Calm, confidential, family-centered professional interventions led by Preston Durnford, not the dramatic version on TV. Backed by over 11 years of treatment-program ownership and 500+ successful interventions across Orange County and nationwide.
Updated August 2026
The numbers on professional interventions have been consistent for decades. The difference between success and the dramatic disasters you've seen on TV is preparation, structure, and the right person leading the room.
Every intervention is led by Preston himself, drawing on over 11 years of treatment-program ownership, so families get real preparation and structure instead of a generic script.
Epic Journey, based in Newport Beach.
Without a structured, family-led conversation, the path to "yes" rarely happens on its own. A professional intervention flips the math.
Source: SAMHSA addiction treatment access data.
Twelve-plus years of running the actual treatment programs people get placed into, not theory, not a script, real reps.
Epic Journey · 2014 to present.
Most failed interventions fail because no one prepared the family. Ours don't. Every step has a structure, and every conversation has a plan.
Private calls with the family to map the situation, the person, the dynamics, what's already been tried, what's blocking forward movement. We map the actual situation, not a generic addiction script.
Coaching the family on what to say, what NOT to say, who's in the room, how to handle pushback, and how to hold a unified, loving line. Most attempts fail here because no one prepared them for it.
A calm, structured, family-led conversation. Preston guides the room, manages emotion, and has a vetted treatment program ready to admit your loved one within hours of "yes." We don't let momentum cool.
Interventions at Epic Journey are project-based, quoted per case based on family complexity, travel, and post-intervention support. Cash-pay only. Here's what every engagement includes.
Most families default to "we need an intervention" because that's the term they know. Sometimes that's right. Often, it isn't the best first move. We tell families which one fits, even if the answer is "no intervention right now."
A professional intervention is a structured, family-led conversation, guided by a trained interventionist, aimed at helping someone recognize the impact of their substance use and accept help, planned in advance rather than confrontational or spontaneous. Preston Durnford leads it personally, drawing on over 11 years in the field and 500+ successful interventions across Orange County and nationwide. The goal is a real conversation that leads to agreement to seek treatment, handled with preparation and structure instead of raw emotion.
Preston Durnford has personally led 500+ interventions over more than 11 years, and that direct experience, not a script, is what separates a successful intervention from the dramatic failures people picture. Without a structured, family-led conversation, only about 1 in 10 people in active addiction seek treatment on their own, according to SAMHSA data. A professional intervention changes those odds.
Epic Journey can mobilize in 24 to 48 hours once a family is ready to move forward, with nationwide travel available. Interventions are cash-pay engagements led personally by Preston Durnford, based in Newport Beach and serving families across Orange County and nationwide.
Epic Journey's interventions are 100% confidential, cash-pay, and built for families who need discretion, including high-functioning professionals, executives, and public-facing individuals. Nothing about the process involves insurance billing or a paper trail.
Epic Journey stays involved through placement and beyond, coordinating the right treatment program for the person's specific situation and continuing with family support and recovery coaching afterward. Epic Journey is not a licensed treatment facility. Preston Durnford and the team coordinate and advocate, connecting families to a vetted network of licensed treatment providers rather than delivering clinical treatment directly.
Epic Journey is based in Newport Beach and travels for interventions across Orange County, with nationwide travel available.
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If your family is ready, the next move is one 15-minute conversation. We'll tell you honestly whether intervention is right.
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