At Bay Recovery our clinicians have divided interventions
into four major areas.

• The Traditional Chemical Dependence Intervention
• The Dual Diagnosed Intervention
• The Chronic Pain and Addiction Intervention
• The Chronic Pain Suffering Intervention

Each one of the above intervention headings has very different goals, and criteria to achieve. To try and complete a successful Chronic Pain Intervention, where drug abuse is not a primary issue, would be a waste of time and money. Using a tradition drug dependence intervention, on a person with secondary psychiatric issues would be unsuccessful on many different levels.

At Bay Recovery, our interventionists are skilled in the identification, and implementation of all aspects of interventions from beginning to end. Even with an intervention that has failed in the past, we have had great success with, because we have chosen the right diagnosis, and the correct intervention technique to proceed with.

Millions of men and women are currently dealing with the “very real” issues of chronic pain. Traditionally many patients have progressed through the opiate and best practice sedative medical/medication approaches. In many cases they have received less than adequate relief from pain, with attendant problems of side effects, and rebound pain from these various medication. Often the patients become victims of the pain management system that is failing them.

In some cases, the pain patients is not an addict, but is hopelessly caught up in and stigmatized by the vicious cycle of unmanageable chronic pain not improving despite ongoing use of narcotic pain medications.

The point is simple. The patient wants relief from pain; they are, at times, miscast as an addict, which in turn produces a high level of fear and anger at their seemingly hopeless situation.

Medication Intervention techniques differ from Addiction Interventions in many ways. First, the main goal is not abstinence from all substances but rather, to assist the patient in dealing with pain with appropriate medicines and management strategies.

The denial feature that most drug abusers display is refocused and reframed with the pain person. While “street drug addicts” must deal with quitting the drug altogether, the pain patients are dealing with the fear of being left without anything to truly ease their pain. Being grouped in with main stream primary drug addiction is a real fear and a common misdiagnosis of many people suffering from chronic and physical pain.
The traditional Intervention for alcohol and drugs addiction shares some techniques with “the Pain Management Medication Abuse” intervention.

1. Family and significant others re: education.
2. Assessment and detoxification from problematic medications.
3. Introduction of appropriate medications and other therapies designed to assist the patient in managing pain.

Executive Intervention

Sometimes a key employee develops a self-destructive habit; for example, alcohol abuse.
This often causes lack of creativity and productivity, poor decisions, deteriorating public relations or expensive mistakes. It is costly to let a key executive go, as is finding a replacement. Perhaps this is a valued employee, possibly a friend, who has served well for many years. Far better to correct the problem and keep the executive.
But how do you address the problem without doing more harm than good?

• Do it right. This is no time for questionable techniques or half-way measures.
• Do no harm. Act only within the confines of legality and professional ethics, and only with deepest respect.
• Do it now. The risk of delay is great for both the executive and the organization.
• Call for assistance. Engage an experienced professional interventionist. The situation is too critical and delicate to do otherwise.

Intervention with top executives in a corporate or other professional setting is very effective.
However, there are many issues unique to interventions conducted in these circumstances. Public relation issues, legal implications, continuing care and return-to-work matters, and disclosure issues can all be extremely delicate. These and other matters must all be handled with extreme care.

Contact the Intervention Center to discuss an executive intervention for your situation.