Jeff Van Vonderen is a highly sought after speaker and consultant both nationally and internationally. For over 25 years, individuals, families, and organizations have benefited from his skills and understanding in the areas of addiction, family systems, and recovery.

Jeff is one of the featured interventionists on the Arts and Entertainment Network's Emmy-nominated documentary series about intervention. For more information about this series visit the A&E Network.

He is the author of five books: Good News for the Chemically Dependent, Families Where Grace is in Place (Now in it's 14 printing.), When God’s People Let You Down, Tired of Trying to Measure Up (Now it it's 22nd printing), and The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse (Now in it's 18th printing.).

Several magazines and journals have featured Jeff's work, and he has been featured guest on radio and television shows across the country. Jeff's services as an expert witness in cases involving various abuse issues have been utilized in Minnesota, Alabama, Wyoming, Washington, and Hawaii.

 “Quite often people try, with the best of intentions, to help themselves or their loved ones through a problem or crisis, only discover that the help is not helpful, or even harmful,” Jeff says. “They find themselves supporting and helping to prolong on the outside, the very thing they do not support on the inside.”

He goes on to say that “individuals and families become dysfunctional by accident. But they get well on purpose and this is what I'm about, helping them do that

Jeff Van Vonderen has worked as a counselor in both residential inpatient and out patient treatment settings, as well as in the religious community. He has been an Extended Adjunct Instructor at Bethel College in St. Paul, MN. and a Community Faculty Member for the University of Minnesota's Program for Individualized Learning.

For over 15 years he was part of the Senior Leadership Staff at Church of the Open Door in Minneapolis, in the area of Recovery. During that time the church grew from 350 to 6,000. Jeff co-founded and is the former Director of Passages Counseling Center, a licensed out-patient mental health clinic in Minneapolis. He has served on the advisory boards of the National Association for Christian Recovery and Urban Ventures Foundation, and has memberships in the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Counselors, the American Association of Christian Counselors, and the Association of Intervention Specialists.

 “The Healing of Families and Loved Ones”

Families Against Meth (FAM) is a Saskatoon based non-profit group who is committed to providing non-judgmental support to, and personal advocacy for families dealing with substance abuse. 

FAM advocates for change in conditions that contribute to substance abuse by facilitating community awareness events, public education forums and peer support meetings. We do not receive any core funding for our operations. 

We depend on contributions to provide us with the resources needed to present these types of events, as such we’d like to invite you to join us as a sponsor. 

We sincerely appreciate your kind consideration.

 Yours Truly,                                                    

Lori Green
President, FAM