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Meet Gianna Yunker

I founded Interventions With Love because families deserve more than a phone tree.

I help families navigate the hardest weeks of their lives — and the quiet years that follow. Through structured interventions, family systems coaching, and ongoing recovery support, I work alongside parents, partners, and adult children of people living with addiction and complex mental illness.

CIP · CAI · CFRS · CRS
Cincinnati, OH · Serving nationwide
Portrait of Gianna Yunker
My why

Why this work — and not some other work.

I grew up in a family impacted by addiction and generational trauma. I know what it feels like to love someone whose disease is taking them somewhere you cannot follow, and I know what it feels like to be the person everyone in the family is trying to protect. That experience shapes how I show up for every family I work with.

I do not believe in shame as a clinical tool. I do not believe families cause addiction, and I do not believe a single dramatic conversation usually fixes it. I believe that change comes from a steadier place — from families who have done their own work, from clear and lovingly held boundaries, and from the long, patient relationship between a professional and the people doing the work.

The "controlled bottom" — helping families elevate their loved one's bottom before a devastating low — is the central idea of how I practice.

How I practice

I draw from the Love First model, the ARISE® invitational approach, and years of family-systems training. I'm a certified intervention professional and a certified family recovery specialist. But mostly, what I bring to the work is a steady presence and the willingness to stay through the parts that are hard.

Credentials

Trained, certified, still learning.

CIP
Certified Intervention Professional
CAI
Certified ARISE® Interventionist
CFRS
Certified Family Recovery Specialist
CRS
Certified Recovery Coach
ARISE®
Certified Interventionist
AIS
Association of Intervention Specialists
Soberlink
Certified Provider
FAQ

Questions families ask about working with Gianna

What credentials does Gianna hold?

Gianna Yunker is a Certified Intervention Professional (CIP), a Certified ARISE® Interventionist (CAI), a Certified Family Recovery Specialist (CFRS), and a Certified Recovery Coach (CRS). She is a member of the Association of Intervention Specialists (AIS) and the ARISE® Network, and she is a certified Soberlink provider. These credentials reflect specific, ongoing training in family-based intervention work, family systems coaching, and long-term recovery support.

Where do you practice?

Interventions With Love is based in Ohio, with a second active presence in Pennsylvania. We travel for interventions throughout the United States, and we work remotely with families across all 50 states for family systems coaching, recovery coaching, treatment placement, and ongoing case management. The first conversation is always free, regardless of where you are.

Are you a licensed therapist?

No, and we're careful to be clear about that. Interventionists and family recovery specialists are credentialed professionals who do different work than licensed psychotherapists. We coordinate with therapists, treatment programs, and medical providers — we don't replace them. When clinical care is what's needed, we help families find the right clinician and stay connected as that work happens.

Do you accept insurance?

We don't bill insurance directly. Some clients are able to submit invoices for partial reimbursement under their mental-health benefits, and we provide detailed superbills on request. Most of the work we do isn't covered by insurance the way therapy is — it's structured family work, not a clinical service — but the costs are often a fraction of what families spend trying other approaches first.

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