ITC in NYS
support & skills groups
Hudson NY ITC Group
When
Thursday evenings 6 - 7:30 pm ET
September 12 - December 12, 2024
Where
Hybrid — on zoom and in person at
Clubhouse of MHACG
47 North 5th street
Hudson NY, 12534
Cost
Free
Who
This group is only available to residents of New York State. For groups outside of NY please see our Group Directory
Region
Columbia County, Greene County, and surrounding areas
Group Leaders
Jaime Cooper and Mary Kate McTeigue, in partnership with MHA of Columbia Greene
Description
We are offering a free, 15-week support and skills group for anyone who has a loved one struggling with substance use.
In this group, participants will use the Invitation to Change Approach to reflect on what it means to help, reimagine the role that loved ones can play in the change process, and learn evidence-supported strategies for helping a loved one struggling with addiction.
The first meeting will be an introductory session and there is no obligation to attend the full group if this first meeting doesn’t feel like a good fit.
This group is offered in partnership with MHA of Columbia Greene.
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For more information, contact Jaime Cooper at [email protected]
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This offering is part of our NYS Groups Program, with support from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
More New York State groups available on our NYS Groups Page.
Groups outside of NYS available in our ITC Group Directory.
The Invitation to Change Approach is grounded in compassion, connection, and the understanding that families can have a powerful helping impact on those struggling to change. The ITC Approach draws on evidence-based practices also found in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Motivational Interviewing (MI), and the Community Reinforcement and Family Training approach (CRAFT), as well as decades of clinical experience working with families and loved ones.
Built on the three pillars of Understanding, Awareness, and Action, the ITC first illuminates new perspectives on substance use and the process of change; next, it creates a foundation of self-awareness and willingness to engage with emotional pain. Finally, it emphasizes action, teaching communication and behavior skills to promote and support new behaviors in a person struggling with substance use.
The ITC was created with the idea of a waterfall in mind: the evidence-based ideas and strategies you learn will flow from you, to the families you work with, to the loved ones they are desperate to help. Families, clinicians, and those struggling can all take these ideas and methods and put them to use with practice, patience, and self-compassion.