Bridgeback Interventions
Bryan Johnson
BA, Addiction Specialist,Interventionist
(309)229-4783
bryanjohnson39@gmail.com
Bryan Johnson BA
Bryan's Mission
I've been personally impacted by addiction and managed to secure long term recovery "one day at a time." My life was saved via Intervention. As a direct result of this experience, I reeducated via DePaul University in Addictions, the neuroscience associated to this disease,the dysfunction the disease creates witnin family and reach out to families in crisis who need a professional interventionist to stimuate change.
It's my personal and professional mission to reach out to families in crisis using my education via DePaul University in Clinical / Community Psychology with emphasis in addiction and education with various intervention models. The premise here is to "raise the family bottom" and prevent severe consequences associated to the disease.
I come to aid with a strong education in family systems, help families identify the "dysfunction" the addiction has caused within the family system and help "shift" roles and responsibilities that stagnate recovery.
Bryan also attended St. Augustine College, Chicago, Illinois in addiction theory and counseling. He is a certified addictions counselor and practiced for a large non-for-profit agency in Chicago specifically working with families in acute crisis. Bryan has expanded upon his practice and facilitates interventions for treatment centers located throughout the country.
People who abuse drugs and/or alcohol usually share one or more feelings including guilt, shame, fear, hopelessness, failure, rejection, anxiety or humiliation. The presence of these feelings could have been part of the cause that fueled the addiction in the first place. A basic need to feel accepted by ones peers has started more than one person on the road to addiction. Others seek the use of drugs and/or alcohol as a coping mechanism to get through a rough period in their lives. Still others use them as a total escape from a life they can no longer deal with. No matter the cause or circumstances, there is help available, and all it takes is one phone call to get started.
Fact: One out of three people is living with or related to someone with an alcohol or drug problem. But most families don't know what to do about it. A good, structured family intervention can make the difference.
309-229-4783
Member of NII "Network of Independent Interventionists"
Charles F. (Fritz) Baker Jr.
Fritz Baker joins Bridgeback Interventions as the Treatment Placement Coordinator and interventionist working with Bryan Johnson.
Residing in St. Louis, MO., Fritz is a well known and respected resource to the therapeutic and recovery community serving as a substance abuse counselor, case manager and interventionist. Fritz’s own journey in recovery produced a profound effect on his life, leading him to change his career and life direction, to a focus of assisting both addicts and their loved ones in need.
His educational and professional training concentration includes an associate’s degree in Addiction Studies, certification and continued training and mentoring in the fields of addiction, substance abuse counseling and intervention.
• Private clinical practice: Provides assessment, intervention, treatment coordination and placement, sober coaching.
• Counselor in both a long term residential treatment and inpatient treatment setting for chemical dependency: Responsibilities included assessment, intervention, aftercare planning and treatment, family education and process group
• Care Coordinator- MPHP- Missouri Physicians Health Program providing intervention, treatment placement, aftercare monitoring of medical professionals impaired by mental health; chemical and/or sexual and process addictions.
Fritz believes strongly in educating addicts and their families in the disease concept of alcoholism and addiction. He sees addiction as a family disease with the best possible outcome derived from treating the whole family. He also believes in removing the stigma associated with addiction and therefore advocates for the welfare of addicts as full and valued members of society. Please contact Fritz at 314-313-4498 to discuss Treatment Placement.
In the News:
Bryan Johnson & Stephanie Castagnier of "ChildCause" Chicago. Podcast with Chris Schroeder "Afflicted and Affected" discuss Family Systems Theory and Family Education in treatment today.
www.afflictedandaffected.com
For more info on "ChildCause" goto www.childcause.com
The disease of addiction is powerful. Its greatest weapons are denial and secrecy. Often, sufferers are not aware of the toll their drinking and using has taken on their friends and family. They may not even be aware that they have crossed the line into addiction. This aspect of the disease seems unbelievable to many loved ones. They are unable to understand why their addict cannot see the trouble he has gotten himself into. They are unable to understand why their ardent pleas for sobriety are dismissed so easily. The addict tells himself that he is the only one harmed by his abuses.
Often, in order to make it clear to the addict that his problem has become out of control, a light needs to be shone on the darkest aspects of his disease. This is the process of Intervention. A professional interventionist facilitates an honest dialogue between loved ones and the addicted individual. It is their mission to help families and friends to voice their concerns regarding the addict’s behavior in a loving and hopeful manner. Each person is encouraged to share their feelings and list specific incidences in which their lives have been damaged by the abuse. In the end, help is offered and a plan is put in place for the addict to get into recovery.
The most loving thing a family member can do for an addict or an alcoholic is to tell them the truth about how their abuses have affected them. It can also be the hardest thing. If it is not done properly and with care, the offer for help will most assuredly be rejected.
Many people may have spoken to the addict about his abuses. An addict can easily rationalize the complaints of a single person. They are able to drink or use right through the tirades and complaints of a few windy relatives. They may even be able to convince these complainants that their drinking and drug use is actually quite normal and that they are overreacting by bringing it up. Loved ones hope and pray that this is true. They want to believe them.
A lone complainant is vulnerable and easily dismissed. The intervention group presents a united front that the addict cannot ignore. United, we can triumph. Together, we can light a fire that can change a life forever.
40 Lincoln Rd Canton Illinois 61520
(309)229-4783
bryanjohnson39@gmail.com
