Customized Intervention Strategies
Although there are some fundamental protocols which all interventions share, each one is distinct dependent upon the beliefs, behaviors and any symptoms experienced by the beneficiary, including but not limited to any abuse history --- whether it be substance abuse, domestic abuse, or any form of trauma. Also relevant are psychological profile, emotional disposition and interrelationship with each family member.
This is why the intervention process always begins with a free family consultation, followed by an exhaustive assessment of the beneficiary. It is only through comprehensive assessment that we can tailor both intervention and treatment plans to the specific circumstances, needs, goals and personality of the recipient, thereby ensuring optimal results, for both recipient and family.
After counselor and family have conferred, in the assessment and planning phases, the preparatory work begins. Although the recipient is designated as the ultimate and immediate beneficiary of the intervention, it is the family who will collaborate with the counselor throughout the critical preparatory phase.
ARCS counseling will help families to hone and implement a host of pre-intervention skills:
(1) identify and implement boundaries
(2) understand various behavioral reinforcement and extinction styles, and how to practice them in the home
(3) learn the difference between healthy and toxic enabling and develop a daily plan to enforce the former,
rather than the latter
(4) develop emotional coping skills, so that they may feel empowered and capable throughout the intervention process
(5) learn how to capitalize on the brief window of time in which survivor will readily accept help
Once the preparatory phase is completed, the intervention begins. ARCS offers two types of interventions. On-site interventions are the more traditional style, in which we travel to your locale. In this instance, we would perform the assessment phase, and a portion of the preparatory work prior to meeting with you, in person; however, the bulk of preparation would take place in your home. ARCS does not recommend on-site interventions, as they are very costly and less successful than their more affordable counterpart, the at-home intervention. At-home interventions are performed directly by you, the family, with the ongoing training, guidance and supervision of one of our counselors. ARCS Family Intervention Training has proven unprecedented success, due to its potential for ongoing assessment, responsive adjustment and incremental application.
So, what sets the ARCS intervention counselors apart from other professionals?
We are dedicated to helping addicts and other PTSD survivors to also become a collaborator in the intervention process. Our philosophy is, perhaps, best summarized by what one of our intervention specialists recently explained to a family:
"Resisting a rote command is not merely an 'addictive phenomenon'... It's human. No one wants to do something, simply because someone orders us to do it. Of course, for addicts and other trauma survivors, this resistance is multiplied to a survival-threatening degree. Nonetheless, the focus of a successful intervention is not to 'make' the recipient go to treatment. Rather, it's to align treatment goals with the beneficiary's own personal goals and desires --- to demonstrate adequately that one ensures the other. When this is accomplished, the survivor will check themselves in."
This is why the intervention process always begins with a free family consultation, followed by an exhaustive assessment of the beneficiary. It is only through comprehensive assessment that we can tailor both intervention and treatment plans to the specific circumstances, needs, goals and personality of the recipient, thereby ensuring optimal results, for both recipient and family.
After counselor and family have conferred, in the assessment and planning phases, the preparatory work begins. Although the recipient is designated as the ultimate and immediate beneficiary of the intervention, it is the family who will collaborate with the counselor throughout the critical preparatory phase.
ARCS counseling will help families to hone and implement a host of pre-intervention skills:
(1) identify and implement boundaries
(2) understand various behavioral reinforcement and extinction styles, and how to practice them in the home
(3) learn the difference between healthy and toxic enabling and develop a daily plan to enforce the former,
rather than the latter
(4) develop emotional coping skills, so that they may feel empowered and capable throughout the intervention process
(5) learn how to capitalize on the brief window of time in which survivor will readily accept help
Once the preparatory phase is completed, the intervention begins. ARCS offers two types of interventions. On-site interventions are the more traditional style, in which we travel to your locale. In this instance, we would perform the assessment phase, and a portion of the preparatory work prior to meeting with you, in person; however, the bulk of preparation would take place in your home. ARCS does not recommend on-site interventions, as they are very costly and less successful than their more affordable counterpart, the at-home intervention. At-home interventions are performed directly by you, the family, with the ongoing training, guidance and supervision of one of our counselors. ARCS Family Intervention Training has proven unprecedented success, due to its potential for ongoing assessment, responsive adjustment and incremental application.
So, what sets the ARCS intervention counselors apart from other professionals?
We are dedicated to helping addicts and other PTSD survivors to also become a collaborator in the intervention process. Our philosophy is, perhaps, best summarized by what one of our intervention specialists recently explained to a family:
"Resisting a rote command is not merely an 'addictive phenomenon'... It's human. No one wants to do something, simply because someone orders us to do it. Of course, for addicts and other trauma survivors, this resistance is multiplied to a survival-threatening degree. Nonetheless, the focus of a successful intervention is not to 'make' the recipient go to treatment. Rather, it's to align treatment goals with the beneficiary's own personal goals and desires --- to demonstrate adequately that one ensures the other. When this is accomplished, the survivor will check themselves in."