Reading another thread got me reading my T website where it says he is passionate about working with people to develop an intervention plan. As far as I know I don't have one but here is an article explaining one Ts top 10
https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/in-therapy/201001/the-ten-coolest-therapy-interventions-introduction

A caveat from the article: ***This series is for entertainment and basic educational purposes only. My mission for this blog has always been to demystify elements of therapy so it becomes more accessible to the general public. Reading these blurbs is no substitute for the dozens to thousands of hours of training it takes to effectively and ethically apply them. If you're a therapist and find an intervention interesting, please get adequate training before attempting. If you're not a therapist, please seek out a clinician with sufficient training in that specialty. Unless otherwise specified, do not try this at home!

Discuss or not...

[Rive.]

I agree, I think any psychological/clinical tool ought to be implemented solely by professionals in the field i.e. people who have been trained to apply x or y technique.

Unfortunately not everyone (in any profession) thinks to do the best they can, ethically and honestly. And this is where the danger lies. In the mental health profession it puts vulnerable people (clients) at risk...

It ought to be more stringently regulated imo. Too much laissez-faire in too many professions (medical, mental health or otherwise) and lack of a conscience to 'do no harm' to a fellow human being.

Just my 2p.

[stopdog]

I completely despise that blogger but I do find their odd use of language and approaches a good thing for a client to know about so as to be less able to be manipulated by them.
And it is not rocket science or brain surgery - it really does not take all that much to do what they do and people do their examples all the time without the world ending.

I think quite often a main reason why therapeutic interventions are not effective or actually hinder the process is because they are applied in inappropriate contexts or times. Often too early I think. I would never entirely blame therapists for that as it cannot be completely objective, only based on perception, empathy, and familiar mechanisms and tools. This is only one reason why good and open communication is so important between therapist and patient, imo. How else would they have a realistic picture of how we feel? But then of course there are many cases where talking and other forms of expression don't come easily.

I am generally a believer that excessively pushing patients into interventions is not the same as challenging in the right context. I also think that premature and misapplied interventions are often driven by the therapists' countertransference reasons rather than anything else, and this is why it's so important for them to do their own self work, to recognize and learn how to work around and with these reactions. Other than that, I am generally a fan of interventions and think they are necessary for therapy to be therapeutic. But not every single one will for with everyone of course, which makes a good fit not only interpersonally but in terms of general framework also important.