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Careful Intervention Planning: Defense and Safety Precautions


Dr. Patrick J. Hart:
Psychotherapist & Interventionist
National Family Addiction Intervention Services

Intervention Strategies Must be "Tailor Made" to Fit Each Case:

Family addiction intervention strategies must be appropriately “customized” for each individual case. Numerous intervention methods exist, and It is imperative that each intervention strategy be carefully "tailored" to minimize defensiveness and maximize effective outcomes. All intervention recommendations must be clearly conceived to preserve (mutual) well being and safety. Family intervention counseling extends life saving treatment if your loved one is plummeting -- dangerously -- out of control!

Helping You Help Your Loved One!

Intervention helps both you – and your loved one – escape the devastating “rock-bottom” that invariably results when families remain tangled in the viscous web of addiction. Addiction-related crisis prevention services are extended nationally for urgent and delicate intervention cases.

Precise Preparation: Defenses–Objections–Safety Precautions
In order to accomplish an effective intervention, intensive planning is necessary to assure that participants are prepared to respond to all predictable outcomes during the actual event of the intervention. I will consult you in a direct and on-target fashion. Our intervention process is implicitly challenging, and this typically generates strong emotions, judgments, and dissonant ideas among members. We’ll cope with this!

Complete Readiness to Take Constructive Action!

We must dedicate our hearts and make up our minds to promote wellness. Together, we will construct a intricately strategized and “surprise-proofed” intervention. No intervention proceeds without a sense of readiness, and the complete willingness of all participants to proceed.

Conscientious Professional Guidance: Defense and Safety Precautions
Conscientious and clear guidance will be provided to you throughout our intervention planning sessions. We won’t proceed with the actual intervention until all of your questions have been answered and you feel prepared and ready.

Independent Intervention Specialist
National Intervention Services for Cases Involving Dual Diagnosis or Co-occurring Problems