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An intervention is a process where family members or
other concerned persons meet as a team with a professional facilitator and
share their concerns about a loved one's alcoholism, eating disorder, drug
addiction or other addictive or self-destructive behaviors with the goal
being getting their loved one into a treatment facility where the person
can receive the help they need. It is a loving and caring act to
risk intervening in the midst of the disease process to ultimately save
the life of a loved one as well as to mend broken relationships and
salvage careers or educational paths. At Veritas Counseling Center
both family and executive interventions are offered statewide in Arizona,
nationally, and internationally in certain locations.
An intervention is not therapy or treatment, and it's
not a confrontation or an attack on an individual. It's not designed
to serve as a place where family members all share their feelings and
issues. It is, instead, a very focused meeting where specific
concerns regarding an addiction or other self-destructive problem can be
brought to the attention of the person who is suffering from it.
Since alcoholism, addiction, eating disorders and other self-destructive
behavior have denial as the primary symptom, the person
suffering from it is often unable to see how destructive the disease has
become which is why he/she is often unwilling to seek help for it.
The person often doesn't even know he/she has it and is more likely to
view it as a solution rather than a problem. An intervention is a
way of helping the person get treatment rather than standing by helplessly
waiting for the addict to reach a bottom that may never occur before it's
too late. Interventions can be helpful for both adults and for
adolescents who may otherwise be resistive to treatment that they need.
In traditional types of interventions, the identified
loved one is surprised by the team of concerned persons who meet in secret
for several sessions prior to including their loved one. At Veritas
Counseling Center, the newer invitational interventions are preferred,
whereby the loved one is invited to the team gathering from the beginning
and therefore included in resolving the addiction or other problem that
affects the entire family or other organizational system.
This invitational type of intervention is often more successful in
the long run as the addict feels a higher degree of choice than in
traditional interventions. It involves various levels of
intervention that are utilized based on the addict's response to the
initial meeting and the intervention can eventually move into increasing
levels of requested cooperation and resulting consequences for not
cooperating. This is a gentle approach that, when appropriate,
allows the addicts to engage in decision making and choices all along the
way that ultimately help them feel more responsibility in their treatment
and also in their recovery. In addition, because addiction is a
family disease, the entire family system, or other executive
organizational team, is involved in the treatment process before, during,
and after treatment so as to increase the success of continuing
recovery for the addict following treatment.
As both a traditional and an ARISE trained
interventionist and also a family therapist and substance abuse counselor,
the therapist offers individualized intervention packages that include a
free initial telephone consultation, and a combination of services such as
the intervention, assistance with treatment facility referrals and
successful entrance into treatment, six months of follow-up family sessions
or team meetings post-treatment,
referrals to local 12-Step support groups as appropriate, and travel
when needed. The interventionist is an Internationally
Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor (ICADC), a nationally certified
Substance Abuse Professional (SAP), as well as an Arizona state Licensed
Independent Substance Abuse Counselor (LISAC), Licensed Marriage and
Family Therapist (LMFT), and Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW).
She is a trained facilitator with over 30 years of experience in the
fields of mental health and addictions.
Because intervention is not psychotherapy, insurance
companies will not reimburse clients for the costs of the intervention.
For a limited time, special discounts are available on all intervention
packages. To learn more about various intervention packages and
schedule your free telephone consultation, you
may
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email.
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