| Hiring a professional interventionist is not always the | | | | *Experience - Just because a person is |
| easiest thing to do; especially in light of the fact that | | | | knowledgeable in a certain field does NOT mean that |
| you are being confronted with the hopeless addiction | | | | they are experienced. The most qualified candidate |
| of a loved one. | | | | should be willing and able to site specific experiences |
| It is vital that you find a qualified candidate to | | | | from different interventions. They should be able to |
| mediate the mission of aiding your loved one in the | | | | tell you what strategies they have found to be |
| decision making process. You should understand that | | | | effective and ineffective. And most importantly, they |
| your loved one is suffering from an illness. | | | | should sound certain that they can be effective in |
| Things to look for in an interventionist | | | | bringing solution to the table. |
| *Sincerity - Does the intervention professional you | | | | *Honesty - This one is very simple. Anyone who tells |
| are speaking with sound as if they are sincerely | | | | you that they can without exception get anybody |
| interested in your individual situation? Or do they | | | | and everybody to go to treatment and/or accept |
| sound as if they are reading off of a script and | | | | help is dishonest. This is not truth. The truth is that |
| operating an assembly line structure of intervention | | | | 99% of interventions are successful; however, this |
| services? It is vitally important that you have a | | | | does not mean that all of the addicts accept help and |
| genuinely concerned person to work with. If it | | | | go to treatment. What this means is that solution is |
| appears as if monetary profit is the driving motive | | | | provided for the family no matter what. It does not |
| then you may want to look for another candidate. | | | | matter if the addict goes to treatment. What |
| *Knowledge - If the voice on the other end of the | | | | matters is that the seed is planted and the family is |
| phone line sounds as if they were making things up | | | | given some coping tools no matter what the result is. |
| as needed to answer your questions then they are | | | | Please take and apply these guidelines to your search |
| more than likely not the most qualified candidate. The | | | | for an intervention team. Remember that your loved |
| person should be able to describe certain | | | | one is not a bad person; they are simply ill and in |
| characteristics that your loved one is exhibiting simply | | | | desperate need of help. |
| by knowing what substance they are abusing. | | | | |