Helping Starts with Science & Kindness
We envision a world where everyone who loves someone struggling with substances has access to information and tools based in science, grounded in compassion, and tailored to the needs of families and their community.
Welcome
CMC: Foundation for Change puts the power of evidence-based strategies directly into the hands of individuals and communities through workshops, support groups, and written resources.
Our Invitation to Change Approach® takes the best science has to offer (including compassion!) and makes it accessible and easy to understand.
Our Approach
Helping with...
Understanding
Helping with Understanding
The Invitation to Change Approach® starts with helping you understand your loved one’s behavior from a new perspective. Understanding the specific “whys” behind your loved one’s substance use allows a transformation to occur – increasing your empathy helping create an environment that is supportive of positive behavior change. We describe this as part of creating the conditions for change.
Awareness
Helping with Awareness
You are part of the change! When you learn to be more aware of your own emotions, reactions, values, and limits, you can shift from reactive to proactive, taking better care of yourself and your loved one on this long and difficult journey — and ultimately becoming a more effective helper.
Action
Helping with Action
While Understanding and Awareness are part of what you can change “on the inside”, Helping with Action is about what you can do “on the outside”. The Invitation to Change Approach® offers a set of tools that includes positive communication and rewarding positive behavior designed to promote respect and collaboration, instead of shutting it down or escalating conflict.
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Our Initiatives
- Virtual
- In-person (postponed)
Tell me more
- Virtual
- In-person (postponed)
- 20 Minute Guide
- Online-Course (Coming Soon)
