Our therapeutic community approach

Our treatment philosophy utilises the Therapeutic Community (TC) approach to addictions and mental health problems which views the problem as a disorder of the whole person, which affects the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of the individual and their family.

The Bayberry Recovery Centre provides an integrated continuum of care for addictions, mental health problems and/or dual diagnosis such as:

addiction with a coexisting depression/anxiety;
compulsive behaviours;
post traumatic stress
unresolved grief;
personality problems;
behavioural problems;
accompanying emotional and physical problems.

Living within a TC framework is of itself a force for personal change.

In addition the recovery program adds to the TC framework in other comprehensive and individualised ways.

Residents and their families participate in psycho-educational and psychotherapeutic groups designed to help them explore addiction, mental health problems and dual disorders as well as the impact these can have on the family. Against the TC living principles residents also engage with the spiritual 12 Step program of self change, mindfullness and acceptance therapy, and attend mutual aid meetings in the community to develope a recovery support structure.
Family members are encouraged to attend family support meetings.
Group therapy is also a daily activity and a powerful cornerstones of change at Bayberry.

Living in the Bayberry TC, residents are housed in a residential, surrogate family setting. This setting heals the isolation, loneliness and behavioural problems that the chemically dependent person develops over the course of their addiction and that often plagues individuals with mental health disorders. Residents are responsible for housekeeping and meal preparation per guidance from a nutritionist.