Interventions

Family Interventions:

1. Making use of crises

2. Involving significant family members
3. Dealing with a problem
4. Expressing concern and providing care with a non-judgmental attitude
5. Providing specific details
6. Deciding plan of action
7. Exploring consequences of rejecting help

Professional Intervention:

1. Motivational Strategies:
a. Motivating the client from within.
b. Persuasion.
c. Quietly draw out information from the client.
d. Guiding the client in recognizing and resolving doubts.
e. The client-counselor relationship should resemble a partnership.

2. Pre-contemplation Strategies: (person is unwilling to change)

a. Establish rapport and build trust
b. Alleviate fears about withdrawals
c. Focus on immediate issues
d. Identify movable areas
e. Help in recognizing problem
f. Provide feedback on assessment findings
3. Contemplation: (person is willing to change)
a. Help the client realise the need for change
b. Assessing intention to change
c. Recognizing motivational language
4. Preparation: Planning to change
5. Action: actively taking steps to change
6. Maintenance: working on sustain the gains
7. Ensure continuation in treatment
8. Review long term goals