Lead Interventionist & Co-Founder
David Allen Gates
Over 5,000 families supported. More than two decades of front-line intervention experience. A practitioner who has walked the road himself.
About David
Two decades of leadership in addiction recovery.
David Allen Gates has more than 20 years of experience managing and directing nationally recognised addiction treatment programs. He has trained intervention specialists, treatment center clinicians, and family coaches across the United States — and he has personally led more than 1,500 interventions for families in crisis.
David's approach is built on a single conviction: families already have the love and the desire to help. What they are missing is the structure, the language, and the courage to say the things that most need to be said. His role is to provide that scaffolding — and to walk alongside the family until their loved one is safely in recovery.
He is in long-term recovery himself, which informs every conversation he has with the families who call. He knows what it is to be the person on the other side of the intervention table. He knows what it takes to choose recovery, to keep choosing it, and to rebuild a life worth living.
David has worked in residential treatment, dual-diagnosis programs, executive recovery, and adolescent treatment — giving him the rare ability to match a family's specific situation to the right level of care. He maintains personal relationships with vetted treatment programs nationwide and never recommends a placement his own family would not be welcomed into.
1,500+
Families personally guided through intervention
20+
Years working in addiction treatment and recovery
50
States served — interventions coordinated nationwide
Credentials
Trained, certified, and in long-term recovery.
Certified Intervention Professional (CIP)
Internationally Certified Advanced Alcohol & Drug Counselor (ICAADC)
Trained in ARISE®, Johnson Model, and Systemic Family Intervention
Person in long-term recovery — over two decades
Philosophy
“Recovery is not the moment a loved one walks into treatment. It is the years of healing that follow — for them, and for the family that loves them.”
David Gates · Lead Interventionist
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Ready to talk with David?
Your first call is free, confidential, and judgment-free. David personally returns calls from families in crisis — usually within the hour.