Drug Rehab Northampton, Massachusetts

Treatment options in Northampton, MA. can range between residential, outpatient rehabilitation, long-term rehab and various other options. Speaking with a counselor who knows the differences in treatment types can be a helpful resource in selecting the best treatment facility.

Professional Family Interventionists in Northampton, MA.

Professional family interventionists are trained in successfully hosting family interventions in Northampton. These interventions are designed to get the addict to accept help by enrolling into an effective drug or alcohol rehabilitation center along with helping the family and loved ones of the addict through the negative consequences and severe stress caused by the addiction.

The purpose of the family interventionist is to organize, plan, direct, and oversee the intervention process in such a way that the event is composed and structured and has the greatest chances for success.

Drug interventions are more involved and complex than you might think. They are much more than merely a family meeting or conversation. Professional family interventionists have a number of duties and responsibilities during the entire process.

Some typical duties of a professional family interventionist include:

• Organizing and planning the intervention - Who will be there, when and where it will take place, and determine everyone's role.
• Figuring out what rehab centers will be most suitable and effective for the addicted loved one and the family, in light of the families budget and insurance coverage.
• Preparing enrollment and arrival arrangements with the rehab program that the family has selected.
• Planning, educating, counseling, and rehearsing with the family about exactly what will be done and said throughout the intervention.
• Getting the addict to arrive at the intervention location.
• Guide, direct, and keep structure and control with the family as well as the addict while the intervention is taking place.
• Arrange logistics for the addicts arrival to the treatment program.

Even with extensive planning, there are some things to avoid during the actual intervention. These include, but are not limited to the following:

Don'ts at an Intervention

a) Labels

Avoid labels like addict, junkie, or drunk - as well as anything that the addict might think is accusatory. Rather, speak in neutral terms that do not label the patient by their addiction.

b) Overcrowding

Rather than overcrowding the meeting, pick out a select group of close family members and loved ones.

c) Personal Feelings

Try not to get upset during the intervention. You can think of ways to manage these emotions to ensure that the intervention event is not eventually overrun by harmful emotions.

d) Intoxication

If the addict is under the influence - or another member of the group - you should not host the intervention. Rather, wait for them to sober up before doing the intervention.