Intervention
What Is An Intervention?
An Intervention, in all of its many forms, is an invitation for your loved one to find solutions for their substance abuse and/or mental health problems they are experiencing, seek appropriate treatment solutions and discover new healthy ways of living.
Every day, people are invited to change. Sometimes change occurs in hospitals, through the legal system, by being ask to leave school or at work.
Licensed professionals, social workers, lawyers, addiction specialists, mental health workers, and interventionists such as Dr. Stanger, invite clients to explore ways to improve their lives. As licensed professionals, we are always inviting our clients to explore ways to improve their lives. We empower clients to be the captains of their well-being.
Articles About Interventions
What Fear Can Teach Us?
Flying back from Munich to San Diego, I came across a German Proverb, “Fear makes the wolf bigger than he is.” As I contemplated this statement, I realized we all have fears, some of which can be quite imaginative and vocal, which may color the stories we tell...
Can Humor Be an Intervention Strategy?
While traveling home from the American Pharmaceutics meeting, I stopped to think about how I made folks laugh during my presentation.Humor served to break the ice and make folks more relaxed, so the ongoing discussions were full and the participants felt safe and...
Downstate Anyone?
I have often been characterized as a work alcoholic. I thrive on helping people in crisis. Why am I so good at this? Well, I suppose that growing up in a family beset with alcohol, other drugs, and mental health issues prepared me. I was walking on eggshells, always...
How do you Deal with Difficult Relationships (Thanks to Adam Brady)
Life is always a series of connections of relationships. Naturally, we want relationships of meaning, of happiness, and of growth. Not all relationships are like that. Most of the time, my team and I deal with folks who have difficult relationships with loved ones....
Death
Nothing prepared me for April 20, 1996. It was the day after Easter a supposed time of resurrection and goodness. Instead, my husband was DOA after sliding backwards into the center divide in his brand new (with not a scratch on it) Infiniti. Two days before after...
Biden Overdose Strategy
The current U.S. President, Joe Biden, will unveil a new strategy for dealing with drug addiction and overdoses that aims to expand access to medications for opioid overdoses, increase funding for law enforcement, and expand sanctions against traffickers. The Biden...
Leadership
This edition of my blog is devoted to leadership. Leadership especially servant leadership is needed in our world in general and in behavioral health care. Each day we face life and death situations. As professionals, we must walk with integrity as we work to help...
Part 2: Mental Health and Women – Do Women Need an Intervention?
As a mature woman, I see each day the trials and tribulations that women face as they live their lives with courage, humility, passion, and determination. No one sets out to have a mental illness, yet women are facing a time in history where the stressors of daily...
The Killing Drug – Fentanyl What Is Our Country To Do? Enforcement or Treatment?
America Has A Fentanyl Problem That Cannot Be Ignored It's no secret that we have entered the deadliest wave of the opioid crisis. According to Dr. Raul Gupta, more than 100,000 people died from an overdose last year. That is the most that has ever been recorded, and...