Intervention
You don’t have to live this way any longer…
When someone you love is addicted it is hard to know how to help. Addiction is a complicated illness. Family members are often left dumbfounded and heart-broken in the wake of the insanity of addiction. When your attempts to help someone with an addiction or other behavioral health problem are not working, it may be time to consider a professional Intervention.
We understand the courage it takes on behalf of the family and other loved ones to step out of the denial, secrets, and enabling of addiction.
At Scottsdale Intervention we facilitate the intervention, either by invitation or traditional surprise approach, with a loving and respectful process that motivates an addicted person to accept help. Once help is accepted, treatment then frees the addict from the suffering of addiction. In our Intervention process we equally help family members free themselves from the suffering of loving an addicted person and of trying to make someone else change.
Approximately 85% to 90% of the time the addicted person chooses to go to treatment at the time of the Intervention. But when they do not go to treatment immediately or choose to leave treatment early, we empower our Intervention Team Members to maintain healthy boundaries. This is how we measure success because we know that once the enabling system of addiction is broken down, only then does addiction begin to heal. Most often, the beneficiary will eventually accept treatment when the family imposes healthy boundaries after the intervention. Intervention saves lives.
Our experience over many years of intervention work has proven that an “in your face” ultimatum driven confrontation with an addicted person does not promote long-term recovery. Our process gets successful results because we remove the element of force from the intervention process. We focus on dignity as the motivating and driving force of intervention; dignity for the addict and dignity for every member of the intervention team.
When force is used to persuade an addicted person to accept treatment the eventual response to this force is defensiveness. By removing the element of force and replacing it with dignity, the addicted person is empowered to “own” his/her problem.
We define dignity as respect for oneself and others. This means that when a loved one confronts the reality of addiction as they see it and commits to no longer support the disease through enabling behaviors, this dignifies both the addicted person and the family member. The disease has been disarmed and the hope of recovery is realized. This is an intricate and delicate process that we have perfected over many years of doing intervention work.
It is not difficult to persuade someone to do that which he is longing to do.
We help families break through the defensive exterior of the addicted person to reveal the wounded and lonely person inside who is suffering from the disease of addiction. When this break through is achieved, the miracle of recovery can begin.
We provide intervention services for alcohol, drugs, sex, love / relationships, gambling, eating disorders, internet gaming, codependency, work, medical illness, mental illness, and other behavioral health concerns.
Making the decision to intervene is complex and typically requires some research. Please call or email us and we will be happy to discuss the intervention process in detail with you and answer questions unique to your situation.
Cost:
At Scottsdale Intervention we keep the cost of intervention services as affordable as we can – while still allowing us to maintain our high professional standards. When you pay us for an intervention you are not paying so much for our time (although that is a consideration), but for our skill and knowledge. All professionals at Scottsdale Intervention are certified and licensed to the highest standards achievable in our particular specialties. By maintaining these standards we can assure you that you are receiving the best money can buy.
Research will tell you that the cost of an intervention by a professional interventionist can range from $2500 to $8500 plus. Many factors go into the pricing of an intervention, including location, size of the intervening group, complexity of the clinical issues involved, security needs and concerns, the amount of time required to adequately prepare and deliver the intervention, travel time, etc. Typically, a local intervention will cost less than a national or international intervention.
The cost of our intervention is a flat rate of $3500 for an intervention local to the Scottsdale, Arizona area, and $5500 for a distant intervention.
Travel expenses, if necessary for interventions held outside the Scottsdale area, are charged in addition to the flat rate intervention fee.
We recommend that your interventionist or a recovery coach accompany your loved one to the treatment facility after the intervention. If the treatment facility is not local to the site of the intervention, an additional escort fee will be charged. A well-suited family member or good friend is always an alternative to the interventionist or coach providing the escort. We will make this decision together with you, during the planning and preparation of your intervention.
Insurance does not cover the cost of intervention, but may cover the cost of treatment.
Time:
An intervention can occur in as quickly as 24 hours. But we prefer to take more time than that when possible. The secret to a successful intervention is a well-prepared intervention team.
When possible we like to schedule an initial 90 minute meeting during which you interview us and we complete an assessment of your situation. This initial meeting can be held at our office in Scottsdale AZ or on the phone, or both, to include all family members and friends who are dedicated to helping your loved one.
Next, we schedule our preparation sessions. These 2 sessions last approximately 3 hours each. During these sessions we arrange for the best treatment option, taking into account the clinical needs of your loved one and the financial resources available. Treatment costs and clinical needs vary considerably, and it is our job to match your loved one with the right treatment experience. We are experts at this! We fully prepare your intervention team during these preparation sessions; you will be a strong, loving, and cohesive team by the time we meet with your loved one.
The intervention itself typically lasts 60 to 90 minutes.
In addition to these face-to-face group meetings, we spend quite a bit of time on the phone and emailing you and other members of your team as we prepare for the intervention. We schedule our interventions one-at-time, so that your intervention is the only focus of our time for the duration of your preparation sessions.
Recovery Coaches are sometimes used during and following an intervention to provide one on one support for people new in recovery. Services include transportation from the intervention to a treatment program; assistance and support while integrating back into family, work and community after treatment; getting settled into a 12-step recovery program; providing abstinence monitoring; financial and budgeting assistance; and other practical early recovery support.
Coaching is provided by affiliates of Scottsdale Intervention and Counseling and is implemented as needed during your care. The cost of coaching is approximately $60 per hour with packages for daily and weekly services.
Intervention works, it saves lives.