Alcohol and Drug Intervention

Client-Centered Approaches

In his influential book, Client-Centered Therapy, in which he presented the client-centered approach to therapeutic change, psychologist Carl Rogers proposed there are three necessary and sufficient conditions for personal change: unconditional positive regard, accurate empathy, and genuineness. Rogers believed the presence of these three items in the therapeutic relationship could help an individual overcome any troublesome issue, including alcohol abuse. To this end, a 1957 study [9] compared the relative effectiveness of three different psychotherapies in treating alcoholics who had been committed to a state hospital for sixty days: a therapy based on two-factor learning theory, client-centered therapy, and psychoanalytic therapy.

Psychological Dependency

Are you dealing with a drug addiction problem? If so, there is a solution to your suffering. Drug addiction is a complex illness that is often difficult to resolve on your own. Entering a drug rehab program in Montreal is an effective way to end your addiction and achieve recovery. There are several types of drug rehab programs in Montreal to choose from, and they are listed below. Contact us now.,

Not only are outpatient treatment programs inadequate for helping patients cope with withdrawal symptoms, they do not remove addicts from the environment that caused them to use drugs in the first place. When addicts are surrounded by the same friends, problems, and bad habits that led them to use drugs back home, they have a much harder time recovering.

Psychological dependency is addressed in many drug rehabilitation programs by attempting to teach the patient new methods of interacting in a drug-free environment. In particular, patients are generally encouraged or required not to associate with friends who still use the addictive substance. Twelve-step programs encourage addicts not only to stop using alcohol or other drugs, but to examine and change habits related to their addictions. Many programs emphasize that recovery is a permanent process without culmination. For legal drugs such as alcohol, complete abstention—rather than attempts at moderation, which may lead to relapse—is also emphasized ("One is too many, and a thousand is never enough.") Whether moderation is achievable by those with a history of abuse remains a controversial point but is generally considered unsustainable.

Approximately 20 years ago, Beth had stumbled upon her brother, Freddy’s abuse with crack cocaine, when he propositioned her sexually. This devastated Beth where she realized that her brother had a real problem, his irrational behavior was intolerable, and something had to be done.
Beth called their mother and together they searched for a solution. At that time, the only alternative had seem to be to attack the environment, what they did was pack Freddy up and sent him away to stay with his brother who lived in another country. Fortunately that worked. But it is not everyone who is willing to voluntarily take the problem of another, especially in today’s world.
Today, all types of resources exist. In situations like the above scenario, the consideration of a drug intervention is very feasible. There are many people who are wondering how are they able to help a loved one who is abusing a substance.
Substance abuse affects everyone involved, whether you are the user or the observer. It is an experience that could practically be considered a nightmare. Like Beth in the above story, it had been a nightmare for her, it worried her, after all, this is someone she truly loved, and so unsure of what was next in regard to the behavioral changes of her brother, had brought an addiction to herself, she was then addicted to finding a way to help her brother to stop using.
We all know that it is infrequent for an addicted person to seek out treatment for himself, rare cases exist, but normally someone close to the addicted person has to intervene.
About Intervention:
There are ways to go about intervening. An intervention, to be successful has to be thoughtfully and carefully planned in order to be executed with successful results. You should research and get educated about the substance in question, so you have an idea what the addicted person is going through. Sometimes we have to look at our own actions toward someone who has an addiction problem and see possibly where we may have contributed to the addiction.
We have professional interventionists who will guide you through the process.
The first thing the interventionist would ask you to do would be to gather a team of family and close friends who cares for the addicted person and who the addicted person appreciates.
Family Day:
Generally known as the day the interventionist meets the family to discuss the intervention process. On this day, the interventionist will meet with each member individually to study the mechanics of motion in the personal relationship each have with the addicted person.
Here, he would ask each one to prepare a paper enlightening how you feel about the addicted person, how has his addiction affected you and is affecting you when each day goes by as you watch him virtually go down the drain. This paper should be written with clarity and understanding.
This paper could include a system the family uses in the household, a system where, “if you do this for me, I’ll do that for you!” For example, “if you help me with my homework, I’ll take you to the movies!” Before this approach is used, everyone has to be sure they can deliver when the time comes.
Now that everyone is in sync, the intervention can begin.
The Intervention:
When the intervention is taking place, it is extremely important to handle the situation with composure. The tone of your voice, your choice of words, and your demeanor as a whole plays a great factor on the success of the intervention.
When you did your research on the substance in question, many facts about that substance became alive to you, of course, the addicted person will argue (because he’s full of justification) but calmly stick to the facts and eventually he will be in agreement with you.
Listen to the addicted person when he speaks, he may express some thoughts you were not even aware of. Listening to the addicted person can help you closer to helping him.
Deliver the problem as distinct from the addicted person’s persona as possible, in reality; they are not one and the same.
Always stay ahead of the situation by anticipating the outcome, this way; you will be ready for anything that arises out of the blue.
When all goes well in harmony and the addicted person agrees to treatment, providing that everyone involved keep their word, you can be sure it will be a long term success.