How to do an intervention | How to do a drug intervention | How to do an alcohol intervention

How can a family prepare for an addiction or mental health intervention? Cassidy Cousens explains practical steps for planning an intervention for a loved one struggling with alcoholism, substance use, addiction, or related mental health concerns.

VIDEO CHAPTERS

0:00 How to Do an Addiction Intervention
1:24 Prepare Emotionally Before an Intervention
4:18 Commit to the Intervention Conversation
8:23 How to Choose an Addiction Treatment Program
13:27 Behavioral, Evidence-Based, and Integrated Treatment
16:08 What Individualized Treatment Should Include
19:18 How to Stay Calm During an Intervention
23:36 Choosing the Right Intervention Team
27:19 What to Say When Treatment Is Refused
29:39 Should an Intervention Be a Surprise?
31:36 How to Respond to Denial
34:31 Use Concern Instead of Confrontation
35:57 What to Do When They Agree to Treatment
41:31 Getting Someone Safely to Rehab
47:02 The Treatment Center Handoff
50:07 What Comes After the Intervention

WHERE AIR MAY FIT AFTER AN INTERVENTION

AIR can provide a private next step after many types of interventions, including situations involving alcoholism, substance use, mental health concerns, relapse, or personal crisis. Depending on the individual and clinical fit, that next step might be 1:1 Rehab, Road Trip Rehab, a short Reset, a longer immersive engagement, or guidance toward another appropriate provider.

Learn about AIR Interventions: aragorecovery.com/interventions/
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ABOUT THIS VIDEO

This early video was produced at Cassidy Cousens’s first treatment center. The production is straightforward, but the guidance comes from work that became part of a behavioral health career spanning decades.

That experience eventually led Cassidy to develop an alternative to conventional, group-centered treatment. Arago Integrative Recovery (AIR) provides private, one-on-one addiction and mental health treatment shaped around the individual through focused clinical attention, nature immersion, and movement.

Read how AIR evolved: aragorecovery.com/about/our-story/
Explore AIR: aragorecovery.com/
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