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John Herons Six Category Intervention Analysis John Heron offers his approach as a conceptual framework for understanding interpersonal relationships and as a means of analysing a range of possible therapeutic interactions between a client and a helper. An intervention is an identifiable piece of verbal and/or non-verbal behaviour that is part of the practitioners service to the client (Heron 2001). Analysis, from Heron (2001) perspective places emphasis upon what the practitioner intended to achieve in the interaction/intervention, rather than on the actual effect. Interventions and Non-Interventions An intervention must seek to address the current psychological needs of the client. If questions are asked of a client, solely for the practitioners benefit - this is not an intervention and not worthy of analysis. If questions are asked of a client in order to address a clients needs and therefore, have an effect upon a client; i.e. enable, challenge, give, draw-out and/or encourage the client. This would be viewed as an appropriate intervention and be worthy of analysis. Forms of Intervention (1) Therapeutic/Valid - an appropriate intervention which is delivered in the best interests of the client, with good intent and in a competent manner. Classes of Therapeutic Intervention Authoritative Interventions The practitioner takes a more dominant or assertive role, taking responsibility for and on behalf of the client. 1). Prescriptive Intervention: the practitioner explicitly seeks to direct the behaviour of the client, by guiding his or her behaviour. 2). Informative Intervention: the practitioner seeks to impart knowledge, information and meaning to the client, by giving instruction. 3). Confronting Intervention: the practitioner seeks to raise the client’s awareness about some limiting attitude or behaviour of which they are relatively unaware, by challenging the client by direct feedback, but whilst not making a personal attack upon the client. Facilitative Interv