Therapeutic Intervention

A therapeutic intervention is an effort made by individuals or groups to improve the well-being of someone else who either is in need of help but refusing it or is otherwise unable to initiate or accept help. Interventions include: Water therapy, nature therapy, creative therapy, horticultural therapy and music therapy.

How and where are therapeutic interventions required?

Therapeutic interventions are effective for all kinds of individuals and in various situations. Within schools or educational settings, young persons may be identified as requiring emotional and trauma support if there is knowledge of challenging circumstances surrounding the individual, usually resulting in inability to settle and engage within a classroom setting.

These difficult conditions could be due to a wide range of things like being at risk of exclusion, having a disability or illness, suffering a bereavement or exile, being under the care of social services, experiencing neglect, abuse, domestic violence or any other exposure to traumatic life events.

Therapeutic interventions seek to address underlying emotional and psychological difficulties which are problematic for the individual. Behaviours vary from constant withdrawal and inability to engage with activities to uncontrolled outbursts of anger. Whichever way these responses appear, if they are problematic, persistent and reducing the individual’s ability to function or flourish in their environment, then they would be a suitable candidate for intervention and therapy.