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) | March | May | September | October
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!
March
CRAFT Professional Training Study
We The Village: Dr. Robert Meyers, Jane Macky
Enrollment Open Now- Next cohort begins training March 17th, 2025
Free • NASW CEs- 4 minimum. 12 NAADAC CEs.
Online • Asynchronous training; some study conditions receive live group sessions
We The Village has opened up their second cohort for enrollment in their next online training opportunity for professional counselors and therapists in a leading evidence-based practice: Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT). This training is ideal for professionals currently in a counselor-related profession working with, or interested in working with, people and families impacted by substance use disorders.
They collaborated with Dr. Robert Meyers, the creator of CRAFT, to develop and evaluate three variations of an online training program. With encouraging results and feedback from our pilot in 2023, they advanced the training and made it available last year, and now we are opening it up again for our second cohort, at no cost to participants!
The initial training will be completed online over a period of 10 weeks and participants will have access to the training materials and services for the duration of the study, which will be about 6 months.
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!
✨CRAFTy Connections✨ CRAFT-based Provider Hang Out
Cordelia Kraus, LPC, Certified CRAFT Clinician, SMART F&F facilitator, & ITC Trainer
Tuesday, March 18th, 2025
12:00 pm EDT | 9:00 am PDT • 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!
Last Tuesday Monthly CRAFT/ITC Provider Peer Consultation Group
Cordelia Kraus, LPC, certified CRAFT clinician, ITC trainer
Tuesday, March 25th, 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.
May
Invitation to Change Intensive for Professionals
CMC:Foundation for Change:
Friday, May 2nd: 10am - 5pm EDT | 7am -2pm PDT
Saturday, May 3rd: 10am - 3pm EDT | 7am -12pm PDT
Saturday, May 10th: 10am - 3pm EDT | 7am -12pm PDT
$500 USD, discounts available • 14 CEs available • Online via Zoom
CMC:FFC is inviting professionals 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.
Invitation to Change Group Leader Training
CMC:Foundation for Change:
Wednesdays, May 21st, 28th, June 4th, and 11th
start time 5:00 pm EDT | 2:00 pm PDT • varying length
$300 USD, discounts available • Online via Zoom
Gain a deeper proficiency in explaining ITC concepts to others and join CMC:FFC’s ITC Learning Community in this 12-hour, 4-day training.
In this training, you will learn how to lead ITC-based support and skills groups (complete group curriculum provided). Full completion of the training will certify you as an ITC Group Leader, and will give you access to CMC:FFC’s ITC Learning Community.
The CMC:FFC 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!).
ITC Certification gives you access to the following:
Twice-monthly support meetings with FFC trainers and other members of the ITC Community.
Access to the CMC:FFC ITC Community 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 CMC:FFC’s ever-growing resource library, including flyers, presentations, information sheets, and research articles.
Use of CMC:FFC group leader materials, including a complete, 15-session curriculum for leading ITC-based groups.
The ability to 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.
September
Invitation to Change Intensive for Professionals
CMC:Foundation for Change:
Friday, September 19th: 10am - 5pm EDT | 7am -2pm PDT
Saturday, September 20th: 10am - 3pm EDT | 7am -12pm PDT
Saturday, September 27th: 10am - 3pm EDT | 7am -12pm PDT
$500 USD, discounts available • 14 CEs available • Online via Zoom
CMC:FFC is inviting professionals 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 members 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.
October
Invitation to Change Group Leader Training
CMC:Foundation for Change:
Wednesdays, October 8th, 15th, 22nd, and 29th
start time 5:00 pm EDT | 2:00 pm PDT • varying length
$300 USD, discounts available • Online via Zoom
Gain a deeper proficiency in explaining ITC concepts to others and join CMC:FFC’s ITC Learning Community in this 12-hour, 4-day training.
In this training, you will learn how to lead ITC-based support and skills groups (complete group curriculum provided). Full completion of the training will certify you as an ITC Group Leader, and will give you access to CMC:FFC’s ITC Learning Community.
The CMC:FFC 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!).
ITC Certification gives you access to the following:
Twice-monthly support meetings with FFC trainers and other members of the ITC Community.
Access to the CMC:FFC ITC Community 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 CMC:FFC’s ever-growing resource library, including flyers, presentations, information sheets, and research articles.
Use of CMC:FFC group leader materials, including a complete, 15-session curriculum for leading ITC-based groups.
The ability to share information about your ITC-based group in our Community Groups Directory.
Anytime
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!
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)
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.