Sustainable Intervention/A Family's Invitation to Change


​"Hopefully, days and years of waiting for people to "hit bottom" are going to be replaced by assertive approaches to identifying, engaging and motivating people in need of  recovery."
 - WIlliam White
  • We have seen that to get long term results, an invitation to a Family meeting is a better approach than, SURPRISE! 
  • Research shows that a less confrontational approach offers more than double the chance that a loved one will enter treatment or some kind of change process.​
  • ​The core of this method is FAMILY.
  • We believe that the family is inherently resilient and well-equipped to help and hope.

The Steps
One: Craft a Circle of Change
  • Who are the voices that matter?

Creating a Change Plan
  • To Treatment or Not?

The Change Message
  • The change message is the internal mission statement for the team to rally around. A short version would be: You're hurting, we love you, here's the help ... what do you say?

The tools you will use to craft the Change Message are:
  • This is what I see (Eyewitness Account)
  • This is what I fear (Flash Forward)
  • This is what I hope (Resolution)

Eyewitness Account
  • The eyewitness account helps each person to calmly paint a picture.
  • The change message helps identify what the loved one's primary reservations are likely to be, and what the team's bottom line's will be.

The Flash Forward
  • This is the second part of the family meeting's guided conversation. Ask: What do you worry will happen if your loved one does not get help? 

The Resolution 
  • "Will you accept the help we're offering and start a recovery program today?"

The Setting
  • The Family Meeting should be held in Familiar surroundings.
  • Everyone should be within arms length of the loved one ready to connect with love an hugs.

Two: Deliver the Invitation
  • Once the invitation has been made the process has begun.

We invite you to breakthrough and find recovery for your Family. 

What is the investment?
INTERVENTIONS WITHIN A 2 HOUR RADIUS OF MY OFFICE $4,000
  • Transportation services to a local provider within 100 miles of the intervention location are included.
  • Transportation services to a more distant provider are $2,000 plus travel expenses
​INTERVENTIONS OUTSIDE OF THE 2 HOUR RADIUS OF MY HOME OFFICES $8,000 + TRAVEL EXPENSES
  • One night stay is assumed. Any additional overnight stay(s) due to travel complications or other circumstances are $2,000 per night, plus expenses.
  • Transportation services to a treatment provider within 100 miles of the intervention location are included.
  • Transportation services to a more distant provider or requiring an additional overnight are $2,000, plus expenses.
Intervention Incudes:
  • Prep work, the team meetings, and necessary followup sessions to facilitate entry into treatment and a transportation escort to the facility;
  • Advising, screening and selection recommendations for inpatient, and/or outpatient treatment, interface between the team and the treatment provider; coordination of aftercare; integration planning if the person is returning home or to the community; advice on using self-help meetings, and setting up a self-help support network; addressing questions related to ongoing treatment and other functioning related issues; and emergency meetings if resumption of use occurs;
  • The fee includes unlimited emails and texts and coordination of any and all issues related to the case that come up for 6 months. ​ ​

We do not bill insurance. 
Payment plans can be arranged.
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Sustainable Recovery, Inc.
Timothy Harrington
Telephone: 323-804-5555