SAMA offers several parent groups designed to support families in effectively addressing their sons and daughters’ drug and alcohol use. Matching families together based on their child’s age and pattern of drug use, our groups are able to address your specific concerns. Our family clinicians will help identify which group is right for you.
“We’ve been working on addiction issues for many years through AA, Al Anon and other programs,” say recent CRAFT participants John and Karen, “The CRAFT approach used by SAMA, however, gave us a new positive and effective way to communicate with an addicted family member. We are learning a kind and compassionate approach that targets specific behavior, shares responsibility and keeps us in a healthier relationship that we hope will ultimately lead to family sobriety.”
Our Tuesday evening group is a great fit for parents who are concerned about how alcohol, marijuana and other drug use is affecting their teenager’s health and well-being. Parents will learn about alcohol and marijuana use and the adolescent brain, identify signs of drug use, practice communication strategies, reduce their own stress, and how to support clean and sober behavior. Groups meet every other Tuesday evening at the SAMA offices on lower Queen Anne.
Our Saturday morning groups are best for parents who are looking for ways to influence their son or daughter to get treatment for substance addiction, including prescription opiates and heroin abuse. Using a proven curriculum, parents learn how to maintain a relationship in the face of addiction, improve communication, balance positive reinforcement and natural consequences, and influence their loved one to get help. Groups meet every other Saturday morning at the SAMA offices on lower Queen Anne.
To read more about the skills that you will learn in our parent groups, click here to read about the evidence based curriculum, Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT), designed by Dr. Robert Meyers. Tailored for the needs of our clients, CRAFT provides a proven method for influencing substance users towards sobriety.
To enroll in group, call (206) 328-1719 to schedule an intake appointment with a family clinician. At this appointment, the family clinician will learn about you and your family, tell you more about what you can expect to learn in group, make a decision with you about the best group for your needs, and send you home with a book to get you started on the CRAFT methods.
