When someone you love in Springfield 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 Springfield, from West Springfield to Holyoke, traveling in through Bradley International Airport (BDL).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Springfield College, Western New England University or American International College, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Bradley International Airport (BDL).
Local crisis and access line. Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line (24/7): 833-773-2445.
Public behavioral health. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services.
Treatment court. Springfield District Court Drug Court.
Family support. Al-Anon Family Groups of Massachusetts.
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 Bradley International Airport (BDL) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Springfield or out of state.
In Hampden County, public behavioral health services run through Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services.
Under Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 123, Section 35, a spouse, blood relative or guardian may petition a district court to order involuntary treatment for a substance use disorder (source).
Springfield District Court Drug Court can connect treatment with a legal case.
Al-Anon Family Groups of Massachusetts offer meetings and education for relatives.
In limited cases. Section 35 (M.G.L. c. 123, s. 35) can order treatment when strict legal conditions are met. More detail: how we handle alcohol interventions across Massachusetts and how we plan drug interventions in Massachusetts.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Springfield, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line (24/7) answers at 833-773-2445, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our Massachusetts interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Springfield and Hampden County, usually through Bradley International Airport (BDL). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Springfield, Massachusetts Behavioral Health Help Line (24/7) answers at 833-773-2445, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Bureau of Substance Addiction Services.
Yes. Springfield District Court Drug Court connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
Al-Anon Family Groups of Massachusetts 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.
