Intervention (Counseling)

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An intervention is an orchestrated attempt by one, or often many, people (usually family and friends) to get someone to seek professional help with an addiction or some kind of traumatic event or crisis. The term intervention is most often used when the traumatic event involvesaddiction to drugs or other items. Intervention can also refer to the act of using a technique within a therapy session (Wikipedia).