Finding Help When You Need It Most 

Crisis Expertise

Intervention is a proven method that works. It shifts families out of crisis and into solution and moves their loved one to treatment that helps.

Dore E. Frances, M.A. (doctorate student), began her advocacy career in grief, loss and trauma work at the Hospice of the Monterey Peninsula in California.

Dore arranges the crisis intervention team, taking the lead on every case in the practice. Dore believes that good assessment is the foundation of good treatment.

Specialty team members at Horizon Family Solutions & Associates bring further expertise to this process.

David R. Heckenlively, MS, MFT and California Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist is available for assessments upon request.

We also have available upon request urgent parent coaching and other team members that can be called upon to support your family during these critical times.

Brad Simkins, M.A., - Masters Degree in Psychology, with emphasis in Child, Couple and Family Therapy, and Mental Health Counseling. In-home counseling is his specialty. Sessions by phone or at his office are also available.

The stresses on youth and young adults have grown over the past two decades, and many families discover - without warning - they need help.

Good families often find that they need not only crisis intervention, also comprehensive case management, in-home services and on-going educational and therapeutic planning.

Crisis Intervention

Emotional crisis can be devastating and overwhelming!

Families frequently need assistance in navigating the many alternatives and possibilities accessible for the best fitting and immediate intervention and treatment.

Internet websites can be rather confusing and unclear, as can the vast selection of addiction treatment, speciality boarding schools and clinical treatment alternatives.

Even a superb top-rated residential program, school or specialty intervention program can be an incorrect and ultimately wrong fit for your child. Precious emotional resources, valuable financial resources, as well as critical windows for intervention can be lost in a delayed intervention as well as an incorrect or wrong fit program or school.  

We assist families in determining risk assessment and appropriate as well as timely program and school placement.

Crisis Interventions, Therapeutic Placements and Treatments May Consist of: 

∗Comprehensive Educational Assessments
∗Comprehensive & Creative Home-Based Services & Solutions
∗Comprehensive Mental Health Assessments
∗Crisis Intervention Specialists
∗Family Counseling
∗Grief & Loss Counseling
∗Psychiatric Treatment Programs
∗Recovery Programs
∗Short-Term Medical Detox
∗Therapeutic Boarding Schools
∗Trauma Treatment
∗Wilderness & Adventure Therapy Programs
∗Young Adult Transition Programs

Families Seek Expert Guidance

Families seek professional guidance to evaluate these many options and to make intelligent and wise choices in a timely manner.

The specialty team at Horizon Family Solutions & Associates routinely provide comprehensive case management, crisis intervention, and educational planning for complex psychiatric and special needs cases.

Our goal and intention is to optimize your child's experience, avert crisis and bring greater creativity to your educational planning.