ABSTRACT
Chapter 3 introduces the Collective Intervention Strategy (CIS) as a set of protocols, processes, tools, and ideas to be used during addiction interventions. In this chapter, the authors present the idea that interventions need to include family and loved ones in a parallel process of change. A set of principles are set out to help behavioral health clinicians frame their work. Further, the text defines what an intervention is and is not; it sets up the expectations for how interventions begin, how long they take, and the ethical considerations clinicians must make in the world of addiction treatment.
The chapter further outlines core skills that will be needed in the clinical practice of CIS, namely team formation, family mapping, portraiture, biopsychosocial analysis, treatment planning, and case management. Additionally, the text introduces the main phases of CIS: initiation, data-gathering and assessment, and implementation. The chapter ends by exploring the merits and philosophy that are behind the Collective Intervention Strategy, and invites clinicians to adopt a clinical perspective before beginning the work.
