When someone you love in Brooklyn 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 Brooklyn, from Park Slope to Sheepshead Bay, traveling in through John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Brooklyn College, Pratt Institute or NYU Tandon School of Engineering, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Local crisis and access line. NYC 988 (formerly NYC Well), call or text, 24/7, covers substance use: 988.
Public behavioral health. NYC Health + Hospitals, Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services.
Treatment court. Misdemeanor Brooklyn Treatment Court (MBTC).
Family support. NAMI New York City Metro and Greater NY Al-Anon Family Intergroup.
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 John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Brooklyn or out of state.
In Kings County, public behavioral health services run through NYC Health + Hospitals, Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services.
Three NYC Health + Hospitals sites in Brooklyn, Kings County, South Brooklyn Health and Woodhull, offer walk-in outpatient withdrawal care for mild to moderate alcohol or opioid withdrawal (source).
Misdemeanor Brooklyn Treatment Court (MBTC) can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI New York City Metro and Greater NY Al-Anon Family Intergroup offer meetings and education for relatives.
Not directly. New York has no addiction-specific court process a family can start. More detail: alcohol intervention in New York and drug intervention in New York.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Brooklyn, call or text 988, which connects to NYC 988 (formerly NYC Well), call or text, 24/7, covers substance use.
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Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Brooklyn and Kings County, usually through John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Brooklyn, call or text 988, which connects to NYC 988 (formerly NYC Well), call or text, 24/7, covers substance use.
Start with NYC Health + Hospitals, Alcohol and Drug Dependency Services.
Yes. Misdemeanor Brooklyn Treatment Court (MBTC) connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI New York City Metro and Greater NY Al-Anon Family Intergroup 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.
