Trying to select which type of
intervention to use can be confusing. Addiction counselors are always faced with individuals who have alcohol or drug problems who don’t want help. There are several different types of interventions but the two most common are the Johnson Model or motivational intervention. In this blog we will cover how both of these interventions work.
Most individuals addicted to alcohol or drugs never have some realization and then seek treatment. People who have an addiction problem do not submit to treatment out of insight, rather they come to recognize there is a problem through a crises. Usually alcoholics or drug addicts are forced to seek treatment, and when they don’t something tragic occurs. The Johnson Model of intervention speeds up the process of someone “hitting their bottom.” The family is educated on enabling and how it creates a safe place for continued alcohol and drug abuse. By eliminating, an addict will generally experience bottom faster and agree to enter into a drug rehab program.
The other form of
intervention is motivational. Considered to be an alternative to the Johnson Model, the motivational intervention is used when an alcoholic or addict may not benefit from a direct attack on his or her addiction. The motivational intervention is a process that allows for the individual addicted to alcohol or drugs to look and decide that it is time for change, and it increases a persons readiness to enhance this change.
