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“YOUR TURNING POINT!”

PROFESSIONALS WHO CARE
Trudy Annand is AXIS’ Senior Intervention Specialist.  Trudy, a Registered Professional Counsellor and a Master practitioner in Counselling Psychology, has worked in the counseling profession for a number of years.  She is also a Certified Interventionist and a member of the Association of Intervention Specialists.  Trudy has planned and participated in numerous interventions with alcoholics and drug addicts.

HOW IT WORKS
Intervention is a turning-point on the ugly and destruction road of addiction - one where a spouse, sibling, employer or friend cares enough to act and find help to point the substance abuser to reality’s rock bottom and the only option is immediate treatment. AXIS Intervention Service Ltd. provides discreet professional assistance by empowering those closest to the substance abuser and educating them about addiction. We treat everyone with respect and understand the importance of confidentiality.

AXIS Intervention Service Ltd. provides a planned and organized presentation of reality to the substance abuser with the goal of getting them to accept immediate admission to an appropriate treatment facility or program.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
First, you can expect professionalism, a high degree of compassion, understanding and total discretion.  We treat everyone involved with the utmost of respect while understanding confidentiality is paramount. Traveling throughout Canada, our highly trained and professional Intervention Specialists use time – tested principles and practices to plan a custom strategy aimed at presenting the intervention in a professional, objective, caring, and non-judgmental manner. We form the Intervention team, prepare for and facilitate the Intervention and transport the substance abuser to treatment. We measure success each step of the way. The main goal is to get the substance abuser to accept immediate treatment.

Phone: 1-866-455-AXIS (2947)
24 hour service

 

Discover the Freedom of Being Well

Intervention Services

Bellwood Health Services is a Centre of Excellence and internationally recognized leader in evidence-based treatment of addiction and mental health problems.  Since 1984, Bellwood has provided treatment for individuals and families across Canada experiencing problems with alcohol and drugs; behaviours relating to gambling, sex and eating; PTSD/trauma and addictions: methadone tapering and addiction treatment 

People with addictions often fail to seek help because they’re still denying they have a problem. But confronting the issue through an intervention, you can help your loved one or employee realize it truly is time to seek help. Bellwood can help you prepare for a successful intervention.

Our experienced, professional staff will prepare you, your family and friends for a successful family or workplace intervention through education and role-playing scenarios.  Our intervention training programs involve between two to four sessions, with each session lasting up to two hours. Family or friends who live out of town may be brought into the process via teleconference.

Visit us  or call 1-800-387-6198 for more information about Bellwood’s Intervention Services and let us help your loved one or employee Discover the Freedom of Being Well.

 

"When Love, Care & Concern really counts!"

Scott & Jenny Graham have been facilitating interventions since 1988 across the United States, and Canada. They have helped thousands of families intervene with an over ninety percent success rate whereby the intervened upon person walks through the doors of treatment on the day of intervention. The less than ten percent that don't go into treatment on the day of intervention typically agree to go within 72 hours. This is because the families through a Carefrontation have redefined their boundaries.

A “Carefrontation” is our intervention method. Different from the confrontations most people are familiar with, a “Carefrontation” is love, care, and concern expressed in a compelling, straightforward, and respectful manner. The intervention is as much for you as it is for your loved one. It can feel like your loved one is barreling down a freeway with you held hostage in the back seat. A  Carefrontation creates an off ramp that draws them to the curb.
  • The danger is interrupted
  • The choice point for change is presented
  • The hostages are freed

Scott and Jenny are seasoned and trusted intervention specialists with an unparalleled reputation in the chemical dependency treatment field. Their nationally recognized “Carefrontation” method of intervention helps not only the addict or alcoholic get into treatment, but also each participant to gain insight into their role as it relates to dysfunctional behaviors for everyone involved.

To know you have done everything in your power
to help your loved one will change your life.

Your Not Alone, Call Now:
(360) 387- 6821

 

“Instilling hope in those whose hope has gone!”

Daryl Samson brings fourteen years of professionalism, passion and a non-judgmental approach to both his current position as program manager at The Orchard Treatment Centre and private practice as a personal and family counselor and expert in interventions. Daryl specializes in the assessment, treatment, intervention and monitoring of addictive disorders and chemical dependencies both in the home and the professional communities.

Daryl Samson understands! 
As a former professional soccer player with the Vancouver Whitecaps and a later career as a teaching professional, Daryl has considerable understanding of the demands faced by individuals, working professionals and their families.

A proud member of The Angels Response Team, Daryl Samson has had many successes preparing families for interventions and getting the addict into treatment.

You can reach Daryl:
Monday to Thursday at The Orchard Treatment Centre: (604) 947-0420
Fridays at his office at Transformation Communications: (604) 987-4718
Email Address: k2d2sam@telus.net

 

 

Counselling & Interventions!
Kathleen Landry and Associates is an organization that helps individuals and families deal with difficult life issues and anxieties.
Kathleen Landry MCS RCC, the founder of the center, has over twenty five years of counselling experience working with individuals and couples in groups and the workplace. She specializes in addiction recovery for individuals and their families. She is a Mastered Degreed psychotherapist from UBC and Is a British Columbia Registered Clinical counselor.
Kathleen’s experience encompasses over 70,000 clinical hours and over 3,000 clients. She has performed over 150 successful family and workplace addiction interventions.

Interventions for Destructive Behaviours:

  • ALCOHOL & DRUG SUBSTANCE ABUSE
  • INAPROPRIATE SEXUAL BEHAVIOURS
  • EATING DISORDERS
  • GAMBLING PROBLEMS
At Kathleen Landry and Associates, an intervention is the loving process into a troubled person's life to help motivate them to change and seek help. It is a process that begins long before the troubled person is even spoken to and continues long after the person seeks help. It involves the caring support of the troubled person's closest friends, family and business associates. It is a process that brings the person's "bottom up" rather than waiting for the person to "sink to the bottom"

”Kathleen is often able to reach people that have been unsuccessful with other approaches.”

You can reach Kathleen at:
Phone: 604-924-0042

 

 

ACCESSIBILITY, SERVICE & QUALITY!

Interventions

An Intervention at Life Development Resources is a discreet and professionally planned process designed to illustrate the reality of addiction to the problematic user. It includes the provision of a solution(s) designed to empower the problematic user to accept an immediate way out. Our highly trained and professional Intervention Specialists use time tested principles and practices to plan a custom strategy aimed at presenting the Intervention in a professional, objective, caring, and non-judgmental manner.

It is important to note that we work in collaboration with a local Treatment Centre and we can facilitate an admission into a Residential Treatment Program (for both men and women), if necessary.

How does it work?

There is a 3 Step process involved in the Intervention process.

Step 1: Assessment of situation. All parties present except potential client.

Step 2: Set time and place for intervention

Step 3: Intervention to take place. All parties present including potential client.

Family Support

The Intervention Specialist also helps the members in the alcoholic and drug addict’s circle of caring come to some decisions on their own about their future
with that person.

Geographic Availability

We offer professional intervention services for drug and alcohol dependency and addictions primarily in the Greater Vancouver area, however we are open to discuss interventions throughout the province of BC, as well as other provinces.

Call us to inquire about our fees. We will work with you to create a plan that works for you. For further information please feel free to contact us by:

Administration: Phone: 604-530-9508  
Drug & Alcohol Referral line: Phone: 604-916-7100

Interventions - Caring & Concern

The atmosphere:

Professional intervention is a structured method of assisting the immediate family, partner, friend or workplace reach an individual who has likely been resistant to suggestions or previous attempts to get him or her help for a substance abuse problem.

The Process:

The full process involves first convening a group of concerned persons and after sufficient preparatory work, confronting the afflicted individual in a non-threatening way characterized by special caring and real concern.

To ensure a successful outcome, the intervention should be structured and facilitated by an experienced and qualified interventionist who has both intervention-specific and addictions counselling training.

The Professional:


Sue Donaldson RSW,
Certified Executive Coach
Board Registered Interventionist – Level 1

How it works – The Goals:

Because each concerned group or individual and set of circumstances differ widely, the intervention is individually structured, drawing from the strengths of the Arise, Johnson and Systemic models and is based upon a thorough assessment of each family and the situation.

This flexibility in approach best ensures an optimal outcome which is two-fold:

1. The addictive person agrees to accept treatment and ongoing aftercare counselling.
2. The family, partner or workplace is able to openly identify and address the problem, often for the first time and most importantly, learn how to support and participate in the recovery process.

The Intervention Includes:

1. One or two sessions with all participants prior to the intervention.  These sessions generally last 2 to 4 hours each and are at once preparatory,  educational and therapeutic
2. Assignments for each participant to complete prior to the intervention
3. Phone and Email support for all participants during the entire process
4. Co-facilitation as deemed necessary
5. Co-ordination; referral to the correct treatment facility
6. The meeting with the addicted individual
7. Accompaniment of the addicted individual to the facility
8. Post treatment session with all of the participants of the intervention
9. Follow up and support for 6 months post treatment

When you need help now:

Whether it be the individual or the family desperately concerned about a loved one’s use of substances or an employer concerned about the health and performance of an employee including safety and further protection of others, we believe that the response to the “open window” of readiness to consider change needs to be immediate and effective. Therefore, the first phone consult is free and the first appointment will be obtained within two business days.

Phone: 250-514-1083
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