Where Many Addiction Treatment Journeys Begin
Intervention
When someone you love is struggling with addiction but is unwilling or unsure about accepting treatment, it can be difficult to know what to do next. An intervention provides families and loved ones with professional guidance to address substance use in a structured, supportive way while helping the individual understand the impact of their addiction and the importance of seeking appropriate care. At Focused Addiction Recovery, intervention services also help families prepare for the conversation, recognize enabling behaviors, establish healthier boundaries, and create a clear plan for moving their loved one toward treatment and recovery.
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What are Intervention Services?
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Intervention Services are designed for an SUD afflicted individual who is either in a pre-contemplation (contemplative or contemplation?) or contemplation stage of change. In other words, patients who are unwilling to accept a clinically appropriate treatment plan. This works where an Intervention Specialist (IS) travels to the then current location of the afflicted individual’s family/loved ones. The IS assists the family and loved ones in moving the patient into an “action stage of change” for accepting an appropriate treatment plan.
Key Advantages of an intervention
Benefits of Intervention Services include:
- Professional intervention guidance
- Family education and preparation
- Healthier boundaries and reduced enabling
- Clear planning for treatment
- Sober companion transportation
- Continued family recovery coaching
What Are the Benefits of an Intervention?
A professional intervention provides families with structure, guidance, and support when a loved one is struggling with substance use but is unwilling or unsure about accepting treatment. The process helps families better understand addiction, recognize enabling behaviors, establish healthier boundaries, and prepare for a focused conversation about the need for treatment.
At Focused Addiction Recovery, intervention services extend beyond the intervention itself. Families receive preparation and education before the intervention, professional guidance during the conversation, and continued recovery coaching afterward. When an individual agrees to treatment, Sober Companion Transportation Services can also help support a safe transition to the appropriate treatment facility.
How do the services work?
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Step 1 – Pre-Intervention
The IS via telephone conducts a situational assessment and planning session(s) with the afflicted individual’s loved ones or “family” to prepare all participants for the upcoming intervention process. Psychoeducational and other training materials are provided in advance during this phase.
Step 2 – Family Intervention and Preparation
On the first day, the IS meets in person only with the family and typically at their place of residence to:
- learn about the afflicted individual
- provide psychoeducation to the family about SUD, MH disorders, and complicating factors.
- educate the family on enabling behaviors while formulating an individualized action plan for supporting the afflicted person while not enabling him/her.
- discuss the effects of enabling behaviors on the afflicted individual’s addiction as well as the family system
- outline what the family’s post-treatment home environment and behaviors need to look like
- prepare the family for the actual intervention the next day
Step 3 – Intervention Day
On the second day, the IS meets in person with both the family and the afflicted individual together to:
- facilitate therapeutic confrontation about the person’s addiction and behaviors, and the effects those have on all parties
- outline the new operating rules to be in effect immediately and going forward for all those parties involved
- strongly suggest the loved one seek treatment immediately
- if successful, (over 90% are) begin Sober Companion Transportation Services
Step 4 – Recovery Coaching
Here, the family and patient engage in RC sessions via video chat for six months for further guidance and support.
What is included with the Intervention Services?
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Intervention Services and Post Treatment Follow Up
Excludes:
- Car and air transportation fees, hotel fees, meals and other travel related expenses which are billed at cost
- Emergency room or other medical services if needed during transport
- Transport of multiple afflicted individuals in a single trip (e.g., husband and wife) which would come at a higher cost
What is Sober Companion (SC) Transportation Services and Recovery Coaching and how does it work?
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SC services are available 7 days per week to accompany pre or post detoxed individuals ages 18+ to treatment. The SC is an insured (professional liability) and trained professional Interventionist. The SC’s duty is to ensure safe arrival of a patient with active SUD and/ or complicating psychiatric and/or medical factors to the chosen treatment facility.
The SC flies to the then current location of the affected individual, picks him/her up at their current location by car and transports the person to the local airport. The SC accompanies the individual on the departure flight to the treatment center as appropriate. The SC rents a car at the arrival airport and delivers the patient to the detox center or treatment center for check in.
Also includes 30 days of Recovery Coaching (RC) sessions for the patient’s family. RC is facilitated psychoeducation and support for the patient’s family/support system outside treatment.
Excludes:
- Car and air transportation fees, hotel fees, meals and other travel related expenses which are billed at cost
- Emergency room or other medical services if needed during transport.
- Transport of multiple afflicted individuals in a single trip (e.g., husband and wife) which would come at a higher cost
What is the Next Step After Detox?
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After you have completed detox, you will be evaluated for a mental health disorder. The purpose of this is to make sure that you are getting the best possible treatment for your addiction. If you do not have a mental health disorder, you will be able to go straight into drug abuse treatment. If you do have a mental health disorder, you will first need to receive treatment for that before you can begin drug abuse treatment.
An addiction treatment program will be the next step after detox is completed. This is where you will learn how to live a life without substances. You will also be taught how to deal with triggers and cravings. Treatment usually lasts between 30 and 120 days. During this time, you will participate in individual and group therapy. You may also have family therapy. Your length in addiction will depend on the treatment program you enroll in and what your recommendation dictates. Two programs that you may enroll in for addiction treatment could include a partial hospitalization program or an intensive outpatient program.
SACOT/PHP
Designed for individuals who need a high level of care, this program combines structured therapy with treatment planning to promote progress.
SAIOP/IOP
Flexible scheduling allows clients to receive evidence based treatment while continuing to manage work, school, and family.
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SOBER LIVING
A structured, substance free living environment gives clients the stability and support needed to strengthen healthy routines and recovery skills.
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