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Gambling, alcoholism, drug addictions and eating disorders are progressive and chronic diseases that, if left untreated, will result in the premature death of someone you love. Help is available. No one has to hit their absolute bottom before accepting help…..Intervention services work! If someone you know is struggling with the disease of addiction, it is time to take action. Intervention services are the best way to make help available to those struggling with an addiction. 90% of those intervened on go to treatment and have the opportunity to change their lives. Is now the time? If your current situation has you concerned enough that you are exploring this option – it’s time. If you are concerned about someone you love, nothing can be gained by waiting. Crisis comes and crisis goes, but with the disease of addiction, we don’t get to choose the consequences our loved ones will face the next time. If now is not the time, ask yourself: How much worse will it have to get before you are willing to act? Will doing an intervention make matters worse? No. Doing nothing will make matters worse.

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	Problem Gambling Intervention & Training
The Intervention Center provides intervention resources for Problem Gambling and other self-destructive behaviors. It also provides Problem Gambling intervention training for mental health professionals. Heiko Ganzer R-LCSW, CASAC, NYCPGS travels throughout the country helping people perform respectful and effective family interventions for Problem Gambling or alcoholism. He is familiar with many nationally known treatment facilities and can refer directly to them for money addictions or substance abuse issues. What is an intervention? An intervention means exactly that – an interventionist encroaches on an addict’s chosen lifestyle with the help of family and friends. Interventions are successful because substance abusers and gamblers are lovingly forced to look at the ways that addictive behavior has hurt the people they love. Coming out of denial is the initial goal of an intervention, followed by a commitment to get help.
	Problem Gambling & Substance Abuse Interventions
Sometimes a person engages in self-destructive behavior but refuses to accept help. Under guidance of an interventionist, other people prepare themselves and then address the person in a clear, respectful yet firm manner. Intervention, when done correctly, is extremely effective in helping people accept help.

Don't Wait any Longer...

• Do it right. This is no time for questionable techniques or half-way measures.
• Do no harm. Act only within the confines of legality and professional ethics, and only with deepest respect.
• Do it now. The risk of delay is great for both the executive, organization, or family member.
• Call for assistance. Engage an experienced professional interventionist. The situation is too critical and delicate to do otherwise.

TYPES OF INTERVENTIONS PERFORMED....

• Family Interventions
• Executive Interventions
• Corporate or Organizational Interventions

MAA INTERVENTION APPROACH...

HeHere is a step-by-step approach to how the Phoenix Systems/MAA Intervention Referral process works:

1. Contact Phoenix Systems/MAA and talk with one of our staff members.

2. Set up a meeting with a Phoenix Systems/MAA intervention specialist during which you are able to discuss the history of the person who needs the intervention as well as the circumstances in which it will take place.

3. Before the actual intervention occurs, the interventionist will meet with the family members and friends to go over each person’s role in the intervention, as well as helping those involved stay committed to their boundaries and the consequences for the substance abuser, if he/she does not follow through with the intervention.

4. Conduct the intervention. Often times it is best for the intervention to take place somewhere that is familiar to the individual. Because the situation will already be awkward and uncomfortable, our intervention specialists find that the individual’s house or house of a close family member is often ideal.

5. After the intervention has taken place, the Phoenix Systems/MAA interventionist will continue to spend time with the patient (assisting him/her in initial detox if necessary) and suggest transportation to an arranged-in-advance treatment center.

6. Once the individual is undergoing treatment, the interventionist will continue to keep contact with him/her. The intervention specialist will remain active in the client’s recovery and act as the go between for the family and the recovering individual.