SPIRIT WOLF
Spirit Wolf is a Telehealth provider for addiction & mental health guidance.
An intervention gives an opportunity for family & friends to help a loved one realize the extent of their problem. Refusal to concede to having a problem is a trademark of addictive behavior. An intervention emphasizes their serious condition and guides them to the realization that it is time to get help.
An intervention is emotionally complex and impacts family & friends which can place strains on relationships. A interventionist offers insight that helps achieve a positive outcome. Our trained professionals have recovered from addictions, which allows them to understand the addictive person from their mutual struggle.
We do not believe in ultimatums, threats, or an all or nothing approach process. We instead approach each situation from the standpoint of honesty, love, and family; encouraging the client to seek treatment. This alleviates BLAME, SHAME, AND GUILT and begins the healing process with everyone.
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THE JOHNSON METHOD
The primary purpose of the Johnson Method is to motivate and encourage addicts to change their lifestyle to benefit not only themselves, but the people who care about them. Episcopal priest Dr. Vernon Johnson, known as the “father of intervention,” developed this approach after studying more than 200 recovering alcoholics to determine the factors that made them want to seek sobriety. He detailed his approach to intervention in a 1973 book titled I’ll Quit Tomorrow.
Johnson was a pioneer who saw the value of family and friends getting involved in the intervention process, which was a somewhat unconventional idea in the 1970s. Instead of loved ones “ambushing” the addict or making them feel ashamed of the pain they have caused, Johnson encouraged caring as the priority of this model. This approach breaks down an addict’s defenses and makes them more receptive to hearing what their loved ones need to tell them.
ARISE METHOD
ARISE, which is an acronym for “A Relational Intervention Sequence for Engagement,” is an evidence-based, method of intervention in which the entire family comes together to approach the addicted person. ARISE is a three-level method designed to work with families and friends to get a resistant substance-abusing loved one started in treatment.
The ARISE Method does not entail surprising the addict. An ARISE intervention treats the addict with love and respect by inviting them to join the process from the beginning. Since addiction has consequences that affect the entire family, the aim of the ARISE Method is to create long-term family recovery and healing, with an emphasis on reinforcing healthy behaviors and lifestyles.
