Does an intervention work? Or does it create more problems?

Answer 1

If it is for a substance abuse situation, it can go either way but it is very useful. At first you are going to be the bad guy and that person will hate you until they actually get the help they need then they will thank you for it. Even if they continue to be angry with you, you will feel better that you tried to help them and get them to stop the destructive behavior.

Answer 2

Intervention is a very broad word in the field of psychology and counseling since there are many interventions and treatment milieus. I would say the success of the "intervention" depends on the professional qualifications and expertise of the person providing the therapy services.

A good therapist judges the effectiveness of interventions and adjusts or changes those interventions depending on the success or failure. No intervention should cause more problems though in behavioral counseling there may be a short-term spike in the type of outbursts as the therapist gets those support the person to consistent "intervene."

Answer 3

An intervention CAN work but only if you have professional help waiting to take over the situation when you've said your piece. Once someone is told how their behavior or abuse is affecting their loved ones they MIGHT be ready and willing to do something. At that point the pros need to come in and help the person with some counseling, therapy or whatever is required.

Answer 4

Once the word 'intervention' is used , you can pretty well guess the person is a train wreck anyway .
Pretty hard to damage a train wreck .

At the point of intervention , there is rarely anything left to loose . The person is about to be kicked to the curb and picked up by the trash collector anyway .
Give it a shot , but be prepared . Most of these train wrecks are arrogant , selfish and hostile . ( & retarded from substance abuse or eating disorders)
There is often , not much left to salvage so don't have unreal expectations .

Sorry you are dealing with one of those . . .

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Answer 5

I guess it would depend on the exact situation and the people involved. That's too general of a question. Some interventions have worked, and some have created more problems.

Answer 6

All I know is that when my husband and I went to counceling to save our marriage....it made things a thousand times worse. We would walk out in a fiery and fight for days. Ultimately, we ended up in a divorce. Now, if we would of decided against counceling...same result only without so much fighting.