The Invitation to Change: A Short Guide
by Dr. Jeff Foote, Dr. Carrie Wilkens, and Dr. Ken Carpenter with Stephanie Higgs
“The Invitation to Change Approach© (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 each chapter, this workbook will introduce you to a key ITC topic—like Behaviors Make Sense, Increasing Positive Behaviors, and One Size Does Not Fit All—and then help you practice with special activities.”
The Invitation to Change: A Short Guide was created by the CMC:Foundation For Change. CMC:FFC is a non-profit organization; all profits from sales of "A Short Guide" help them provide free and low-cost resources to communities who need them.
Visit the Invitation to Change website to purchase this workbook directly or download all of the chapters individually for free as standalone PDFs. These downloads contain all the same text and exercises as the digital and print editions—the only difference is that they are free, to ensure that anyone who needs this information has access to it. However, please do consider purchasing a print or digital edition to support their work if you are able!
Note from the authors: What’s the difference between The Beyond Addiction Workbook and The Invitation to Change: A Short Guide?
The Beyond Addiction Workbook is our newest workbook, and offers a fuller description of the Invitation to Change Approach, as well as additional exercises and learning tools that are not available in the Short Guide. We view the Beyond Addiction Workbook as the definitive guide to the Invitation to Change model.
The Invitation to Change: A Short Guide is also a great primer for the ideas and tools in the Invitation to Change Approach. In our groups for communities and families, group leaders use the Short Guide as the basic text for participants, as it is smaller and more manageable. For this reason, we have also developed a companion text, The Short Guide: Group Leader’s Edition, for group leaders running ITC-based support groups. The Group Leader’s Edition includes additional information on running and maintaining groups, as well as instructions and guidance for every session in the Short Guide.
If you are interested in this you might also like…
The phenomenal book Beyond Addiction, written by Dr. Jeff Foote, Dr. Carrie Wilkens, and Dr. Nicole Kosanke of the Center for Motivation and Change, with Stephanie Higgs
The resources available on the websites for the Center for Motivation and Change and the CMC: Foundation for Change