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It is one of the most frustrating and energy-sapping
experiences to watch someone you care deeply about
spiral out of control and become someone that you don’t
know, a shadow of their former self. Often, attempts
at intervening
are met with anger and we are left even more frustrated,
feeling completely helpless. There is hope.
At The Bridge we believe that in any family system where
substance abuse or other addictions are present or have
been present in its history, the possibility of recovery
for everyone connected with that system is available if
one person in that system will enter into a recovery
process. It does not have to be the addict it could be
you that become the catalyst for last change. It has
the potential to change the dynamics of the entire system.
Today more than ever people who are facing addictions of
any kind are utilizing the services of skilled, highly
trained professionals to facilitate an intervention on their loved one
that, in the majority of cases, leads to placement of that
loved one in an appropriate treatment program. We have
listed here on our site interventionists from around the country
whom we know personally and come highly recommended. They
are all skilled caring professionals who sole purpose is
to facilitate an effective intervention on the person you care about.
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More about interventions:
A loved one is in pain. The effects of addiction – to drugs,
alcohol, sex, gambling, whatever – are threatening to ruin
yet one more life. You’re in pain, too, as are other friends
and family members who can no longer bear to just stand by
and do nothing. You may also feel annoyed since your life
seems to get disrupted as well. An addict is hard to live with.
Whatever your situation, you probably just don’t know what to
do – which is the reason to call someone who does. That person
is an Interventionist:
a trained and skilled professional who will use different types
and blends of interventions
to reach the desired goal, which is recovery.
There are a few different approaches to interventions. The most basic form of
intervention is
simply for a family member or friend to tell the addict they don’t
like how the addict behaves when he/she is actively involved in
their addiction and ask them to stop. You may have tried this
approach yourself and received a very brusque response – a response
that wasn’t surprising to you. Yet this is a very first step in
intervening. But you
may also be surprised to know how many family/friends assume that
nothing is going to change and keep accepting unacceptable behavior,
not knowing themselves how to ask for what they need.
Interventions can
be done in a crisis – when the addict is in the ER, for example –
where it’s clearly obvious that the addict’s behavior has put
him/herself (and often others as well) in danger.
Some interventions
focus specifically on the addict.
There are also interventions
that take a family systems
approach, recognizing that the addict, often completely unaware of the
emotional stress and crisis surrounding him/her, isn’t the only
one who’s suffering. This type of intervention involves family and close friends who
have an opportunity to honestly share their perspective, essentially
“confronting” the addict with their behavior to break the cycle of
denial. Interventionists
are increasingly understanding how trapped family members are in the
cycle of addiction. This type of intervention is planned in advance and is well
thought out.
All interventions are
designed to place people in treatment so that recovery is possible.
A caring, thoughtful intervention – led by a trained interventionist – can help halt the
damaging spiral of addiction.
There are some websites that have been prepared to help you
understand more about interventions and answer questions such as:
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Who conducts the intervention? |
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Answers to these questions along with toll free numbers can be
found by clicking on one of these sites:
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www.interventions-helpline.com
www.intervention.com
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The following is a list of Interventionists who have visited The
Bridge to Recovery and whom we know personally and can recommend:
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John Southworth, CADC
Interventions, Consulting and Monitoring
Ph: 800-386-1695 - Office
866-460-9014 - Direct
www.newsobriety.net
intervention@southworthassociates.net
William Maher
Interventions
(804) 358-6021
www.interventionctr.com
Joyce Sundin
Interventions
(206) 634-0434
www.interventionhelp.com
KathyJo Dennison, Ph.D.
Interventions & Family Workshop Facilitator
(623) 974-0004
Patrick Hart
The Hart Center
(206) 547-4357
www.thehartcenter.com
Dona-marie Swaim
Interventionist
(760) 635-1333
Stasie Kardashian,
CADC
Lifeline Interventions
Office (323)
653-1201
Cell (323)
244-1007
stasie@lifelineinterventions.net
www.lifelineinterventions.net
Joyce Howarth, CCDC
Intervention Specialist
(800) 966-9886
joyce@joycehowarth.com
www.joycehowarth.com
Tom McCullom, LCSW,LSAC
ATM Counseling and Intervention Services
Office (801) 364-4114
Cell (801) 750-2641
tom@atmcounseling.com
www.atmcounseling.com |
Listed here are some
recommendations for treatment options for you who have someone
in your life who is reluctant to get treatment. These include
intensive residential codependency treatment, 12 Step support
groups such as Alanon and Naranon, and therapists and helpful
professionals who specialize in the treatment of addictive
family systems.
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Call Us Toll Free : (877) 866-8661 |
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