http://thegroupprocess.com Chris A. Suchanek, Recovery Consultant, and Interventionist in Los Angeles, Calif. An addiction specialist, who is also trained in chemical dependency and domestic violence, Chris is dedicated to helping people get the treatment that they need. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:04:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I was in Santa Monica this weekend visiting a client that I had done an intervention on almost two years ago. For the purposes of confidentiality I will refer to this individual as Santa Monica for the rest of this post. I was visiting him at a treatment facility that ... http://thegroupprocess.com/1/drug-intervention-success-stories-from-santa-monica-ca/ I was in Baltimore Maryland a little while back having a conversation with a local Physiotherapist who asked me for my honest opinion about whether Interventions really worked or not. (For the purposes of confidentiality I will refer to this person as Baltimore for the rest of this post.) ... http://thegroupprocess.com/1/baltimore-maryland-wants-to-know-if-hiring-an-interventionist-really-works/ I was speaking to a potential client in El Paso, Texas today who was interested in hiring me for my services. (For the purposes of confidentiality, I will refer to this person as El Paso for the remainder of this post.) We discussed the circumstances surrounding the chemically dependent person ... http://thegroupprocess.com/1/el-paso-asked-me-why-an-interventionist-is-so-expensive/ As some of you know I have been working on a how to DVD for the better part of the last year. The reason I wanted to develop this project was due to the fact that more often than not I receive phone calls and emails from families and loved ... http://thegroupprocess.com/1/how-to-do-an-intervention-dvd-has-gone-to-edit/ I was in Dallas Texas this week when I received a call regarding an intervention on a substance abuser living in Beverly Hills, California. The family friend who I will call C.C. was in a real hurry to see the intervention take place right away. I get calls like this ... http://thegroupprocess.com/1/beverly-hills-interventionist-fast-fast-fast%e2%80%a6/ Once an addict or alcoholic always and addict or alcoholic? This morning I woke up to an email that was sent from my website during the middle of the night. It was a woman in Salem, Oregon who wanted to know if her husband was always going to be an alcoholic. For the ... http://thegroupprocess.com/home/salem-oregon-seeks-interventionist-insight/   [video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se6-SvBw9zI[/video] This is a sample edit from our first Intervention DVD shoot. After reviewing the footage from that shoot I decided that I wanted to take the project in another direction. I have recently finished the new script and it is in the editing process. We are scheduled to resume shooting ... http://thegroupprocess.com/home/preview-the-new-substance-abuse-intervention-dvd/ I Have to be honest with you and say that this whole blog thing is pretty new to me so please forgive me while I learn the ropes. The reason that I recently decided to start this blog was because of something that happened a few months back. I was ... http://thegroupprocess.com/home/welcome-to-my-blog-2/