The team of Interventionists, Intervention Coordinators, and Family Recovery Coaches at Family First Intervention provides Services and Support for addiction, mental health, and dual diagnosis concerns in California and anywhere else in the United States your family needs us.

Family First Intervention’s S.A.F.E.® Intervention & Family Recovery Coaching program stands for Self-Awareness Family Education. Our curriculum helps families to become better equipped to support themselves and their loved ones during and after the intervention. Families in California have more resources for treatment centers and intervention professionals than just about any other state. These intervention service resources often lack an integrated team of professionals to offer support once the formal face-to-face intervention is complete. For those few intervention companies with a whole staff and multiple departments that offer family support after the intervention in California, the cost can be double that of other interventions in California, or the family is charged a separate fee for ongoing case management and support services.

Most interventionists in California are a one or two-person team. They can do an amazing job of inspiring a substance user or a loved one with mental health concerns to seek help. After the family’s loved one seeks help, most interventionists cannot provide a complete family curriculum to guide the family through their recovery process. Addiction and mental health interventions are the least stressful point during the intervention. It is after the intervention that families need the most help and support. In addition to supporting the family, your intervention team in California needs to be able to have weekly meetings with the treatment center your loved one is in. In doing so, Family First Intervention, the family, the treatment center, and your loved one with addiction or mental health concerns have the best possible support to succeed. Meeting with the treatment center staff and the family separately allows us to address discrepancies between what the loved one is telling the family and what they are saying to the team at the center.

California Mental Health, Addiction, and Dual Diagnosis Intervention supports families of loved ones who have not yet asked for help or reached their bottom.

Families often wait for their loved ones to ask for help or hit rock bottom. For some, this never happens or never comes. Families at their bottom can initiate the intervention process and make the necessary changes to help their loved ones see the need for help and feel the consequences of their actions. Whether this happens with an intervention or on its own, the family, the substance user, or the mental health patient is not out of the woods simply because they have entered a treatment program locally in California or anywhere else near where they reside.

Going to treatment for addiction and mental health is far easier than staying in treatment until completion. It is even more difficult for substance use and mental health disorder patients to follow through with discharge plans after they complete a recovery program. The family’s loved one may not complete treatment or follow discharge plans, and the family isn’t sure what they should do differently should this occur. If the family does not change while their loved one is in treatment, this can significantly lower the opportunity for a successful discharge and long-term outcome.

Initial Consultation

Our process starts with a phone call to our office. When the family agrees, we move to a family consultation call. We begin the assessment phase after the family has approved the intervention.

Arranging the Treatment Plan and the Logistics for the Intervention

The next step is arranging the treatment plan and the logistics for the intervention. Upon arrival, our interventionist utilizes our S.A.F.E.® Intervention and Family Recovery Coaching manual as a guide.

Face-To-Face Intervention

The following day is the face-to-face intervention with your family, the interventionist, and your loved one. Regardless of the outcome, your family will move into our S.A.F.E.® program for guidance and support. The S.A.F.E.® curriculum consists of weekly family meetings with several support groups offered throughout the week. One-on-one support is available and reserved for families actively engaged in our meetings and support groups. Families are assigned homework assignments to work on goals and process the work they do for themselves outside of the S.A.F.E.® curriculum.

Outside Work for Families

The outside work can include Al-Anon, Families Anonymous, CoDA, A.C.O.A. meetings, marriage and family therapy, and individual counseling. We also encourage families to participate in hobbies and self-care activities. The S.A.F.E.® Addiction and Mental Health Intervention Services and Family Recovery Coaching program is designed to help families take their lives back, regardless of whether their loved one agrees to accept your gift of a second chance at life.