The Basics
Based in the Pacific Northwest, interventionist Matt Brown is the founder and CEO of Freedom Interventions, a steadily growing intervention facility with offices in Portland, Oregon and Austin, Texas, providing services to clients anywhere in the US. Since becoming an interventionist in 2006, Brown has expanded his efforts to include the creation of the No More Enabling website resource guide—to which he frequently contributes—as well as the Sober Portland website, which offers a plethora of recovery services to local residents. Brown is a Certified Arise Interventionist and frequently uses the model for interventions. While Freedom Interventions and Brown in particular are heavily invested in connecting people with recovery resources, the facility is solely oriented towards providing intervention services at this time.
The Background
For Brown, who is originally from Arizona, the business of interventions is a personal one. In 2001, his family tried to intervene in his own struggles with addiction, without the help of a professional. It took Brown another two years before he began his recovery journey and this experience shaped his desire to aid families in the intervention process. Brown’s sobriety is heavily influenced by the spiritual foundation of 12-step recovery and he spent his early years of recovery working in the intake department of a treatment facility alongside an on-staff interventionist. It was here Brown realized the importance of having a coordinator between family members, treatment staff and the client and thus began his interventionist journey.
The Approach
As previously mentioned, Brown employs the Arise method of intervention. This three-phase process is extremely family oriented and eschews surprise or coercion elements. Still, while the Arise method can stress a softer approach to intervention in many respects, Brown is very much a no-nonsense interventionist. Brown believes the family must be willing to commit to serious sanctions and enticements in an effort to wipe out any further enabling of the client. For Brown, explaining the consequences of continued using, including those from an employer or law enforcement when applicable, is a cornerstone to the process.
Typically, Brown begins the process with an initial phone call with family members to get a sense of the treatment goals and the desired plan for the client and quickly following this, travels to the family unit to conclude preparations in person.
Post-Intervention and Summary
For Brown, the period following the initial intervention is really where the work begins. Freedom Interventions provides case management with the facility while the client is in treatment. Brown also continues close contact with the family unit during the client’s treatment process, providing resources for education and support and is also on hand should a relapse occur.
It is perhaps in his long-term approach to treatment that Brown and Freedom Interventions most distinguish themselves in an ever-growing field. The facility provides a year of aftercare following the client’s time in treatment and this includes continued monitoring and case management, guiding the family through the important phase of recovery that directly follows treatment.
Matt Brown
c/o Freedom Interventions
300 Leanne Dr
Georgetown, TX 78633
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