Upcoming Provider
Events & Trainings
CRAFT-based Events and Trainings for Providers Offered by Members of the CRAFT-based Community
In HelpingFamiliesHelp.com, “Providers” are anyone who wants to offer CRAFT-based skills to your community somehow. (If you are a family member looking for resources for yourself and your family, please go to Family Resources Overview.)
Trainings are in chronological order and listed under the month of their first event date. Events will be removed from the list once the first event day is past.
Jump to a specific month here :
Anytime (asynchronous) | December | January | Beyond
Event times are listed in Eastern and Pacific Time Zones. To figure out the group time in your timezone use a timezone converter such as this one from Time and Date.
These events and trainings are open to any providers who are interested. Being a member of HFHPN is not required, except where noted. Please directly contact the folks offering the events or trainings with any questions you might have!
December
✨CRAFTy Connections✨ CRAFT-based Provider Hang Out
Cordelia Kraus, LPC, Certified CRAFT Clinician, SMART F&F facilitator, & ITC Trainer
Monday, December 9th, 2024
1:00 pm EST | 10:00 am PST • 60 minutes
FREE • Online (Zoom)
This group is for any providers who want a place to hang out, meet others who are doing this work, and ask questions of each other!
Whether you are curious about how to start groups, how to handle situations that you are worried about, differences between Invitation to Change and SMART Recovery F&F and CRAFT, what CRAFT certification is and if you need it, or just want to to share about your experiences getting into the work or listen to ours… we’d love to hang out, connect, and help however we can!
This hang out is available to any provider who is a part of the Helping Families Help Provider Network (HFHPN). Interested in learning more? Join HFHPN for free for your first year!
Zoom link will be sent to the HFHPN community email list. Hope to see you there!
December's Last Tuesday Consult Group has moved to Jan 7th, 2025, to celebrate New Year's Eve
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December's Last Tuesday Consult Group has moved to Jan 7th, 2025, to celebrate New Year's Eve 🥳
January
Last Tuesday Monthly CRAFT/ITC Provider Peer Consultation Group
Cordelia Kraus, LPC, certified CRAFT clinician, ITC trainer
Tuesday, January 7th, 2025 (In place of December 31st)
12:00 pm EDT |9:00 am PDT • 120 minutes
Online (Zoom) • Active & First-Year Intro Level HFHPN Members only
We spend the first part of this meeting discussing questions about CRAFT-based approaches, receiving consultation from peers on difficult cases, and otherwise supporting each other in our work. The second half focuses on a book discussion (Currently The CRAFT Treatment Manual by Dr. Jane Ellen Smith & Dr. Robert J Meyers).
The Last Tuesday Consult Group is available to HFHPN Members at the Active and First Year Intro (Free) Level.
HFHPN Members, see more detailed information on the Member-Only Provider Consult Group page. Further information and a Zoom link will be sent out to the HFHPN email list before the session.
CRAFT Training for Providers
Lara Okoloko, LICSW. Certified CRAFT Provider and Approved Trainer
Thursday mornings: January 16th, 30th & February 13th & 27th, 2025
12:00 pm to 3:30 pm EST | 9:00 am to 12:30pm PST
$475 USD, discounts available • 13 CEs available (pending approval)
Live online training
This 13 hour Community Reinforcement and Family Training course is taught by Lara Okoloko, LICSW, a clinical social worker in Seattle, Washington. Her psychotherapy practice specializes in working with families impacted by a loved one's substance use problem. Lara maintains a private practice and is an experienced instructor, teaching at the UW in their top-rated MSW program, teaching in-person and online classes. She is a certified CRAFT therapist and approved trainer, having been taught directly by CRAFT developer and researcher Dr. Robert Meyers.
Lara's courses are kept small so that you can benefit from an interactive and engaging learning environment. Attendees will learn all of the CRAFT procedures to use in counseling families impacted by substance use. The CRAFT approach will be taught through a combination of informative lecture, illustrative demonstrations and useful practice exercises. You won't be bored!
This training qualifies as the first step for those clinicians who plan to continue on towards certification in CRAFT. Even if you don't intend to continue towards certification, you will be able to start using what you learn right away.
Invitation to Change Workshop for Professionals
CMC:Foundation for Change:
Friday, January 24th: 10am - 5pm EST | 7am -2pm PST
Saturday, January 25th: 10am - 3pm EST | 7am -12pm PST
Saturday, February 1st: 10am - 3pm EST | 7am -12pm PST
$500 USD, scholarships available • 14 CEs available • Online via Zoom
CMC:FFC is inviting professionals in the addiction space to participate in a 17-hour virtual training in the Invitation to Change Approach (ITC), a compassionate and science-backed model for recovery support work.
ITC is a holistic helping framework based in science and kindness, designed for the families and loved ones of people struggling with substance use. In this training, we’ll invite you to reflect on what it means to help, learn the role that loved ones can play in the change process, and become familiar with new evidence-supported strategies that can offer families – so often left in the dark – the hope and tools they need.
Participants will leave this training with a complete set of ideas and tools to be brought into their recovery support work, as well as a connection to our growing community of clinicians, researchers, and families who draw from the ITC Approach.
Registration closes on January 23rd at 5pm EST.
Last Tuesday Monthly CRAFT/ITC Provider Peer Consultation Group
Cordelia Kraus, LPC, certified CRAFT clinician, ITC trainer
Tuesday, January 28th, 2025
12:00 pm EDT |9:00 am PDT • 120 minutes
Online (Zoom) • Active & First-Year Intro Level HFHPN Members only
We spend the first part of this meeting discussing questions about CRAFT-based approaches, receiving consultation from peers on difficult cases, and otherwise supporting each other in our work. The second half focuses on a book discussion (Currently The CRAFT Treatment Manual by Dr. Jane Ellen Smith & Dr. Robert J Meyers).
The Last Tuesday Consult Group is available to HFHPN Members at the Active and First Year Intro (Free) Level.
HFHPN Members, see more detailed information on the Member-Only Provider Consult Group page. Further information and a Zoom link will be sent out to the HFHPN email list before the session.
Beyond
ITC Group Leader Training
CMC:Foundation for Change:
Wednesdays February 12th - March 12th
Sessions begin 5:00 pm EST | 3:00 pm PST • duration varies
$300 USD, scholarships available • Online via Zoom
Join CMC:FFC for 4 sessions of Invitation to Change training and join our ITC Learning Community! Learn how to use the ITC in different settings, with a focus on running community groups, and gain a deeper proficiency in explaining these concepts to others.
The ITC Learning Community is made up of professionals and family members who are changing the conversation around addiction. They are leading groups, bringing the ITC into their recovery work, and advocating locally for more compassionate approaches to substance use (among many other things!).
By attending this training and joining the ITC Learning Community you get access to the following:
Twice-monthly support meetings with FFC trainers and other members of the Level 1 community.
Access to our ITC Certified Facebook group, where we regularly share resources and hold discussions about the Invitation to Change.
Connection to other community members for collaboration, support, and continued learning.
Access to our ever-growing resource library, including flyers, presentations, information sheets, and research articles.
Use of our group leader materials, including a complete, 15-session curriculum for leading ITC-based groups.
Share information about your ITC-based group in our Community Groups Directory.
Last Tuesday Monthly CRAFT/ITC Provider Peer Consultation Group
Cordelia Kraus, LPC, certified CRAFT clinician, ITC trainer
Last Tuesday of Every Month
12:00 pm EDT |9:00 am PDT • 120 minutes
Online (Zoom) • Active & First-Year Intro Level HFHPN Members only
We spend the first part of this meeting discussing questions about CRAFT-based approaches, receiving consultation from peers on difficult cases, and otherwise supporting each other in our work. The second half focuses on a book discussion (Currently The CRAFT Treatment Manual by Dr. Jane Ellen Smith & Dr. Robert J Meyers).
The Last Tuesday Consult Group is available to HFHPN Members at the Active and First Year Intro (Free) Level.
HFHPN Members, see more detailed information on the Member-Only Provider Consult Group page. Further information and a Zoom link will be sent out to the HFHPN email list before the session.
Anytime
Intro to CRAFT
Lara Okoloko, LICSW. Certified CRAFT Provider and Approved Trainer
Asynchronous pre-recorded course, access anytime
$29 USD • 1 CEUs available
Online • Pre-recorded, asynchronous
If you are interested in learning about CRAFT, this one hour pre-recorded course will teach you what it means, who it is for, what research says about it, and how you can use it with your clients.
(Listing updated March 1, 2024)
Family Crisis Communication Skills - Comparing Approaches for Families Experiencing SMI and SUD
Lara Okoloko, LICSW. Certified CRAFT Provider and Approved Trainer
Asynchronous pre-recorded course, access anytime
$29 USD • 1 CEUs available
Online • Pre-recorded, asynchronous
In this course, we will compare the communication skills of four different methods that can be used with families who love someone with serious mental illness or substance use disorder: CRAFT, Psychosis REACH, LEAP, and MI.
Learn more about what these approaches are, their common traits, and how to use some of the components in practice.
(Listing added March 1, 2024)
Ethics of Respecting Self Determination while Engaging People with SUD into Treatment
Lara Okoloko, LICSW. Certified CRAFT Provider and Approved Trainer
Asynchronous pre-recorded course, access anytime
$29 USD • 1 CEUs available
Online • Pre-recorded, asynchronous
The NASW code of ethics guides us to "respect self determination" of our clients, yet many people with substance use disorders experience confrontational tactics. coercion, or lack of choice when seeking help for their substance use problem. What does this have to do with the "treatment gap" between the high number of people who experience addiction and the low number of people who get treatment for it?
This course will cover the statistics related to the treatment gap, what we know about the effect of confrontational methods. and how to ethically engage reluctant people into care.
(CRAFT is discussed, but not a central component, of this course. Listing updated March 1, 2024)
CRAFT Professional Training Study
We The Village: Dr. Robert Meyers, Jane Macky
Enrollment Open Now- Cohorts formed on a rolling basis beginning November 4, 2024 and continuing into 2025
Free • NASW CEs- 4 minimum. 12 NAADAC CEs.
Online • Asynchronous training; some study conditions receive live group sessions
We the Village is excited to announce an online training opportunity for professionals residing in the United States to learn Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT).
With funding from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA), We The Village is conducting a research study designed to find the optimal way for professionals to learn the CRAFT protocol online and to ultimately help clients influence their loved ones to enter treatment and/or stay in recovery. By participating in this study, professionals will have a unique chance to learn CRAFT in the only online training from Dr. Bob Meyers, creator of CRAFT, at no cost.
Space is limited and this training will be available at no cost for a limited time only, so click the link below and complete a quick survey to find out if you’re eligible today!
If you are looking to get more information about CRAFT as a provider and aren’t yet ready to jump into a full training, consider checking out the family event page for other ways to get exposed to the work! Although the focus will be likely slightly different than what you will receive at a professional training, family workshops are a great way to be introduced to some of the concepts and connect with the experiences and perspectives of families .
For Trainers:
If you offer CRAFT-based training for providers I would love to list your training here! To learn more about listing your training or workshop CLICK HERE.
Common Terms:
CRAFT Training. Community Reinforcement And Family Training (CRAFT) was developed by Dr. Robert J Meyers and Associates. Any training listed as a “CRAFT training” means that the trainer is a Certified CRAFT Trainer (which is a higher level of certification than a Certified CRAFT Provider) and associated with Dr. Robert Meyers.
CRAFT-based Training. These trainings are being offered by providers who are knowledgable about and have received ample training in CRAFT, however they are not Certified CRAFT Trainers.
Invitation to Change (ITC) Training. ITC, created by the Center for Motivation and Change, is a combination of CRAFT, Motivational Interviewing, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy. This version of CRAFT includes, not only the protocol on what to do, but offers heart (or more technically speaking, psychological flexibility) behind the why and how. CMC offers a tiered certification process for ITC for those who are interested; please see their website for more info.