An Intervention For A Client, Friend And / Or Family...

Before you can plan an intervention for someone that is in denial of their substance abuse you have to understand what denial is, what are the different forms of denial, what is an intervention, how to stage an intervention and what are the 12 steps you must go through to reach recovery. In this paper I am going to break down each of the topics listed above and hopefully once we reach the end of this paper you will know how to properly seek treatment for a client, friend and/or family member. Nevertheless, before we make it there we first have to know what is denial and how is it described. Well, The Clean Slate describes denial as â€Å"The original psychological concept was conceived of by Sigmund Freud, as the explanation of a defense mechanism by which a person’s own mind would subconsciously hide the facts of reality from them as a way to perhaps protect their ego, or avoid necessary but painful realizations and/or life changes. 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