Field Notes for Families

Discreet help, written for the families who need it.

Practical, regional notes on private intervention, treatment placement at home and abroad, and what discretion actually means when the stakes are reputational as well as personal. Written for UK families — and for the trustees, solicitors and family-office principals who advise them.

Essex · West Essex13 min

Discreet addiction intervention in Loughton, Chigwell and Epping

For families in the west Essex commuter belt — the family-business succession case, trust considerations, the discretion architecture, and how an intervention holds privacy in a tight community.

Read · IG10 · IG7 · IG9 · CM16
London · Executive14 min

Discreet addiction intervention for executives in The City and Canary Wharf

For Square Mile and Canary Wharf executives — FCA / SRA regulatory considerations, private rehab in the UK and abroad, anonymous billing, the three-phase model that holds privacy while the firm and the family coordinate.

Read · finance & regulated professionals
Self-assessment5 min

Is it time for a family intervention? Take the self-assessment.

A confidential 7-question self-assessment for UK families. No score — a member of our team gets in touch after you submit, privately, and walks you through the next right step.

Take the assessment
Family Guide14 min

Addiction intervention in the UK: a comprehensive family guide

A UK family guide by Hunter Shepard, Qualified Interventionist — recognising the signs, choosing between the Johnson and ARISE models, planning the day, what private rehab actually costs, the law on involuntary treatment, and the aftercare that follows.

Read · signs, planning, models, law, aftercare
Family Guide12 min

How to stage an intervention in the UK: a complete family guide

A plain-language guide for UK families — signs that a professional intervention is warranted, step-by-step planning, the main intervention models used in the UK, and where to find support.

Read · for UK families
Professional Guide10 min

When to refer for addiction intervention: a guide for UK practitioners

For GPs, therapists, solicitors, social workers, and HR professionals — when intervention is clinically appropriate, how to make a referral, and how to support families inside your existing practice.

Read · for UK practitioners
London10 min

Private family intervention in London

For families across Knightsbridge, Chelsea, Kensington, Westminster, Hampstead and the Hertfordshire commuter belt — how a planned, private intervention protects the person, the marriage, the estate, and the public profile at the same time.

Read · covers SW1, SW3, W8, NW3 & HP
Cheshire8 min

Private family intervention in Cheshire

For Alderley Edge, Wilmslow, Knutsford, Prestbury and Hale Barns — established estates, family trusts, and a quiet route into private treatment in the UK or abroad.

Read · the Cheshire set
Manchester7 min

Private family intervention in Manchester

For Manchester families in business, sport and entertainment — a discreet, planned route into treatment, with no public footprint and no waiting list.

Read · M-postcodes & suburbs
Essex8 min

Private family intervention in Essex

For Chigwell, Loughton and Epping families — family businesses, generational wealth, and a discreet intervention built around the household, not against it.

Read · West Essex commuter belt