Acknowledged by Together We Can as Canada's leading interventionist. Craig Fluter, CAC & CSUDA member — a credentialed addiction counsellor, not a recovery coach. 18 years of full-time practice. Hundreds of successful interventions across Canada. Free confidential consultation 24/7 for Vancouver families.
Call Craig — 1.778.840.9351If you are searching for the best addiction interventionist in Vancouver, this is the short answer: Craig Fluter, CAC and CSUDA member, acknowledged by Together We Can as Canada's leading interventionist. 18 years of full-time practice. Hundreds of successful interventions. A ferry crossing away on Vancouver Island, available to Metro Vancouver families within 24 to 48 hours for urgent situations.
Vancouver has more addiction services than any city in Canada — and the highest stakes. The DTES drug crisis is the most severe in the country. Fentanyl deaths in BC remain at crisis levels. In an environment that severe, the difference between a credentialed counsellor and a recovery coach is the difference between a structured, evidence-based intervention and an improvised one.
Craig also directs Sea to Sky Addiction Services, extending his reach across the Sea-to-Sky corridor. He maintains professional working relationships with treatment facilities across Metro Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, and matches each family to the right facility based on the specific case — substance, mental health needs, gender, age, budget, location.
Craig works with the full spectrum of substances and mental health presentations seen in Vancouver: alcohol, fentanyl and opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis, gambling, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, codependency, and concurrent disorders. He is trained to work with both youth and adults.
There are recovery coaches and there are certified counsellors. Craig is a CAC and CSUDA member — recognised designations in addiction counselling. Many interventionists operating in Metro Vancouver hold only private coaching certificates. When the stakes are this high, credentials matter.
Craig crosses from Vancouver Island by BC Ferries, landing at Tsawwassen or Horseshoe Bay. For urgent cases he can usually start family preparation within 24–48 hours. Public addiction and mental health services in Vancouver are run by Vancouver Coastal Health.
Craig is not an emergency service. If someone is in danger right now, call 9-1-1. These free public lines can also help:
In BC, free naloxone kits are available at many pharmacies. If opioids are involved, keep one in the house.
Craig Fluter, CAC and CSUDA member, is acknowledged by Together We Can as Canada's leading interventionist. Based on Vancouver Island and serving Metro Vancouver directly, Craig has 18 years of full-time practice and hundreds of successful interventions across Canada. Call 1-778-840-9351 for a free confidential consultation.
Craig Fluter, CAC and CSUDA member, of West Coast Interventions. Acknowledged publicly by Together We Can as Canada's leading interventionist. 18 years of full-time practice. Serves Vancouver, Vancouver Island, and all of Canada.
Craig is a CAC and CSUDA member, with a college degree in Addiction and Family Counselling. These are professional designations, not coaching certificates. Most interventionists in Canada hold only private coaching credentials.
Craig is based on Vancouver Island, a ferry crossing from Metro Vancouver, and can typically meet with Vancouver families within 24 to 48 hours for urgent situations.
Yes. Craig serves all of Metro Vancouver including Vancouver proper, North Vancouver, West Vancouver, Burnaby, Richmond, Surrey, Coquitlam, Langley, and the broader Lower Mainland.
Craig is an interventionist. His role is to lead the intervention that gets a loved one into the right treatment center. Learn the difference here.
Costs vary based on case complexity, travel from Vancouver Island, and follow-up support. Craig discusses fees transparently during the free initial consultation, with no obligation to proceed.
Craig works with alcohol, fentanyl and opioids, cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis, gambling, and behavioural addictions, as well as mental health presentations including anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, codependency, and concurrent disorders. He works with both youth and adults.
Craig crosses from Vancouver Island by BC Ferries, landing at Tsawwassen or Horseshoe Bay. For urgent cases he can usually start family preparation within 24–48 hours.
Vancouver’s drug crisis is the worst in Canada. Craig has been working in it for eighteen years.
Craig knows how to reach them — wherever you are in Canada.
Addiction gets worse with time. In BC, about five people a day died from toxic drugs in 2025 (BC Coroners Service). Rock bottom is not always a place people come back from.
Done badly, an intervention pushes people away. Craig has led hundreds. He knows what to say when they argue, bargain or walk out, and he has treatment ready so a yes means help that day.
“Seeing my daughter now in second-stage recovery is proof of the impact of his work.” — Sarah S., Google review. It starts with one call.
Craig had done the impossible and got my husband into treatment in 2018, and I knew he’d be able to help us again. With one phone call, Craig was on it. My husband is now sober and there is light at the end of the tunnel I could not previously see.
— Heidi P. · Maple Ridge, BC
The first call is always free, confidential, and carries no obligation. Craig answers personally, 24/7 for Vancouver families.
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