About Us
Successful Interventions has the experience to handle many self destructive behaviours, including:
- drug and alcohol problems
- disordered eating including bulimia, anorexia and compulsive overeating
- computer addiction
- sex addiction
- issues facing seniors
- mental health challenges
Our approach is to provide professional guidance and support throughout every aspect of the intervention, letting our clients know that they are being served by competent and caring professionals.
Recognizing that each intervention is a unique experience for the family or business, we believe what may work for one group may not work for another. Nothing is taken for granted and we ensure that everything is done to make the intervention a success.
With offices in Nanaimo, Vancouver and Victoria, we will travel anywhere in North America or internationally to facilitate an intervention.
James Dunn
James Dunn
- Certified Board Registered Interventionist BR II
- Member, Association of Intervention Specialists
- Member, Network of Independent Interventionists
- LLB – Bachelor of Law
- Master of Arts – Conflict Resolution
- Associate Director, Lawyers Assistance Program of B.C.
- Past Member, Law Society of B.C.
James’ experience as a lawyer and mediator provide him with the necessary skills to take charge of difficult clients dealing with addiction problems. In addition to his legal degree, James has a Masters of Arts in Conflict Analysis and Management.
He is the Associate Dircector of the Lawyers Assistance Program of British Columbia, and has extensive experience working with professionals such as lawyers, judges and doctors with addiction or emotional problems.
Read about James’ own Story of Recovery
Janice Dunn
Janice Dunn
- Member, College of Registered Psychiatric Nurses of B.C.
- Registered Psychiatric Nurse
- Advanced Satir Certificate
- Motivational Interviewing; Preparing People for Change
- Transtheoretical Model of Change
- Psychosocial Rehabilitation
- Member, National Eating Disorder Association
Janice graduated as a Registered Nurse in 1992. Throughout her career Janice coordinated a Sexual Abuse & Family Violence Program within the First Nations community using Virgina Satir’s family system approach to healing and recovery.
Janice’s work with Mental Health & Addiction Services involved coordinating a program for seniors facing psychiatric challenges as well as Psycho Social Rehabilitative nursing in a residential setting using the Trans theoretical Model of Change & Principles of Motivational Interviewing.
Prior to joining Successful Interventions as an interventionist, Janice created a private practice focusing on Eating Disorders.
“I knew while studying nursing that I had a passion for working within a group situation; witnessing incredible transformations among each individual in the group. I have always felt honoured and privileged to be part of people’s change process. I love intervention work because I can draw on all my skills and knowledge in mental health and addictions, my experience with the family system model and from my own experience of recovery for an eating disorder”
Intervening to help a troubled person and their family is intriguing, challenging and a rewarding service.
Jade Seabrook
Jade Seabrook
Jade Seabrook
- Member, Network of Independent Interventionists
- Diploma in Criminology
- Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
- Certified Suicide Interventionist, CVICS
- Motivational Interviewing and Advanced Motivational Interviewing
- Crisis and Conflict Resolution Certified
- Facilitation Skills
- Relationship Violence Group facilitator
Jade’s personal background, as well a professional experience makes her well suited to work with individuals, youth and families dealing with addiction, mental illness, and other destructive behaviours. Compassionate and caring about the struggle and pain of addiction, she has focussed her career on helping people find recovery and resources needed to rebuild the family. With over sixteen years experience with addictions and employment in the criminal justice field, she is able to work with challenging and diverse populations with a non-judgemental and accepting approach. She knows that often without outside help things do not change. One of the most loving things a family can do is ask for help, realizing they cannot fight addiction on their own. She is skilled at assessing situations independently and providing a personalized recovery plan and follow-up, with support at every step.
Jade’s previous experience also includes group facilitation for substance use, women centered issues, mental disorders, emotions management and relationship violence.
With outside help and the family united, we can bring the bottom up for a loved one and offer recovery and a new way of life.