Family Support Program
Become a crucial collaborator in your loved one’s recovery from addiction and mental health disorders.
Parents, partners, spouses, siblings, children, friends, co-workers and members of the community are crucial collaborators in their loved one’s recovery from drug and alcohol addiction and or mental health disorders. Learning and applying CRAFT Connect principles and skills will help empower you to influence change, learn and use behavior change skills, prepare you to help your loved one choose treatment and recovery, and improve the quality of your life.
The Family Support Group program is clear and easy to use. It is based on learning experiences that have been proven around the world to help people improve their lives. It can be used in group meetings as part of the work of addiction treatment centers or addiction rehab programs or in self-directed study as friends and family.
Group Information
CRAFT Connect programs are designed to be used in inpatient and outpatient substance abuse and mental health treatment, recovery community work or in self-directed study with friends and family.
We are a virtual “Therapeutic Community”, a participative group based approach to long term recovery where community members promote self-change by becoming positive role models for each other under the guidance of trained peers. You will see the following key words throughout our materials. If you follow these prompts, you will have a better experience. — Think and write quietly. Read out loud. Watch the video. Discuss, share thoughts and ideas. Activity, work individually or together on learning practical skills and strategies.
These groups are for educational purposes only. It is not group therapy or professional treatment. If you believe you are experiencing chronic behavioral health issues you should seek professional help.
Support Sessions
As a Family Support Member you will have access to our complete curriculum from “Anger Management” to “Recovery is Life Worth Living”.
What people are saying.
Most important things I learned from my CRAFT Connect study
“New PIUS (positive I-statement) communication skills to interact differently with my loved one.”
“I am not alone. It is “therapeutic” to be in a support group.”
“Self-care and self-compassion.”
“I Didn’t CAUSE, can’t CONTROL, and can’t CURE my loved one’s addiction.”
How the relationship with my loved one improved
“My expectations have changed due to the knowledge I have gained.”
“Our communication is calm and very open. I feel confident holding a conversation safely, without major blow ups.”
“I am able to “self-regulate” and respond. I think about my words and actions instead of just reacting.”