Prior to doing my professional intervention, most families have made numerous attempts to confront their loved ones about their destructive behaviors on their own to no avail. You may wonder if my intervention will be different or if it too will fall on deaf ears. In fact, you have probably used various methods to get your message across to your loved one including: nagging, threatening, enabling
, pleading, ignoring, and even praying–all without success. Instead you are left feeling even more hopeless and frustrated than before. It can be challenging to help a loved one struggling with alcoholism, drug addiction, or other destructive behavior. Sometimes a direct, heart-to-heart conversation can start the road recovery. But when it comes to addiction, my more focused approach is often needed. People who struggle with addictive behaviors are often in denial about their situation or are unwilling to seek treatment. My professional intervention presents your loved one with a structured opportunity to make changes before things get even worse. My professional intervention differs from that of individual confrontations. It leaves little room for denial. And it is a very powerful process. My ultimate goal of my intervention is to enlist a desire for change in your loved one so that they will accept the help they need and begin treatment. Thus, ending their current self-destructive path and beginning the road to recovery. You want your “old” loved one back! My second primary benefit of my intervention is a resolution or sense of peace for family and friends of the addict. Regardless, of whether or not your loved one goes to treatment immediately, you now know that you have done everything in your power to help your loved one. You can let go of the guilt, self-condemnation, “if onlys”, and enabling behaviors. You have set clear boundaries and have decided what to do if your loved one refuses help. This is a huge sense of relief! Now you too, can begin to heal. In this sense, all interventions are successful. My professional intervention can help people who struggle with addictive or self-destructive behaviors, those who are in denial or are ambivalent about their situation or who have been unwilling to accept help. Some examples of behaviors that may warrant an intervention include:
▪ Alcoholism
▪ Prescription drug abuse
▪ Abuse of street drugs
▪ Compulsive gambling
▪ Sex addiction (such as pornography, strip clubs, or engaging in risky sexual behaviors)
▪ Internet addiction
▪ Self-mutilation or other self-destructive behaviors
▪ Untreated mental illness or non-compliance with treatment for mental illness
▪ Compulsive over spending or shopping
▪ Hoarding
People with addiction often don’t see the negative effects their behavior has on them and others. It’s important not to wait until they “want help.” Instead, think of My Intervention is giving your loved one a clear opportunity to make changes before things get even worse, by bringing the bottom to them.
