Addiction and Mental Health Disorder Intervention Services in Kansas

With the Help of Our S.A.F.E.® (Self Awareness Family Education™) Addiction and Mental Health Intervention Services, Families in Kansas do not have to wait for their Loved Ones to Ask for or Want Help.

Deciding to do something about a problem must be followed by action if anything is to change. Talking about or saying something about what needs to change is a significant first step and still brings no results if followed by inaction. Families often call into our office seeking help and hope, only to be sabotaged by other family members or loved ones with addiction and mental disorders. An intervention is not about waiting for your loved one to reach the bottom; it is about when the person is reading this, and others are at their bottom. Please try to disregard what others say when sabotaging your efforts to seek professional help. Families who take this position are often operating from a place of displaced emotions while holding onto their dysfunctional family role that has become their security blanket. Families in Kansas and elsewhere have options that do not have to include waiting in a holding pattern for other family members to get on board or until your loved one asks for help, wants help, or hits bottom.

Many families in Kansas and elsewhere are often at the mercy of their loved ones who are struggling. Many things a family does are often dictated by whether it will offend or affect another family member or the family member with an addiction or a mental health disorder. Sometimes, family members can make it difficult for one another to agree on one solution. As dysfunctional family roles play out, almost everyone in the family system has a different mindset and ideas about how and when somebody should address the problem. A family at odds is often influenced by selfishness. In other words, some family members may be making decisions that would benefit or affect them rather than stop the insanity and make a significant change that could allow the loved one needing help a chance to get help. We are not saying in any way to put addiction or mental disorder first by way of enabling or to believe that the family is the cause that started the problems. What we are saying is to let go of the fears that you have and do something about the problem before the problem does something to you. Until you let go of your fears of the unknown outcome and address the problem, your loved one is going to continue to hold your family hostage with their behavior, addiction, and mental health disorder. Although families do not create the problem, they often cause it to stay the same or worsen. 

Before a family or a substance user can make a change, they first must decide they are going to stop doing what they are doing. Once that decision is made, it must be followed with swift action in the form of an addiction and mental health intervention. Whether your loved one is in Kansas, the Midwest, or anywhere else, our intervention services can help by helping your Family First.

Kansas Addiction and Mental Health Services for Families.

For families, setting up an intervention can be extremely difficult. Our professionals must work countless hours to unite several personalities, opinions, and dysfunctional family roles to agree upon a common strategy. After getting past this challenging part, we arrange a temporary treatment plan. We say temporary because treatment plans are constantly evolving and changing. The following steps include setting dates, ironing out logistics, and implementing a plan. Our addiction and mental health interventionist then comes to your family in Kansas or anywhere else you request we come to. The first face-to-face meeting is with your family in the absence of your loved one, which we will be intervening with the next day. The loved one who needs help will not know about the meeting, and family members should not let them know the plan. The next day is the face-to-face intervention with your family, the interventionist, and your loved one. After the intervention takes place, your loved one will either accept help or decline help. Please remember, we are not necessarily addressing addiction or mental health; we are addressing behaviors and the resistance to treatment. Addressing addiction and mental health is a job for the dual diagnosis treatment facility, and setting up the treatment plan is part of the assessment. Families are often hung up on mental health diagnoses, alcohol consumption, and drug use. We are well-versed in behavior volatility associated with addiction and mental health. Our interventionists are trained professionals capable of utilizing evidence-based treatment strategies such as motivational interviewing to help your loved one commit to treatment.

Once the easiest part of the intervention is complete, families move into our aftercare department. We did not speak; the intervention is the easiest part, yet it is the part almost everyone in the family fears. Families will struggle the most in our aftercare, regardless of the outcome. Should your loved one decline help, the family will move into a specific curriculum to help you navigate the next steps. When your loved one accepts help and enters treatment, our aftercare specialists will guide you through your emotional volatility. The most challenging groups are families who have a loved one who is in a treatment center. The two biggest reasons families at this crossroad face more challenges are the spotlight on the dysfunctional family roles and the belief that the hard part is over because your loved one is in treatment. So much can happen when someone accepts help. As the family cycles through the stages of grief and volatile emotions, so will your loved one. It is not uncommon for someone to try to test family boundaries and attempt to leave treatment against medical advice and head back to Kansas or wherever they may have lived before the intervention. When this occurs, you will need a team of professionals collaborating with your family and the treatment center to get you through this. 

The list of reasons a family needs support after the intervention is endless. Not all interventionists understand this, and almost none offer or can offer the required resources to support families after an intervention.

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.