When someone you love in Manhattan 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 Manhattan, from Upper East Side to Financial District, traveling in through LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Columbia University, New York University or Hunter College, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
Local crisis and access line. NYC 988 (formerly NYC Well), call or text, 24/7, covers substance use: 988.
Public behavioral health. NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Alcohol and Drug Use Services.
Treatment court. Manhattan Treatment Court (MTC).
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 LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Manhattan or out of state.
In New York County, public behavioral health services run through NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Alcohol and Drug Use Services.
The NYC Health Department lists two OnPoint NYC overdose prevention centers, both in Manhattan: Washington Heights at 500 West 180th Street and East Harlem at 104-106 East 126th Street (source).
Manhattan Treatment Court (MTC) 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 Manhattan, 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 Manhattan and New York 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 Manhattan, call or text 988, which connects to NYC 988 (formerly NYC Well), call or text, 24/7, covers substance use.
Start with NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Alcohol and Drug Use Services.
Yes. Manhattan Treatment Court (MTC) 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.
