ITC in NYS
support & skills groups
Information Session: Upstate NY ITC Group
When
Wednesday, September 11
6 - 7 pm ET
Where
Online - Zoom
Cost
Free
Who
This info session and group are only available to residents of New York State
Group Location
Finger Lakes, Western NY, Central NY, Southern Tier, and Capital Region
NYS Groups
This offering is part of our NYS Groups Program, with support from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Description
CMC:Foundation for Change is now 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. All of our groups are based in the Invitation to Change Approach.
We know that joining a new group is a big commitment—so we are offering this info talk as a way to get a sense of how these groups work, our perspective, and who we are, without having to sign up for the full group.
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This info talk is for our Upstate NY Group, for residents of the Finger Lakes, Western NY, Central NY, Southern Tier, Capital Region, and North Country.
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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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.
Yes, a recording of this session will be sent out to all registrants after the session ends.