Oct, 2026 at 03:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: K'ai Roberts Fu, Speaker and Author

Twelve-Step meetings are typically seen as a force for good, with no serious drawbacks except predictably terrible coffee. Drawing on her lived experience as a trauma survivor who spent over a decade attending meetings, sociologist, speaker, and author K’ai Roberts Fu challenges this view. In this dynamic, thought-provoking, and surprisingly humorous session, K’ai shares her insider’s perspective to reveal how 12-step programs can unintentionally derail trauma recovery. Attendees will walk away with a clear picture of how 12-step principles contradict trauma recovery best practices; how program principles interfere with developing agency and critical thinking skills; and actionable tips to help clients, loved ones - or even themselves - find solutions that work for them.

K'ai will be available to sign books for anyone who brings their copy of 12 Mis-Steps to the talk (available on Amazon)

There will be time for socializing after the presentation. Free Parking. Open to all.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/seattle/12-mis-steps-how-twelve-step-programs-trip-up-trauma-survivors/200030734177604
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, meetups, fine-arts
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 0

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Seattle
- **state**: WA
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N Classroom 1 Seattle, WA 98103
- **lat**: 47.67713
- **long**: -122.35398
- **full address**: Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N Classroom 1 Seattle, WA 98103, 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103-5234, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is 12 Mis-Steps: How Twelve-Step Programs Trip Up Trauma Survivors being held?
  - **A:** 12 Mis-Steps: How Twelve-Step Programs Trip Up Trauma Survivors takes place on Sat, 17 Oct, 2026 at 03:00 pm to Sat, 17 Oct, 2026 at 03:00 pm at Phinney Neighborhood Center, 6532 Phinney Ave N Classroom 1 Seattle, WA 98103, 6532 Phinney Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103-5234, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing 12 Mis-Steps: How Twelve-Step Programs Trip Up Trauma Survivors?
  - **A:** 12 Mis-Steps: How Twelve-Step Programs Trip Up Trauma Survivors is organized by Mensa of Western Washington.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** 12 Mis-Steps: How Twelve-Step Programs Trip Up Trauma Survivors is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Seattle, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If 12 Mis-Steps: How Twelve-Step Programs Trip Up Trauma Survivors sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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