Gareth Carter, CCMI-M
Addiction counsellor · Certified interventionist · Founder of We Do Recover
Gareth Carter has worked in addiction treatment and recovery since 1995 and has held an IC&RC addiction credential since 2000.
He is a Certified Case Manager Interventionist, CCMI-M, and has conducted more than 200 professional addiction interventions.
His work focuses particularly on families facing addiction crises, including situations where a person refuses treatment, repeatedly relapses or requires a planned intervention and rapid transition into appropriate care.
Lived recovery
Gareth has been clean and sober, in continuous recovery, since 4 January 1993.
That experience does not replace professional training or evidence-based treatment. It does give him a long-term understanding of what addiction, treatment and sustained recovery can look like from both sides of the process.
Professional experience
Gareth began working in addiction treatment in Johannesburg in 1995 and later held senior treatment roles in South Africa and the United Kingdom.
He founded We Do Recover to provide individuals and families with professional help from the first addiction crisis through intervention, treatment planning, admission and continuing recovery support.
His work has included family and corporate interventions, complex treatment admissions, international treatment travel, crisis case management and continuing recovery support.
Credentials and experience
Certified Case Manager Interventionist.
Addiction credential held since 2000.
Working in addiction treatment and recovery since 1995.
Professional addiction interventions with families and organisations.
Intervention approach
An intervention is not a surprise attack or a family argument. Gareth’s approach is planned, structured and non-shaming.
Preparation typically includes understanding the current risks, coaching the family, deciding who should participate, preparing boundaries, arranging an appropriate treatment option in advance and planning what happens immediately after the meeting.
Intervention services are available to families, employers and EAPs internationally.
We Do Recover
Through We Do Recover, Gareth works with individuals and families from the first call through intervention, treatment planning, admission coordination, transport or chaperoning where required, and continuing recovery support.
Medical detoxification, psychiatric treatment, inpatient rehabilitation and other regulated clinical care are delivered by the appropriately licensed professionals responsible for that treatment.
Gareth reviews We Do Recover’s addiction and intervention content for professional accuracy. Legal content is separately reviewed where legal review is required.
Speak to We Do Recover
Call or WhatsApp +27 82 747 3422
Email [email protected]
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