Jeff VanVonderen

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Jeff VanVonderen
Residence	Capistrano Beach, California, U.S.
Occupation	Author, Interventionist
Website www.innervention.com/index.htm

Jeff VanVonderen is a Dutch author, motivational speaker, former pastor, and interventionist who is best known for his appearances on A&E's hit reality show Intervention (TV series). VanVonderen has written five books on various topics such as family troubles, drug addiction, and spirituality.

[edit] Author

VanVonderen's first book, entitled Tired of Trying to Measure Up: Getting free from the demands, expectations, and intimidations of well-meaning people, sought to guide Christians through everyday decisions. Three years later he authored Families Where Grace is in Place. In 2004, VanVonderen made his return to writing with a work called Good News for the Chemically Dependent and Those Who Love Them. The book touched on the theme of addiction, stating that "this powerful resource will help guide individuals, families, and churches through their darkest times".^[1] The Subtle Power of Spiritual Abuse, written by VanVonderen and David Johnson in 2005, offered advice concerning how spiritual abuse begins, and why people often don't realize they are under its spell. VanVonderen has completed his next installment entitled Soul Repair: Rebuilding Your Spiritual Life. The book will be released on October 1, 2008.

[edit] Interventionist

Jeff is a Board Registered Interventionist, Level II. Level II is the higher of the two levels for the Association of Intervention Specialist Certification Board (AISCB).^[2] Aside from producing five spiritually themed works, VanVonderen is also a regular fixture on A&E's Intervention. The show rotates between 4 licensed interventionists. He has the highest success rate among the show's leaders, and is considered one of the finest in the business. He has held thousands of interventions, helping individuals fight deadly addictions. He instructs each one of those families on the proper way to cope and unite in the recovery and treatment processes.