Meet C.C. “Sonny” McCutcheon, LCDC, LAC, Board Registered Interventionist II
Sonny McCutcheon, founder of Recovery Alternatives, has extensive experience working with families, friends and colleagues to help facilitate the changes necessary to break the downward spiraling cycle of addiction or alcoholism. Applying a structured team approach to the intervention process, Sonny has worked successfully to guide those who care about the individual through the entire intervention process. Sonny has close working relationships with addiction and alcoholism treatment programs and an extensive network of alcoholism and addiction professionals across the country.

Meet John Patton, LMSW
John is a Licensed Masters Level Social Worker (LMSW) and interventionist. He earned two Bachelor of Arts degrees at Austin College in 2002. One of his degrees was in Psychology and the other in Business Administration. In 2006, John received his Masters in the Science of Social Work with an emphasis on direct clinical practice from the University of Texas at Arlington. His studies were focused on all aspects of mental and behavioral health. The majority of his experience is in the field of substance abuse and addiction.

John has worked with people of all ages and specializes in working with teenagers and young adults. John combines his education with professional and life experience to create an environment where positive change can occur. John first stepped into the field in the spring of 2002, while interning for a psychotherapist in Dallas. Since then, John has done his best to equip himself to be the most effective counselor and interventionist as possible.

One of the biggest myths about addiction and the addicts themselves is that you can’t help an addict until they are ready. This is an extremely scary statement if you really think about it. What that statement really says is that we are going to stand by and watch our family member or loved one be beat up by their addiction until they have nothing left and are finally ready for change. Unfortunately, many individuals abusing drugs and alcohol will die, become incarcerated, or lose their families before they are “ready”. Why should we wait for that to happen? The answer is, we shouldn’t!

A structured family intervention is the most effective way to get someone the help they need and John is the perfect facilitator for this process. John views interventions as a spiritual experience and he loves nothing more than helping a family get their loved one the help they need. John has a strong testimony concerning his own past struggles with drugs and alcohol, and he is not afraid to share his story with families, in order to help them realize that there is always hope!

If you are struggling to understand your son or daughter’s behavior, if their behavior has become unmanageable or if you are worried that they may be using drugs or alcohol, then now is the time to act. Interventions are often necessary not only with addicts, but also with people refusing to take their medications for mental health related issues. John consults with many well respected professionals in the field before deciding proper placement for each of his clients, in order to ensure that your loved one gets the best possible care.

An intervention is really about love. John has the ability to relate to teenagers and young adults and he creates an experience where they feel the love that their family has for them while helping them understand that treatment is the only option. John’s help is available as soon as you’re ready. Why wait another day?

Meet Adam C. Crump, BS, MA, LCDC
Adam C. Crump is a Texas Licensed Chemical Dependency Counselor (LCDC) with a Masters of Arts in Counseling (Amberton University) and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Criminal Justice (Texas Christian University).

Adam works hand in hand with families to create a loving environment while facilitating successful family interventions. He fully realizes the magnitude of addiction; it nearly cost him his life. Adam has seen first-hand how interventions save lives, while treatment and recovery restores the quality, joy and dignity of life. “I now see my history as an asset in both my professional and personal life. God has allowed me to use my past struggles to effectively help others. Structured family interventions exponentially increase the chances of getting a loved one into treatment and recovery".

Adam completed a two-year clinical fellowship at Willingway Hospital, in Statesboro, Georgia, recognized as one of the "Top-Ten Treatment Centers" in the nation. This invaluable experience further solidified his belief that residential treatment saves lives and returns joy and healing to people struggling with addiction. Adam has extensive experience working with older-adults as well as those who were formerly incarcerated. Professional memberships include The National Association for Alcohol and Drug Abuse Counselors, Texas Addiction Professionals Peer Assistance Network, and Texas Association of Addiction Professionals.

Meet Kurt Schenker, MS, CSAC, CEAP
Kurt has been providing intervention services for families concerned about their loved one and to companies concerned about an employee(s) (from senior management to laborers), locally and nationally, for more than 10 years. “ I believe there is no such thing as a failed intervention.” All participants involved in the intervention benefit from a new level of honesty and the genuine care expressed to those that they hold dear. True and lasting change occurs for all.