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For Whom
When someone needs help, but won’t go, together those who care have the power to motivate the loved-one into treatment. Whether for a spouse, friend, executive, sibling, child, partner, coworker, or another loved-one, we provide family solutions for addiction/compulsive problems. We offer five strategies of family intervention and the Family Recovery Program.How
We rarely resort to the use of surprise meetings. These can backfire and be very damaging. There is no need to be harsh or abrupt. Our approach is always gentle and loving, addressing compulsive and self-destructive behaviors, including gambling and eating disorders. With the confidence of research, we help bring the caring and concern to a specific focus on the problem behavior. Collaboratively we guide the process, tailoring the strategy to the needs of the loved-one and the individual family. Though the preparation period varies, it typically involves three to six sessions. In almost all cases, the loved-one goes directly into treatment.
As the Johnson Institute recommends,
experience has shown that intervention is best done with professional facilitation. Therapeutic Orientation and History of Intervention
Do Not Wait
Compulsive and addictive patterns continue to worsen with devastation for the entire family.Sensitivity
Sensitive, personalized, professional literature-supported adaptations are provided that respect the diversity of cultural and ethnic background, gender, orientation, developmental disabilities, and needs of the loved-one, including the elderly. Staying true to the critical research-grounded principles of effective intervention, the process is adapted for your family and loved-one’s needs.Strong Support
Continuing support and counseling are available for families while their loved-one is in treatment. This supports the family with their needs, but also helps the loved-one stay in treatment. Increasingly, families also enter our Family Recovery Program with their loved-one after treatment. This provides the support to mend and recover, together.Results
In almost all cases, the recipient of the family’s love and caring immediately enters treatment. As shown in research, those entering treatment through an intervention process are often more successful than those entering by many other means, even self-referred. Just as important is the care we provide to support the personal and emotional needs of family and friends. We support the family until the person is in treatment; not flying away after two days, like out-of-town interventionists.Experience
For over 25 years, Dr. Joe Terhaar, Ph.D. has studied, provided, and improved family intervention. Nationally recognized for his research and writing on family intervention, he is one of the most knowledgeable experts and practitioners of family intervention in the United States. For as many years, he has also provided vital counseling and recovery support for families. Dr. Terhaar is the only interventionist in the Inland Northwest with national credentials as both a full member of the Association of Intervention Specialists (AIS) and the only nationally board registered interventionist in the Inland Northwest (BRI-I).Care and Quality
This caring and loving process strengthens and revitalizes families. No longer do families have to resort to home remedies, struggle with out-of-date or out-of-state counselors, worry and ignore the problem, or risk trying to do it alone. Intervention Specialists, LLC is a national leader in helping families get loved-ones into treatment and heal.Qualifications
Director of ISLLC Family-Centered Addiction Recovery Program, Dr. Joe Terhaar Ph.D., is one of the few multi-licensed mental health, marriage and family, and certified chemical dependency counselors in the state. In addition, he is the only Board Registered Interventionist (BRI-I) in the Inland Northwest. Since 1977, he has held many leadership positions including author, trainer, and researcher in the prevention, intervention, and treatment of addictions. Parts of his training curriculum in intervention are in use across the U.S., from Seattle to Georgia. For six years he was director of Alcohol/Drug Studies at Eastern Washington University. Currently he is adjunct faculty at both Spokane Falls Community College and Eastern Washington University. In 2001, he was honored to be nationally recognized with a rare dissertation research grant from the National Institutes of Health-National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to study family intervention.
Placing Our Clients and Families First
All of our counselors are state registered or certified, with some also having national certification/registration credentials. We adhere to and embrace the state and national codes of ethics specific to each of the services we offer.
All Intervention Specialists, LLC counselors are state-licensed or registered with years of experience both in addictions and working with families. Many have demonstrated their leadership and expertise not just as counselors but also as educators and directors in the addictions treatment profession. Along with this experience, each counselor has had additional, advanced patent-pending, nationally-approved training in research-grounded techniques of family intervention. RETURN TO HOME |