Dr. Louise interviews interventionist and treatment entrepreneur Gino Galofaro about how they met through mutual colleague Ian DePuy and later connected at a networking event after Ian’s death. Gino describes getting sober in 1999, opening Rancho Coast sober livings in 2005 near Pathfinders, and developing interventions organically from handling intakes, later training in the Johnson Model. He explains his focus on high-intensity, high-risk interventions and recounts a recent Texas hotel crisis involving heavy nitrous use, culminating in transport to detox within 12 hours. They discuss how insurance and fentanyl have changed addiction treatment, making “rock bottom” riskier and retention harder, and emphasize family boundaries. Gino shares current projects including Hope Interventions, Windansea Recovery, Grotta House/Ranch, House of Hope, and a Hope and Recovery Foundation, stressing that recovery is still possible.
Dr. Louise interviews interventionist and recovery entrepreneur Gino Galofaro, recounting how they connected through the late Ian DePuy and later met at a networking event after Ian’s death. Gino describes getting sober in 1999, opening Rancho Coast sober livings in 2005 near Pathfinders, and building programs including Hope Interventions, Windansea Recovery (PHP/IOP in La Jolla), Grotta House/Grotta Ranch (detox/residential), House of Hope in Logan Heights for Medi-Cal clients, and a new Hope and Recovery Foundation to support housing and recovery for people coming from homelessness or incarceration. He explains his Johnson Model intervention training and preference for high-intensity, high-risk interventions, sharing a recent Texas case involving severe nitrous use. They discuss how insurance and fentanyl have changed treatment and why families must set boundaries while keeping hope. Gino provides websites for his services.
Connect with Gino:
Website: https://windansearecovery.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/p/Windansea-Recovery-61568664017820/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/windansea.recovery/
Connect with Dr. Louise:
Website: https://www.allaboutinterventions.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/allaboutinterventions/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drlouisestanger/