Joani Gammill

Joani Gammill RN, BRI I is currently employed in a busy private practice doing alcohol and drug interventions for rehabs around the country and the author of the book, “The Interventionist”.

Joani, worked 19 years as a registered nurse in a busy hospital nursery and neonatal intensive care. Her personal struggles with alcoholism and drug addiction she became interested in chemical dependency nursing followed by seven years as a staff and supervising RN at an in-patient rehab.

Her career and life took a dramatic turn after Dr. Phil McGraw did a televised intervention on her during a prime time special, "Escaping Addiction." As well as working as an interventionist, she is a frequent guest on The Dr. Phil Show documenting the hardships and heartaches this disease brings to the sufferer and their families.

She enjoys speaking about both her personal story of addiction and her career as an interventionist. She feels both lucky and blessed to have found sobriety and a passion in her work! Her darkest past has become her largest asset.