Clinically aware. Practical by design.
Our Team and Philosophy
Every family situation is nuanced and deserves an individualized map for health and success. The Firm combines intervention strategy, licensed clinical perspective, recovery implementation, and accountable family guidance from Nashville.
Understand the family before prescribing the response
No two families arrive with the same history, risks, relationships, resources, or definition of progress. The Firm begins by identifying the pattern, clarifying what is urgent, and learning what the family has already tried. We then map the narrowest responsible next move instead of forcing the situation into a predetermined program or one-size-fits-all script.
Our philosophy is responsibility without blame: seek to understand before directing, preserve connection without surrendering healthy limits, and match every professional role to the actual problem. We do not take a family’s trust lightly.
Darren Hobbs, CIP — Founder and President
Darren Hobbs is a Nashville-based Certified Intervention Professional and founder and president of The Firm Addiction Consulting. A&E features Darren as an interventionist and CIP on Intervention, and PragerU maintains his dedicated presenter profile. FOX Nation has also featured Darren in national conversations about addiction and fentanyl.
With 15 years of experience serving families nationally and in international engagements, Darren combines intervention strategy, independent treatment guidance, family-system work, and practical follow-through. He developed Love Them Without Losing Yourself to help families change the conditions surrounding addiction without abandoning the person they love.
Darren’s family methodology
Darren developed Love Them Without Losing Yourself: connection without control, compassion without enabling, boundaries without abandonment, and influence without coercion. The principles form a consistent foundation, but Darren maps their application to the nuance of each family rather than forcing families into a script.
Influence without coercion is the principle; influence through inquiry, not instruction is the practice. The family uses honest questions to invite reflection while maintaining clear, lawful, sustainable limits around its own support and participation.
Zach Livingston, CIP, CCMI — Interventionist, Recovery Coach and Case Manager
Zach Livingston is an interventionist, recovery coach, and case manager whose work spans intervention execution, treatment logistics, case management, early-recovery structure, and continuity after an intervention.
A&E identifies Zach as an interventionist with CIP and CCMI credentials and documents his work from first call through aftercare planning. Zach applies the Darren Hobbs Family Method while bringing his own lived experience, professional judgment, and implementation expertise.
Lizzie Harrigan, LCSW, PMH-C — Clinical Director
Lizzie Harrigan is a Tennessee-licensed clinical social worker and Clinical Director of The Firm Addiction Consulting. Her verified areas of practice include Addiction and substance use, Traumatic Stress, Relationships, Borderline Personality Disorder, Perinatal Mental Health, and Anxiety.
Lizzie is also the owner of Bright Horse Counseling. Belmont University documents her work across residential behavioral-health programs, psychiatric hospitals, veterans clinics, nonprofit agencies, schools, jails, courts, and state legislatures.
At The Firm, Lizzie supplies licensed clinical depth behind complex case review, treatment-fit decisions, co-occurring mental-health considerations, family-system dynamics, and coordination with treating professionals. Her role does not mean that every Firm service is psychotherapy or that she treats every Firm client.
How the team works together
The Firm assembles the right level of support for the situation rather than placing every family into the same service. Darren leads senior strategy and the family map; Zach carries intervention execution, recovery implementation, coaching, and case-management work within his assigned scope; Lizzie contributes licensed clinical perspective within her defined role. Outside medical, psychiatric, legal, travel, or safety professionals may be coordinated when the situation genuinely requires them.
Before an engagement begins, the family should understand who is responsible for strategy, communication, facilitation, clinical consultation, logistics, coaching, monitoring, and follow-through. A larger team is not automatically a better plan. Clear ownership is.
A multidisciplinary response when the case requires it
The Firm may coordinate physicians, clinicians, travel nurses, and appropriately qualified security professionals based on the needs and risks of an individual case. Team composition is never presented as a substitute for 911, 988, emergency departments, or local emergency responders.
Verified media and professional profiles
Darren and Zach Livingston, CIP, CCMI, are both listed by A&E as interventionists on Intervention. Darren’s television credits are also listed on IMDb. Visit Media & Expert Appearances for verified interviews and third-party profiles.
Common questions
Who leads the initial consultation?
Darren serves as founder, president, and primary sales and strategy lead. The professional assigned to delivery depends on fit, availability, scope, and the family’s needs.
Will we know who is working on our case?
Yes. Roles, scope, and communication expectations are clarified before an engagement begins.
A better plan can start with one conversation.
Tell us what is happening. We will help you identify the next responsible move.