We Provide Families in Alaska Help for Their Loved Ones with Addiction and Mental Health Disorders through our S.A.F.E.® (Self Awareness Family Education™) Intervention Services and Family Recovery Coaching Program.

Addiction and mental health problems can devastate all who are affected within the family system. The ripple effect can even be felt by friends, co-workers, and acquaintances of the people who are struggling with watching a loved one backslide. In other words, when your loved one is struggling, you are struggling, and others can see and feel your change and pain. The old belief that you must wait for loved ones to ask for help or hit bottom is untrue. However, there is some truth to the comment about needing to feel the consequences of being at the bottom or near the bottom before asking for help. What should be stated after saying someone needs to hit bottom or ask for help to get better is why they aren’t feeling the consequences and why they aren’t asking for help? Our S.A.F.E.® Intervention Service for Addiction and Mental Health in Alaska and elsewhere helps families answer that very question. Most families are operating from a place of dysfunction and flooded emotions and, therefore, are unable to make a rational decision on what to do for themselves and their loved ones. The good news is that an unbiased, trained professional interventionist can help you see what needs to change and why.

When a family gets better, it increases the likelihood of their loved ones getting better, too. By identifying your unhealthy family role, addressing enabling, codependency, and anything else that can be preventing your loved one from hitting bottom and asking for help, together, we help everyone affected. It can be something as little as a family, allowing the problem to continue and not taking action that provides enough comfort to prevent the loved one from addressing the issue. Choosing the path of inaction only makes things worse for the family and your loved one, who needs help to address their addiction and mental health struggles.

What our S.A.F.E.® Addiction and Mental Health Intervention Services in Alaska can do for your Family and your Loved Ones.

Although we perform interventions on all types of substance users and process addictions, the most common interventions we do in Alaska are for crystal methamphetamines, alcohol, and mental health. With limited access and resources to treatment and interventionists in Alaska, families are often in a place of belief that there is no help available or that there is little they can do. Our S.A.F.E.® Intervention Services help families in Alaska and elsewhere with intervention, assessment, and effective treatment plans. Families do not have to wait for their loved ones to ask for help and hit bottom, especially when the family is at its lowest and wants help for themselves and their loved ones.

Starting with the first call, we will help your family understand your options. Once a family agrees to the intervention, we do an assessment and arrange the logistics. Upon arrival, our interventionist will guide you through our intervention manual and prepare you for what to expect during and after the intervention. Regardless of the outcome, our S.A.F.E.® curriculum supports your family through the volatility of your loved one’s addiction and mental health behaviors, in or out of treatment. Whether your loved one enters treatment that day or refuses for months, families will face similar challenges. These challenges are the behaviors of your loved one fighting the process. An intervention is much more than someone coming to your home to inspire them into treatment with a relatable speech. Intervention addresses everything that needs to change to ensure a successful outcome for family and loved ones. The support your family will receive is vital to your success and your loved one’s treatment outcomes.

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.