Private family intervention in Manchester

We provide discreet, planned drug and alcohol interventions for families across Greater Manchester. Our team attends in person, the work happens privately, and the plans we build can move when the family asks us to move — sometimes within forty-eight hours, always without compromising preparation.

How we work across Manchester

The first conversation is confidential, by phone or WhatsApp. We listen, ask a small number of clinical and practical questions, and tell you honestly what we think the next step is — even if it isn’t us.

If we proceed, we attend in person across Manchester and the surrounding boroughs at a venue you control. Planning takes as long as the case requires and no longer — sometimes a week, sometimes forty-eight hours, never improvised. The treatment placement is secured before the day. The intervention itself is a single calm, prepared meeting; we handle the door-to-door transport onward and the handover at the clinic. Case management continues for the months after discharge. Two questions Manchester families typically ask in the first call are when the right time is, and what an intervention actually costs. Both are covered in detail on our main site.

Speed without compromise

The single most expensive mistake in Manchester cases is rushed action. An unplanned confrontation in the heat of a bad week, without rehearsal and without a secured treatment placement, almost always makes the situation worse. The loved one digs in, the family fractures, and the next attempt — three months later, six months later — happens against a much harder backdrop. We work backward from the day, not toward it: placement secured first; family rehearsed; logistics sorted in advance. The day itself is then almost predictable, even when the case is urgent.

Sport, entertainment and the visible household

For Manchester families with a loved one in professional sport or entertainment, we plan with attention to club doctors and management, agents, sponsors, social media and season-window timing. None of those parties are looped in unless the family explicitly asks. Treatment placement for visible cases almost always happens abroad — Switzerland, South Africa, Thailand, Costa Rica or the United States — and we handle transport and the handover at the clinic door.

Treatment placement: UK or abroad

Private rehab inside the UK starts at roughly £14,000 per month for the well-known clinics and rises sharply at the premium end. Strong clinical care, but a small industry where the right people know each other.

For families who want genuine separation from a public-facing life — and for those who can fly anywhere — international placement at £7,000–£10,000 per month delivers equivalent or stronger care with full geographic discretion. We place regularly across the international programmes we work with, and we can help walk you through choosing the right one.

What an intervention costs

The intervention itself, separately from treatment, starts at £4,000. The final figure depends on the case complexity, sober transport (especially when international), and post-treatment case management. We give a written estimate before any money changes hands. We do not accept commission, referral fees or any other form of payment from any treatment programme — our income comes entirely from the families we work with.

Why families in Manchester call us

Hunter Shepard, our co-founder, has worked extensively with families whose loved ones have a public profile — in sport, entertainment, business, and inherited wealth — across the UK and internationally. He has personally transported clients safely between continents and managed clinic handovers in five jurisdictions. Michael Brown leads case management. Our UK-based specialists attend interventions in person when the case calls for it. References from prior families and from the professionals around them are available on request.

When to ring

If something is wrong and you can feel it, that is enough to make the call. We will not push you toward an intervention if it isn’t the right next step for your family. We will tell you what we think, plainly, and let you decide.