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Knowledge is power when dealing with addiction. Planning and preparation are critical for a good, structured family intervention. These four options range from simple reading to hiring a professional interventionist. Choose the method that's right for you.
1. Start Learning. This website is loaded with information about addiction, recovery, intervention,
treatment and more. You might want to start by reading the page on Professional Intervention or the Articles and Tools.
Hint: click on any of the blue menu buttons at the top,
for a guide to that section of our website.
You can learn a great deal about how to help your loved one, just by reading through our website.
2. Get the directions. Love First is the best-selling book on intervention. It will take you step-by-step through the process of planning and carrying out a good structured family intervention. It will help you get your loved on into treatment.
The authors, Jeff Jay and Debra Jay, explain the dynamics of addiction, the process of enabling, choosing a team, writing intervention letters, and all the steps families need to know to carry out a good, structured intervention. Love First is available in almost any bookstore, or you can buy it on amazon.com by clicking here.
"Building a team, choosing a chairperson,anticipating objections, using checklists, and rehearsing for the intervention itself. The reader will find it all here!"
-Robert M. Morse, M.D., Professor of psychiatry emeritus, Mayo Medical School
former Director of Addictive Disorders Services, Mayo Clinic
3. Watch the Intervention Workshop videos. Jeff and Debra Jay have produced a comprehensive video series that will teach you how to plan and carry out a powerful family intervention. These videos are available to watch immediately over the internet (like YouTube). For more information and to watch sample videos, click here.
This moderately priced option is almost like having Jeff and Debra Jay work with you personally. The Workshop is presented in 38 separate video chapters for easy viewing. To learn more about Intervention Workshop, just click here.
4. Hire a professional interventionist. Whether you want a brief consultation and strategy sesson by phone or a professionally facilitated intervention from start to finish,
we are ready to help you.
Jeff and Debra Jay and their team of intervention specialists help families every day. Read about our professional background. We are available to discuss your case and/or travel to your location now. Most families take a week or two to plan and carry out an intervention with us. But we can also intervene in as little as 24 hours, if necessary.
Call us to discuss your case at: 888-220-4400. Toll free.