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The Invitation to Change: A Short Guide is a practical guide to the 9 core topics of the Invitation to Change Approach, the helping approach at the core of everything we do.

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ITC in NYS

support & skills groups

Upstate NY ITC Group

When

Wednesdays, 6 - 7:30 pm ET
Oct 9 - Jan 22
Full schedule below

Where

Online - Zoom

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

Finger Lakes, Western NY, Central NY, Southern Tier, and Capital Region

Group Leaders

Barb Klein and Judy Moffitt, in partnership with Inspired Possibility

Description

CMC:Foundation for Change is offering free, 15-week support and skills groups in locations across New York State, 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.

This group is offered in partnership with Inspired Possibility.

Please note also that this specific group is geared primarily towards parents/caregivers of people struggling with substances.

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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.

Wednesday evenings 6-7:30 pm ET.

Full Schedule
Oct 9th
Oct 16th
Oct 23rd
Oct 30th
Nov 6th
Nov 13th
Nov 20th
MONDAY Nov 25
Dec 4th
Dec 11th
Dec 18th
NO MEETING Dec 23rd
MONDAY Dec 30th
Jan 8th
Jan 15th
Jan 22nd

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.