When a family is in crisis — when a loved one’s addiction has reached the point where something has to happen — the pressure to act quickly can make it hard to think clearly about who to call. The intervention field is largely unregulated. Anyone can call themselves an interventionist. The quality of services ranges […]
Families who are new to this process often have a narrow picture of what a professional intervention service involves. A specialist shows up, talks to the family for a bit, sits in the room during the conversation, and leaves. That picture is missing most of what actually happens — and most of what makes the […]

