Ed Storti, CADC
www.stortimodel.com
The Cirque Lodge alcohol and drug rehab center, located in Sundance Utah, is dedicated to providing you or someone you love the highest level of addiction treatment possible. If you have a loved one in need of addiction treatment, getting them to drug rehab can be easier said than done. The use of an interventionist is strongly recommended. Intervention services provided by Ed Storti can provide the proper motivation need for addiction treatment and recovery.
The Storti Model™
Ed Storti, B.A., author, lecturer, is an international and California certified alcohol and drug abuse counselor and registered addiction specialist. He has choreographed over 3,000 motivational interventions throughout the world and maintains admitting privileges at numerous domestic and international treatment facilities. Mr. Storti performed graduate work in the Rehabilitation Program at the University of Southern California and lectures at UCLA Medical Center and UCLA's School of Dentistry.
Ed is a member of the National Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, the California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors and the Association of Intervention Specialists. He is on the Board of Directors for the House of Hope Foundation.
Ed's philosophy is to present the gift of treatment to the addicted within a positive atmosphere of dignity, trust and compassion.
Intervention: The Honorable Approach
The Storti Model™ of Motivational Intervention™ has been developed and refined by Ed Storti over the past 30 years as he has choreographed more than 3,000 interventions throughout the world. His efforts have touched the lives of alcoholics, addicts and others suffering from acute illness. His technique has also been modified to intervene on eating disorders, unhealthy lifestyles, personality disorders and grave medical illness including cancer and HIV.
When you are living with a family member addicted to mind-altering substances: alcohol, cocaine, prescription drugs, marijuana, etc., you keep waiting for a moment in that person's life to spark his/her action toward finally getting help. The myth is that you have to wait until your loved one hits their bottom due to their disease of addiction or until they ask for help! Sadly, the bottom can mean death, insanity or a lifestyle unbecoming for all involved.
Most people who go for help are often forced by negative consequences or threats-- usually a crisis involving family, friends, job, legal disaster, accident, etc. Motivational Intervention™ is designed to create a positive crisis.
Mr. Storti developed the theory that since the patient is physically/psychologically deteriorating or dying from an addictive disease (as most do if they don't get help), why not do a living eulogy, i.e., a positive presentation in front of them. "Let's honor them at that moment; let's give them reason to feel that they are special, that they are meaningful." Mr. Storti's philosophy is to present the gift of treatment to the addicted individual within a positive atmosphere of dignity, trust and compassion.
There is no need for family or friends to continually live with fear, anger, remorse, powerlessness or frustration. You are dealing with a disease, a powerful disease, one that is progressive, chronic and fatal. However, because it is also highly predictable, you have the ability to create a positive crisis in your loved one's life. You can motivate your loved one to get the help he/she desperately needs. Through education and self-awareness, your loved one then can become responsible for their issues of past, present and future.
Intervention and Addiction Treatment
With the help of The Storti Model™ and individualized addiction treatment, you can find recovery for your loved one. Intervention services and addiction treatment go hand in hand and have provided thousands of accounts of recovery stories. If you feel you or loved one is in need of intervention and an alcohol or drug rehab program, call Cirque Lodge and we will gladly recommend the right addiction treatment approach for you.