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Courtney

Before working with Chris, I was struggling with how to deal with my husband's addiction. Everything felt overwhelming and hopeless. I couldn't comprehend why it seemed like he didn't want help and didn't care about the damage he caused to our family. There was a lot of anger, resentment, and fighting, and we were definitely on the path to divorce.

What surprised me the most was the huge impact that just a few subtle shifts in my behavior and understanding could make both in how I reacted to my husband and how he respond to me.

1. I gained a critical understanding of addiction and recovery that I never would have come to on my own that completely flipped the script on how I was viewing the situation with my loved one. Just this insight helped me go from feeling hopeless, resentful, and angry to being able to clearly see what was happening and why.

2. I really understood why my actions previous to working with Chris weren't helping and what I needed to do going forward to stop enabling and - truthfully - making the situation worse.

3. The biggest benefit - my husband voluntarily checked himself into and completed a 42-day rehab program perfectly geared toward his situation. The whole family is working hard on his sobriety, and we all feel more peaceful and hopeful than we've felt in nearly a decade.

Earl Hightower

If you're a family in need of an Interventionist in the Eastern part of the United States, call Christopher. And if you're in the Western part of the United States, call me. And if we don't have time, we'll know who to send you to.

Ian

I can't speak highly enough of what you do and of Why Intervention. If you're looking for somebody that's going to know what they're doing in terms of an intervention or in terms of recovery, Chris is the right guy to ask. I can't endorse you enough.

Maureen

What surprised me the most was that his method worked. My nephew is on his way to one year of sobriety this July! Working with Chris was easy - because of his calm, cool, authoritative demeanor. He instilled confidence in all of our family intervention participants. He prepped us all - we were prepared for everything & anything.

Nicky

Chris will guide you in the most professional manner with guidance from an expert. It will make your entire experience tolerable even pleasant because he understands completely. He is very compassionate about his life service and I feel blessed he was there for me at that time. Thank you Chris

Susan

Don't wait. Chris can give you insights that you need. As the family of the person with an addiction we are often blinded because of our love.  The insights into what we need to do are impactful. I felt like Chris was truly engaged and cared for our son's success and our success as a family.  We are truly grateful.

Elaine

My partner was and is struggling with alcoholism, and while I was going to Al-Anon, I needed individualized help on how to respond to him in certain situations, how to talk to him about his drinking, and how to strike the right balance of getting him help and not controlling his recovery.

Jeff

Chris was truly amazing on every level. His handling of sensitive issues and complicated family personalities blew me away. Going into this situation I was unsure why we would need to bring someone from the outside into it, but now I can't imagine having done it without Chris. He is absolutely committed, honest and extremely well balanced in his vision to reach the goal- which we did. His guidance was brilliant and I actually learned a few things about myself and how better to deal with certain interactions and relationships in this process.

Kerry

My 19 yr old daughter was struggling with alcoholism. Drank so much during her first year in college that she was hospitalized 3 times in 4 months, and couldn’t hold a job.

Listening to the podcasts were so important, I learned so much about what to do and not to do. Listening to the podcast before talking with Chris also helped me to prepare for the free consultation phone call.

After the free consultation (1 phone call with Chris), even though we didn’t have everything completely lined up our daughter went into rehab one week later!! The podcast and talking with Chris gave me the confidence to conduct the intervention and to select the best rehab that fit our daughter’s needs.

Chris is straight forward and assesses the situation and possible strategies quickly and effectively. If the podcasts have helped you I highly recommend working with Chris. He helps you to gain clarity and support. There are solutions. You don’t have to, nor should you, wait for your family member to ask for help. As Chris says, they probably never will, you need to keep offering them help.

Sandy

For years we wrestled with my son’s active addiction and alcoholism and watched him suffer. No matter how we pleaded, punished or threatened nothing worked. Chris helped me see that when my son was ready he’d seek help. Chris guided us in getting him to treatment. His guidance and advice helped make the process of getting help for my son smooth and thankfully, quick. I didn’t feel alone through a very painful and frightening time.

Meredith

Family members were somewhat divided on how to talk with our relative; some were of the “tough love” approach, others more committed to compassion and empathy. Chris explained how to speak the truth but always coming from a position of love. The family unified because of his experience and unwavering commitment to his belief in the empathy model. 

Richie

I guess what surprised me the most was all the answers to my questions. He really enlightened me on how I handled how I felt about my mom’s problem and also how I communicated with her. He helped me change my approach and my outlook on the disease which proved to be extremely impactful. I would recommend this service to anyone. What does anyone have to lose. If it fails, they are in the same spot as when they started. In my case, so far all things look positive. I’m so appreciative of this program and Chris. 

Bill

Chris - was superb- really understood what was going to happen -has a great deal of information for family members-was really helpful. He explained everything with great detail about what we should expect and how to go about everything which was very helpful.

Lisa

The addiction was spiraling out of control and the outcome was not going to be good had it continued any longer. My dad is getting help right now that he wouldn’t of been had we not had the intervention.

Phil

Chris's determination to listen first and ask insightful questions, and to repeat back demonstrating that he heard us and understood, and generally expressed things better than us. We felt that he understood us and our son, and very carefully crafted a strategy to maximize the probability of success. He was always available and was ready to invest as much time as necessary to achieve the well-articulated goals.

Chris has a gift for communicating and easily bridges generations and educational differences. He understands the common human denominators and has an ability to formulate just the right thing to say in the fewest words for the greatest impact.

I think it may be challenging for many to understand up front what value Chris' coaching brings, and the cost may seem difficult to justify. In the end, it was more than justified by his expertise, service and the results. It is a dilemma when the clients don't have the experience to understand the value up front.