Our interventionists help families in Ventura move a loved one from drinking or drug use into treatment, with one clear plan and support that continues after the first yes.
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 Ventura, from Downtown Ventura to Port Hueneme, traveling in through Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA).
We work with families across the area, including:
If your son or daughter studies at Ventura College, California State University Channel Islands or California Lutheran University, we can time the plan around the academic calendar.
Flying in. Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA).
Local crisis and access line. Ventura County Behavioral Health Access/Crisis Line (24/7): 1-866-998-2243.
Public behavioral health. Ventura County Behavioral Health, Substance Use Services.
Treatment court. Ventura County Superior Court Adult Drug Court.
Family support. NAMI Ventura County and Ventura County Al-Anon Information Service (District 12).
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 Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA) and meets the family before the intervention. Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) has more routes.
Sober transport to a program near Ventura or out of state.
In Ventura County, public behavioral health services run through Ventura County Behavioral Health, Substance Use Services.
Ventura County's COAST site lists county substance use services including withdrawal management, residential treatment, medication assisted treatment, and specialized programs for women, youth and justice-involved people (source).
Ventura County's Safe Choices overdose prevention site has a Get Naloxone section pointing residents to local sources, and warns that pills and powders can contain fentanyl (source).
Ventura County Superior Court Adult Drug Court can connect treatment with a legal case.
NAMI Ventura County and Ventura County Al-Anon Information Service (District 12) 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 Ventura, Ventura County Behavioral Health Access/Crisis Line (24/7) answers at 1-866-998-2243, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
See every community on our California interventionists page.
Yes. Our professional interventionists travel to families in Ventura, usually through Santa Barbara Municipal Airport (SBA). Planning starts by phone or video, so your family can begin right away.
Call 911 if anyone is in immediate danger. For Ventura, Ventura County Behavioral Health Access/Crisis Line (24/7) answers at 1-866-998-2243, and 988 takes calls and texts nationwide.
Start with Ventura County Behavioral Health, Substance Use Services.
Yes. Ventura County Superior Court Adult Drug Court connects treatment with a criminal case. An intervention can often move someone into treatment before a case starts.
NAMI Ventura County and Ventura County Al-Anon Information Service (District 12) 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.
