Below are a few testimonials in which the last names have been withheld for privacy purposes.
If you are looking for a skilled interventionist to achieve a great result for your loved one, I enthusiastically recommend Whitney. She really does work miracles.
Whitney spent dozens of hours with us planning the intervention, and her expertise as a social worker was a massive asset to help us all understand our loved one’s state of mind, sources of her past traumas, and the specific roles that each of us would play in helping her achieve a better future. The pre-intervention itself was effectively a form of group therapy that prepared us for everything ahead.
As someone who normally never writes reviews, this is one I just had to write. Whitney changed my life. In short, Whitney and her team performed an absolute miracle in getting my spouse into treatment. This was an extraordinarily complex and difficult assignment to aid someone who was resolute in refusing help, and Whitney led us through the process with incredible skill, caring, and ingenuity.
But Whitney’s support didn’t stop the day of the intervention. She has continued to work with us daily for our own well-being and has helped us to develop new patterns of behavior to better support our loved one. We now feel a sense of hope for the first time in a very long time.
She coordinated with her team, found a treatment program that’s one of the best in the US and stayed in close contact with our loved one — providing warmth and support each step of the way. Whitney’s kindness and deep understanding of the disease of addiction was able to help our loved one see that she needed help, and I’m very happy to say that she is now doing well.
Whitney did not give up. She made it very clear — “it’s not over, and we’re going to do everything we can to make sure your loved one gets help”. She spent hours with us every single day guiding us through optimizing our own behaviors, addressing my codependency, and most importantly finding a path for our loved one to accept recovery.
Leading into the intervention, we were very concerned that our loved one would immediately run once she saw her family gathered together out of the blue. At best, we thought she might stay for a few moments and leave angrily. Whitney was able to make the opposite happen instead, leading with love and kindness that enabled the group to have a caring conversation that led with love, rather than with ultimatums.
I have referred clients to and successfully collaborated with Whitney many times over the last couple of years. Her extensive experience and compassionate professionalism make her very effective. Whitney is multi-disciplinary in her approach and wonderfully resourceful. Without any reservation, I recommend Whitney’s Sober Life Services.
