Clear Path Intervention travels to families in Santa Monica and across California, plans the intervention with you and lines up treatment before the day arrives.
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 Santa Monica, from Ocean Park to Mar Vista, traveling in through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Santa Monica College or Loyola Marymount University, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).
Local crisis and access line. LA County Department of Mental Health 24/7 Help Line: 1-800-854-7771.
Public behavioral health. Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC).
Family support. NAMI Westside Los Angeles and Al-Anon Los Angeles Information Service.
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 Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and meets the family before the intervention.
Sober transport to a program near Santa Monica or out of state.
In Los Angeles County, public behavioral health services run through Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC).
Los Angeles County's Substance Abuse Service Helpline, 1-844-804-7500, is staffed 24/7, and SAPC's online Service and Bed Availability Tool helps families locate treatment openings (source).
NAMI Westside Los Angeles and Al-Anon Los Angeles Information Service offer meetings and education for relatives.
In limited cases. California's LPS Act (as amended by SB 43; Cal. Welf. & Inst. Code § 5008 and § 5200 et seq.) can order treatment when strict legal conditions are met. More detail: alcohol intervention in California and drug intervention in California.
Immediate danger: call 911. Emotional crisis: call or text 988.
For Santa Monica, LA County Department of Mental Health 24/7 Help Line answers at 1-800-854-7771, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our California interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Santa Monica and Los Angeles County, usually through Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Santa Monica, LA County Department of Mental Health 24/7 Help Line answers at 1-800-854-7771, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Control (SAPC).
NAMI Westside Los Angeles and Al-Anon Los Angeles Information Service 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.
