FLORIDA INTERVENTIONIST
Florida Addiction Intervention Services
Professional Drug & Alcohol Interventions in Florida
When a family in Florida is facing addiction, alcoholism, fentanyl use, prescription medication dependency, cocaine abuse, or a co-occurring mental health crisis, waiting can make the situation worse.
Intervention 365 helps families move from fear, confusion, and emotional exhaustion into a structured plan of action.
Led by James “Jim” Reidy, CIP #10266, Intervention 365 provides professional addiction intervention services throughout Florida, with a strong focus on South Florida, Palm Beach County, Broward County, Miami-Dade County, Naples, Sarasota, Tampa, Orlando, Jacksonville, and surrounding communities.
Florida is one of our flagship service areas.
This is our backyard. We understand the treatment landscape, the urgency families feel, and the importance of choosing the right clinical setting the first time.
Florida Families Need More Than Advice
By the time most families call Intervention 365, the situation has usually been building for months or years.
There may be broken promises, failed treatment attempts, dangerous behavior, legal problems, job loss, medical scares, family conflict, or complete emotional burnout.
Families often hear:
“They have to want help.”
“Wait until they hit bottom.”
“Just set a boundary.”
“Call us when they are ready.”
At Intervention 365, we believe families deserve more than passive advice.
They need leadership.
They need structure.
They need a professional interventionist who understands addiction, denial, family systems, treatment placement, crisis communication, and what it takes to move a loved one safely into care.
Meet Jim Reidy
Led by Jim Reidy, CIP #10266 — a Certified Intervention Professional certified by the Pennsylvania Certification Board, a member of the Association of Intervention Specialists since 2018, Psychology Today Verified, and a featured interventionist on A&E's Intervention, Season 20. Jim has led 750+ interventions in 15+ years. Florida is home base: the practice's Florida office is in North Palm Beach, and Jim answers the phone himself, 24/7.
Call (888) 972-8513 or (267) 970-7623 — 24/7.
When you call Intervention 365, you get Jim Reidy — the man who answers the phone is the man who comes to your living room. Not a call center. Not a marketer. Not somebody earning a commission off your family. Jim is the direct line into your family's intervention: the person you talk to first is the person who plans it, leads it, and stays with your family after it.
Jim is also:
Certified Intervention Professional, CIP #10266
Member of the Association of Intervention Specialists
Psychology Today Verified
Featured interventionist on A&E Intervention Season 20
Addiction specialist expert witness on Divorce Court with Star Jones (airing May 2027)
Experienced in complex family systems, crisis planning, treatment placement, and sober transport
Families contact Intervention 365 because they want direct access, professional guidance, and a clear plan from the first phone call through treatment admission.
What Intervention 365 Does in Florida
Intervention 365 provides structured, family-focused intervention services across Florida.
Our work may include:
Family consultation
Crisis assessment
Intervention planning
Family education
Letter preparation
Boundary development
Treatment placement coordination
Detox planning
Sober transport support
Admission coordination
Post-intervention family guidance
Every family is different. Every case has its own emotional history, clinical risks, and family dynamics.
That is why Intervention 365 does not use a one-size-fits-all approach.
We build a plan around the person, the family, the addiction history, the urgency of the situation, and the most appropriate treatment pathway.
How The Process Works
- Family consultation — you call and talk to Jim. You describe what is happening. No pressure, no commitment.
- Family education and preparation — your family aligns on one message, one set of boundaries, one goal.
- The intervention — a calm, structured meeting with one clear request: accept help today.
- Treatment placement coordination — if the answer is yes, your loved one goes directly to care.
- Safe transport — the move to treatment is planned before intervention day, so it happens the same day.
- Continued guidance after admission — if the answer is no, the plan and the boundaries continue, and the door to treatment stays open.
When They Won't Go Willingly — The Marchman Act
Sometimes love and preparation are not enough, and a family needs the law's help. Florida has a path for exactly that: the Marchman Act (Chapter 397, Florida Statutes), which lets a family petition the court to order assessment and treatment for a loved one whose substance use has taken away their ability to choose help for themselves.
How it works, in plain terms:
- Since July 1, 2024, it takes ONE petition — a spouse, relative, guardian, or other interested person files it in the county court (petition under §397.68112). There is no filing fee.
- The court holds a hearing within 10 court working days.
- If someone is in immediate danger, the court can order emergency observation for up to 72 hours while the case is heard.
- The court can order treatment for up to 90 days, and that order can be renewed when more time is needed.
Two honest limits every family should hear from us first: a Marchman Act order does not pay for treatment, and it does not guarantee a bed. What it does is open the door — and that is where the intervention work matters. The petition, the preparation, the family education, and the treatment placement all have to move together, and that is the work Jim does with Florida families every week.
The Marchman Act is not the Baker Act. The Baker Act covers mental-health crises only — Florida law expressly leaves out substance abuse on its own. When addiction is the crisis, Marchman is the tool.
General information only, not legal advice. If your family is weighing a Marchman Act petition, call Jim — he will talk you through how it fits your loved one's situation before you file anything.
Areas We Serve
Home base: North Palm Beach and Palm Beach County — Palm Beach Gardens, Jupiter, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Delray Beach, Wellington, Lake Worth Beach. And across Florida: Broward County (Fort Lauderdale), Miami-Dade, the Treasure Coast (Stuart, Port St. Lucie), Orlando and Orange County, Tampa and Hillsborough County, Jacksonville and Duval County, Naples and Sarasota, and surrounding communities statewide.
In South Florida, where the need is often urgent, families can also read our page on the best intervention service in South Florida for substance abuse emergencies.
Practice Florida location: North Palm Beach, Florida. (Street address for mail: 308 Golfview Rd, North Palm Beach, FL 33408.)
Quick Questions
A planned, structured conversation, led by a professional, where a family offers their loved one a specific path into treatment — with love, clear facts, and boundaries that hold.
Florida families: you do not have to figure this out alone. Call (888) 972-8513 or (267) 970-7623 — 24/7. Email: jreidy@intervention365.com. Jim Reidy, CIP #10266 — Intervention 365. General information only, not medical or legal advice. In an emergency, call 911.
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Numbers Every Florida Family Should Save
- 911 — if someone is unresponsive, struggling to breathe, or in immediate danger.
- Poison Control: 1-800-222-1222.
- SAMHSA National Helpline: 1-800-662-4357 — free, confidential, 24/7. SAMHSA is the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration; its helpline gives treatment referrals and information for individuals and families facing mental health and substance use disorders, in English and Spanish.
- Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: call or text 988 — free, confidential, 24/7.