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Intervention Workshop Index

Intervention Workshop is a four and a half hour program, in 38 separate videos, that you can watch online. The program will teach you how to plan, rehearse and carry out a good, structured family intervention. Here is the Index of all the videos offered in Intervention Workshop:

Section 1 Facing the Problem
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Underestimating the Problem
Chapter 3: Inside the Addicted Brain
Chapter 4: Misconceptions
Chapter 5: Enabling
Chapter 6: Detachment & the Brain
Chapter 7: Power of the Group
Chapter 8: Road to Integrity
(time: 1hr, 14 min)

Section 2 Step-by-Step
Introduction: Step-by-Step
Chapter 1: Building Your Team
Chapter 2: Choosing Treatment
Chapter 3: Writing Intervention Letters
Chapter 4: Deciding on Bottom Lines
Chapter 5: Brainstorming Objections
Chapter 7: Rehearsal Process
Chapter 6: Choosing the Chairperson
(time: 1hr, 29 min)

Section 3 Intervention Day
Chapter 1: Intervention Day
Chapter 2: After the Intervention
(time: 1hr, 4 min)

Section 4 Frequently Asked Questions
1. Our addict has just had a major crisis. Can we still intervene?
2. What if the alcoholic becomes angry during the intervention?
3. What if the addict walks out?
4. What if the alc says ‘Yes, I’ll go, but not today.’
5. How do we act around our addict if he refuses to go to treatment?
6. What if she doesn’t follow her aftercare plan after returning home?
7. What do we do if he relapses?
8. What if he threatens to hurt himself?
9. Should we go to his Alcoholics Anonymous meetings with him?
10. What does it mean ‘to work a program of recovery?’
11. When does a family need to hire a professional interventionist?
12. How do we get the alcoholic to the location of the intervention?
13. Aren’t we being deceptive?
14. What if the alcoholic doesn’t show up?
15. How can you say it’s a disease? Where’s personal responsibility?
16. How much time do we need for the intervention?
17. How do we know what language to avoid in our letters?
18. Look what you’re doing to yourself.
19. What should we pack for the alcoholic to bring to treatment?
20. Can we call our loved one while they’re in treatment?
(time: 36 min)

Total time: 4 hrs, 23 min.

To see video excerpts from Interveniton Workshop, click here.

To visit Intervention Workshop for more sample videos or to purchase a Membership to the Intervention Workshop website, click here.

A profession interventionist will typically charge $2,500 to $5,000 to train and rehearse your family, and lead the intervention. Or, you can learn online video from Intervention Workshop, and do your own intervention for a fraction of the cost.