by admin | Jul 29, 2019 | For Families, Interventions
Beyond the challenges of addiction, could your loved one also be struggling with mental illness? Known as dual diagnosis, this affects more people than you may realize. According to the National Association of Mental Illness (NAMI), approximately 37 percent of those...
by admin | Jun 20, 2019 | Blog, For Families, Interventions, Resources
If your loved one is addicted to drugs or alcohol, you likely would not be surprised to hear that most who need treatment feel like things are fine. In fact, of the more than 18 million addicts who did not receive treatment for substance use in 2017, only 1 million...
by admin | Mar 13, 2019 | Blog, For Families, Interventions, Resources
Watching someone you love battle a drug or alcohol addiction can be excruciating. When your pleas for them to get help are ignored or they deny there is a problem, your family may decide it’s time for an intervention. You plan, you get everyone there and your goal is...
by admin | Feb 6, 2019 | For Families, Interventions, Resources
Crisis intervention and management can be a minefield for friends and family dealing with a loved one in need of help. Individual crises come in all shapes and forms—an overdose, arrest, unhealthy relationship or other type of trauma—and responses to these events are...
by Kacy Silverstein | Mar 19, 2018 | For Families, Interventions, Resources
When Is It Time for an Intervention? By: Heather R. Hayes, M.Ed., LPC, CAI, CIP When your teen, young adult child, or anyone else close to you battles a drug or alcohol addiction, the pain you experience is palpable, and all you want to do is help them heal. But that...
by admin | Oct 26, 2017 | For Families, For Professionals, Interventions
By Heather R. Hayes, M.Ed., LPC, CAI, CIP 3/04/2016 http://www.doctoroz.com/article/facts-interventions Heather R. Hayes, a leading intervention expert, shares what to expect before, during, and after an intervention, and offers tips on how to find an interventionist....
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