Hong Kong's leading outpatient addiction treatment centre
An intervention is a carefully planned meeting organised with family, friends, or employers to raise awareness of how addictive behaviour is causing harm — and to open the door to help.
Shame dies in the light of exposure. Most people, when met with honesty and compassion, acknowledge that something needs to change.
An intervention is a carefully planned meeting organised with family, significant others, friends, or employers. Interventions are usually conducted without the addicted person knowing, so there is that element of surprise. Recovery852 has conducted interventions in people's homes, industrial buildings, and hotels.
The sole aim is to raise awareness of how the addicted person's behaviour is causing harm to themselves and significant others. In most cases, it's primarily a substance misuse problem, but it can also be a behavioural addiction or process addiction — like sex addiction, gambling, or an eating disorder.
In some cases, the person agrees to come in with a significant other, and the intervention is conducted at our office in Causeway Bay. During the intervention, we seek the truth and attempt to find a solution to the problem.
Essentially, it's an act of compassion, love, and care. Consequences — as well as specific events and episodes of unmanageability, chaos, crisis, and conflict — are clearly presented to the individual. In some cases, ultimatums are given, but it's important that the person is motivated to get help rather than be threatened.
What usually happens is the person then agrees to either go to a residential rehab facility or do outpatient treatment. Interventions precede treatment — they are single events, not ongoing treatment. It's an opportunity to offer help, support, and transparency, and many accept the help.
Shame dies in the light of exposure, and the majority acknowledge that they need to change.
If you know someone you care about who is struggling with self-destructive behaviours like substance misuse, please get in touch. We are more than happy to assist in planning an intervention for them.
Confidential, compassionate care — usually responding the same business day.