Family Recovery Support
Help and healing for families impacted by substance use
Speak to a family peer specialist:
Call or Text: 703-653-4221
Email: kristina@thecaf.org
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Kristina Barden - Family Recovery Support Program Manager
The CAF Family Education & Support Program, informed by CRAFT and Invitation to Change, offers 1:1 peer guidance, education and support groups for families and loved ones. Family members learn skills to influence healthy change, learn how to create an environment that supports recovery, access resources and get emotional support and guidance from people with lived experience. Research shows that families who engage in education and recovery support have better recovery outcomes.
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Our in-person and virtual weekly Family Education & Support Groups are below. For more info contact our Family Support Program Manager, kristina@thecaf.org
resources for family members
Family Education and Support Groups​​
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Wednesdays at 6:30pm beginning October 23, 2024
The CAF Recovery Community Center
10301 Democracy Lane, Suite 150
Fairfax, VA 22030
​(side entrance to the building facing Blenheim Blvd)
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Mondays at 6:30pm beginning October 21, 2024
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85877132232
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he 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, as well as the professionals who support them. If you can't join one of the CAF Family groups, consider attending a virtual group found at the Invitation To Change directory linked above.
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​Recommended Reading for Family Members
The Anatomy of Peace
The Arbinger Institute
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Beyond Addiction, How Science and Kindness Help Change People
Jeff Foote & Carrie Wilkens
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Be A Loving Mirror, BALM
Beverly Buncher
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Clean
David Sheff
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In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts
Gabor Mate
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It Takes a Family
Debra Jay
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Love First
Debra Jay
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No More Letting Go
Debra Jay ​
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Unbroken Brain,
Maia Salavitz
