Has anyone had success with hiring a professional interventionist and doing a formal intervention? What was the outcome?

[lm15042]

To do or not do a formal intervention for a loved one who has been struggling for 17 years, has been to rehab before, but not sure how to get him to agree to go again

[Jane]

My husband’s family staged an intervention for his brother. I think it was mildly successful. But it was more like one additional step in the right direction than being fully resolved moment. I think what worked for us was getting the whole family on the same page and we had weekly calls with our coach to stay on the same page. I think the biggest thing for us was realizing expectations of changes overnight are more often than not a let down and so taking a long term and sustainable approach to bolstering support and finding treatment options helps most.
Are you open to sharing a bit more about the substance type and current situation so others can relate more?
Also, have you had a look at our positive communication worksheet and webinar? That has some great tools as to how to have a different type of conversation than you’ve had in the past <3