From our very first meeting with Gianna, conveniently offered as a Zoom meeting to include all of our family members, we learned much about the disease of addiction. She explained that while we no longer see the person that we once knew and that our interactions with her are sometimes extreme and hurtful, it is the addiction itself that is speaking and driving her actions. Gianna was so kind and compassionate as she gathered information about our family and our concerns for our loved one. As Gianna was able to better understand some of the underlying issues which have contributed to her depression and addiction, she offered her support to us. She explained in detail the process that Interventions With Love uses and how she prepares families to present an intervention in a loving way to help bring a loved one to accept the gift of a first step in a treatment and recovery program. We all came away from that first meeting feeling encouraged that we had finally found a pathway to help our family….and that Gianna Yunker was absolutely the right person who could provide us with the tools and guidance that we so needed.
Start with the situation as it is.
You do not need to know whether your family needs intervention, coaching, treatment navigation, or long-term support before reaching out. That is part of the work.