A&E; “INTERVENTION” FILMED IN COSTA MESA

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COSTA MESA- A&E;’s top-rated show “Intervention” filmed its first show at Costa Mesa nonprofit treatment center New Directions for Women. A&E; filmed a patient beginning treatment on Saturday May 24, 2008 at New Directions For Women, 2607 Willo Lane in Costa Mesa.

New Directions for Women is providing a 90-day treatment for the incoming patient. New Directions for Women is also the site of a monthly Intervention Workshop hosted by A&E; Interventionist Ken Seeley

ABOUT A&E;’s “INTERVENTION” The Intervention Television series profiles people whose dependencies on drugs and alcohol or other compulsive behavior has brought them to a point of personal crisis and estranged them from their friends and loved ones. Each Intervention episode ends with a surprise intervention that is staged by the family and friends of the alcohol or drug addict.

ABOUT NEW DIRECTIONS FOR WOMEN ?For over 30 years, New Directions for Women has served the community as a nonprofit residential treatment facility in Costa Mesa that assists women, families and their children to achieve sustained, responsible recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

For more information regarding New Directions for Women or their involvement with A&E;, please call (949) 548-5546 x604 for CEO Becky Flood or (949) 244-2750 for Marketing Director Kim Cartwright or visit the web site at www.newdirectionsforwomen.org.

For more information on the monthly Intervention Workshops, please visit intervention-workshops

For more information about Daring Productions (the production company filming) please contact Daring Productions’ Jennifer Sneider (818) 728-4194

For more information about Interventionist Candy Finnegan please email [email protected] or visit her website at www.candyfinnigan.com