When someone you love in Greenwich will not accept help, a professionally led intervention gives your family a calm, prepared way to ask.
A drug and alcohol interventionist prepares the family, arranges treatment in advance and leads the conversation that asks a loved one to accept help. We do this for families in Greenwich, traveling in through LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at University of Connecticut Stamford or Manhattanville University, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
Local crisis and access line. Connecticut DMHAS Access Line (24/7 substance use treatment access): 1-800-563-4086.
Public behavioral health. F.S. DuBois Center (Connecticut DMHAS, Southwest Connecticut Mental Health System).
Family support. NAMI Southwest CT and Connecticut Al-Anon Family Groups.
Emergency. Call 911 if a loved one is in immediate danger. Call or text 988 for an emotional crisis.
Who is in the room, what each person says, which program holds a bed. See the full steps.
Your interventionist flies into LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Greenwich or out of state.
In Fairfield County, public behavioral health services run through F.S. DuBois Center (Connecticut DMHAS, Southwest Connecticut Mental Health System).
Greenwich C.A.R.E. links the Greenwich Police Department, the town's Department of Human Services and local agencies to support residents with mental health, substance use or homelessness concerns (source).
NAMI Southwest CT and Connecticut Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
In limited cases. Connecticut's involuntary commitment law for alcohol or drug dependence (Conn. Gen. Stat. § 17a-685) can order treatment when strict legal conditions are met. More detail: Connecticut alcohol interventionist and Connecticut drug interventionist.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Greenwich, Connecticut DMHAS Access Line (24/7 substance use treatment access) answers at 1-800-563-4086, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our Connecticut interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Greenwich and Fairfield County, usually through LaGuardia Airport (LGA). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Greenwich, Connecticut DMHAS Access Line (24/7 substance use treatment access) answers at 1-800-563-4086, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with F.S. DuBois Center (Connecticut DMHAS, Southwest Connecticut Mental Health System).
NAMI Southwest CT and Connecticut Al-Anon Family Groups offer meetings and education for relatives.
One confidential conversation with a professional interventionist. No pressure, no obligation. We'll help you find the right next step for your family.
