Louise Stanger

Dr. Louise Stanger LCSW, CDWF, CSAT-1, CIP is a preeminent clinician interventionist and thought leader in the behavioral health and addiction treatments industry. She has performed thousands of family interventions in the US and abroad, gives presentations around the country on various topics related to mental health and addiction, process disorders and chronic pain, and has received prestigious awards from her fellow industry colleagues for her dedication to intervention and recovery. In addition to her work with clients and families, she is former University faculty at San Diego State University and University of San Diego, where she brought in over 5 million in grants for substance abuse and alcohol training and education. Dr. Stanger is lauded for developing the invitational intervention process, which uses CIS: Collective Intervention Strategies, a revolutionary way of working with professionals and support systems to invite change. Her work has been featured in, Thrive Global, The Huffington Post Recovery Campus, Journal of Alcohol Studies, Recovery View, Sober Way, Sober world and more. Her book Falling Up: A Memoir of Renewal recounts her travails growing up in a substance abuse family and forging her unique career path and The Definitive Guide to Addiction Interventions: A Collective Strategy, (2018) Rutledge is the first academic book in the U.S. about the invitational intervention process. It has been adopted at graduate schools across the country and is also available on Amazon. Her new book Addiction in The Family: Helping Families Navigate Challenges, Emotions and Recovery , Callisto Media , Rockridge Press is available on Amazon Dr Louise has had the honor of receiving many awards for her clinician excellence. She was recently names by London’s DB Recovery Resources and Harvard’s McLean Hospital as the 2019 Interventionist of the year for her groundbreaking textbook. Dr. Louise is the 2018 of the Forgiveness for Living Plus Awards Los Angeles, Ca and the 2018 Peggy Albrecht Friendly House Service Award for Clinical excellence and the 2016 Dr. Joseph L. Galletta Spirit of Recovery Award and the 2014 Foundations Recovery Fan Favorite Speaker Dr. Louise lives with her husband, John Wadas, and their two dogs Teddy and Coco inMarina Del R.When she’s not working, you can find Louise with her family or getting in a good hike or swimming