Are you concerned about a loved one who is spiraling out of control with the use of alcohol and/or drugs? Perhaps you have heard of intervention or someone you know has recommended it to you. But you don't know any interventionists? Where do you start? How do you find someone? How do you know if they are competent?

The best source of referral is a personal one or one obtained from a reputable professional source, often a treatment center. The web is also a source, but it does not come with a personal recommendation.

Once you have located someone, now what? Start with finding out which model they utilize. Does it sound like the model you wish to have utilized in your situation? Does the interventionist travel? Talk with the interventionist and you will get a feel for how you "connect." Ask questions. Are you comfortable with this person and the answers you are getting? If so, you can ask for professional and personal references.

Do not make price or location of the interventionist the primary criteria. Good, private, independent interventionists travel. The person you hire to conduct this very important process should be someone you are comfortable with who is willing and able to give you the highest quality service.

Good Luck!

Alice Tanner
Interventionist
Get Help Now 415-717-3675

Founded in 2000 by Alice Tanner, a former attorney and now an intervention specialist. Alice began her own recovery through a Systemic Family Intervention, the intervention model she primarily uses in her practice. As a direct result of the Systemic Family Intervention she found help through a 28-day treatment program.

This rare background gives Alice the unique perspective of "knowing" first-hand where the alcoholic/addict is coming from, what it is like to be a patient in a 28-day treatment facility and how it feels to be on the receiving end of an intervention. She understands the desperation and despair the alcoholic/addict feels, as well as the frustration, fear, anguish and suffering the family and friends live with. She not only knows that interventions work and why, she is living proof. If you learn nothing more from this site than this, come away knowing there is help, there is hope. You need not struggle alone any longer.

Prior to becoming an intervention specialist and business consultant, Alice practiced law for 12 years. Her field of expertise was family law and criminal defense. Both of these areas are fraught with addiction and the legal and emotional consequences that addiction brings. This background coupled with her expertise in the field of addictive disease now allows Alice to work with families and their legal counsel when consequences of addiction result in legal entanglements.

Alice is a member of NAADAC, CAADAC and EAPA*. She works with the Other Bar of California, a group of recovering lawyers and judges dedicated to helping those afflicted with addiction disease in the legal community. Currently, she is working with the Sonoma County Department of Health Services developing an outreach program that addresses chemical dependency in older adults.

Available to travel nationwide and abroad, Alice works with families far and wide, large and small. Her clients come from all walks of life ranging in age from adolescent to senior citizen. She helps families struggling with all addictions including chemical dependency, gambling, eating disorders, sexual compulsivity, work and internet addictions and dual-diagnosis. Often, families are struggling with more than one addiction or multiple relapse which are all addressed. Working with families pre, during or post treatment, and working with one family at a time, a program of health and healing is tailored and a new life for them begins.

* NAADAC – National Association of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors
CAADAC – California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors
EAPA – Employee Assistance Professionals Association

Alice Tanner
Interventionist
Get Help Now 415-717-3675