Through our S.A.F.E.® (Self Awareness Family Education™) Intervention & Family Recovery Coaching Program, we can provide families and their loved ones in Florida or anywhere else in the country with substance use or mental health disorder intervention and post-intervention support.

Florida has more treatment centers and resources for addiction and dual diagnosis than elsewhere. With an overabundance of treatment options comes a surplus of interventionists who often work with or for the centers in Florida. It is not to say these interventionists are incapable of helping your loved one seek help. What frequently lacks is the inability to assist families during and after the intervention while remaining unbiased, as they may act as potential advocates for the treatment center. Is the interventionist tied to a center in Florida, there for your family and your loved one, or are they there for the treatment center? If you are only looking to have someone talk your loved one into treatment or are only interested in learning how to do that yourself, you do not have to pay for that. Having someone talk your loved one into treatment in Florida can be accomplished by members of your local Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous meetings, free of charge. If the family is interested in changing themselves, the toxic environment to both the family and their loved one, and addressing any behaviors and communication that can compromise the outcome, then you need a professional intervention organization with multiple staff and personnel who work together to accomplish this goal.

Intervention companies with an integrated staff of several departments, all dedicated to your family, are rare, even in Florida, with outstanding access to treatment facilities. Family First Intervention understands getting your loved one to treatment is easy; keeping them there and following through with their recovery afterward is another challenge. At Family First Intervention, we are not there for us, nor for the treatment center; we are there for your family and your loved one. Our addiction and mental health intervention services offer families in-depth support before, during, and, most importantly, after the intervention.

How our S.A.F.E.® Intervention and Family Recovery Coaching for Addiction & Mental Health Works.

The hard work comes after the formal face-to-face intervention with your family and your loved one. Most calls from families in Florida or anywhere else in the country are from those whose loved one has gone to treatment or attempted to correct the addiction or mental health concern multiple times. The common denominator in almost all of these situations is families who did nothing different; they only allowed the substance user or loved one with a mental health disorder the opportunity to try to better themselves. When only one piece of the broken family system is addressed, it is nearly impossible for any of the family members, including the one with mental health or addiction concerns, to improve.

Most of our resources support the family and your loved one after the intervention. We offer several groups throughout the week for families. The core of the S.A.F.E.®  curriculum is the weekly meeting we have with your family and the weekly meetings we have with your loved one’s clinical team at the treatment center. In these meetings with the family, we guide families on numerous challenges they will face, including addiction and mental health behaviors while in treatment, and codependency and enabling that can occur during and after treatment. Family roles and how they can be productive and counterproductive to the recovery process for both family and loved one are also addressed. The better the family gets, the greater the likelihood your loved one will improve, too.

Our weekly meetings with the treatment center your loved one is in are crucial to the outcome of their treatment stay. We will inevitably uncover significant discrepancies throughout your loved one’s treatment stay. It is common for the center to believe your loved one is doing better than they are because they are only hearing their side of things. When enrolled in our S.A.F.E.® program, we can see those discrepancies and allow you a voice in the treatment plan of your loved one. Why are they putting on a show at the center and calling the family with anger, showing their true colors? If not addressed while your loved one is in treatment, it will continue after they leave treatment.

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.