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Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
Georgia Strait Womens Clinic
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A boutique women-only center offering non-12-Step treatment for addiction, trauma, and mental health conditions in private apartment-style suites.
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Therapeutic Location
Boutique
Non 12-Step Approach
Women Only
About Georgia Strait Womens Clinic
After 15 years of helping women with mental health and addiction treatment, Georgia Strait Women's Clinic knows there is a significant need for specialized services for women with mental health, addiction, and trauma issues. They seek to provide specialized addiction and mental health care with a non-12-Step, evidence-based approach. Georgia Strait approaches treatment with strength-based, solutions-focused, and trauma-informed care.
Expert, Empathetic Professionals
Georgia Strait Women's Clinic believes that every client (woman, non-binary, transgender) deserves a highly skilled, compassionate, and curious team of professionals to help them. In their unique setup, Georgia Strait offers the services of a large facility with the privacy and attention found in a smaller one. Their therapists are all masters-level. They additionally have a 24/7 nursing team, a psychiatrist and addictionologist, and a medical doctor who assesses each woman before they begin treatment. Many on Georgia Strait’s team have walked through addiction themselves, placing them in a unique position of unmatched empathy and expert clinical knowledge.
Specialized Programming for Each Woman
Georgia Strait caters to women who have experienced trauma and who have mild to moderate disordered eating. In their unique atmosphere of support and safety, women can work through past traumas and gain the tools they need to flourish. Cell phone and laptop use allow women to stay connected with employers, employees, and family. On-staff nursing and clinical detoxification help keep women safe and comfortable at all stages of their treatment. Georgia Strait’s therapies include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), Hakomi therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, art therapy, and hypnotherapy. Women join group therapies, 1:1 therapy, and can choose between various psychoeducational workshops when not in therapy.
Private, Restorative Accommodations
Women have their own private, apartment-style suite to call home during treatment. Inside their rooms, women have a small kitchen, seating area, private bathroom, bedroom, and wireless internet. In Georgia Strait’s facility, women can enjoy their gym, yoga studio, group dining room and TV room, laundry facilities, and the quiet nature surrounding their centre. They can bring their pet, too.
Georgia Strait Womens Clinic accepts private insurances. They do not accept provincial or territorial insurances.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:At Georgia Strait Womens Clinic, we are dedicated to helping you on your journey to recovery with personalized, compassionate care. We accept all major insurance providers to ensure that you have access to the treatment and support you need without added financial stress.
BlueCross BlueShield
A leading healthcare provider serving over 100 million Americans as one of the largest insurance companies in the country.
GreenShield
RBC
Sun Life
Meaning-Centered Therapy
Georgia Strait’s program sees mental health and addiction as a result of an individual’s persistently frustrated attempts to live a personally meaningful life. They help clients make sense of their mental health in ways that allow them to pursue meaningful lives and manage challenges in a safe, healthy way.
Private, Individual Suites
Georgia Strait’s private suites are fully outfitted for comfort, with a bathroom, kitchen, bedroom, living area, and brand new furnishings. Women can enjoy shared dining, a TV room, a gym, and gorgeous views in their main facility.
RESTFUL AND TRANQUIL WATERFRONT
Georgia Strait’s private facilities all look out to the Georgia Strait, where clients can spot whales and dolphins swimming in the waves. Located off the Sunshine Coast, their unique environment is ideal for rest, relaxation, and recovery. They provide holistic activities indoors and outdoors, including yoga, meditation, Qi Gong, Hakomi, and breathwork.
INTENSIVE TRAUMA THERAPY
Designed for occupational trauma, Georgia Strait’s intensive trauma program treats women who are First Responders, Veterans, and military personnel. Their one-on-one PTSD treatments have helped hundreds of women overcome the often unavoidable trauma they endured on the job. Georgia Strait provides eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) therapy to help women process and heal.
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Center Overview
Founded
2020
Occupancy
6-15
Insurance
Accepted
Languages
English
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
$34,000 - $36,000 (per 30 days) - 30+ days
Who We Treat
Women
Couples
Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Executives
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
LGBTQ+
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
Midlife Adults
For adults ages 40+, treatment shifts to focus on the unique challenges, blocks, and risk factors of their age group, and unites peers in a similar community.
Mild Disabilities
Adults with mild physical or intellectual disabilities receive treatment catered to their specific needs in a safe and clinically supportive environment.
Pregnant Women
Addiction and mental health treatment meets the clinical and psychological needs of pregnant women, ensuring they receive optimal care in all areas.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Veterans
Patients who completed active military duty receive specialized treatment focused on trauma, grief, loss, and finding a new work-life balance.
Women only
Women attend treatment in a gender-specific facility, with treatment delivered in a safe, nourishing, and supportive environment for greater comfort.
Neurodivergent
Address
8104 Highway 101 Powell River, BC V8A 0S1
Treatment Focus: Substance Use and Mental Health
Treatment
Specializations
Women
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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Executives
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
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Licensed Primary Mental Health
Some primary care providers offer mental health diagnosis and treatment. This can prevent patients from developing more serious conditions.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
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Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
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Treatment Services
Detox
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
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Intensive Outpatient Program
In an IOP, patients live at home or a sober living, but attend treatment typically 9-15 hours a week. Most programs include talk therapy, support groups, and other methods.
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Some primary care providers offer mental health diagnosis and treatment. This can prevent patients from developing more serious conditions.
Outpatient
During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.
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Residential
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
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Outpatient Therapy
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
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Trauma Informed
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
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Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
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Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
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Meditation & Mindfulness
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
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1-on-1 Counseling with Clinical Psychologist
Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation
Localized magnetic pulses stimulate areas of the brain to increase brain activity and reduce abnormal functions.
Mindfulness Therapy
This ancient practice can be mental, emotional, and even spiritual. In meditation, you focus your attention on the present moment without judgement.
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Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
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Body Image Therapy
Therapists use cognitive behavior techniques to challenge how patients perceive their body and their worth, rewriting negative thoughts and attitudes.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Expressive Arts
Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
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Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
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Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy relieves physical and emotional tension, reduces pain, promotes relaxation, and improves emotion regulation.
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Meaning-Centered Therapy
Believing meaning and purpose can ease suffering and inspire change, this therapy connects patients to their spiritual and creative values.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
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Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy
MBCT combines mindfulness practices—like meditation—with cognitive therapy techniques to help patients work through negative thought patterns.
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Motivational Interviewing and Enhancement Therapy (MET)
This approach is based on idea that motivation to change comes from within. Providers use a conversational framework that may help you commit to recovery.
Narrative Therapy
Through narrative therapy, patients rewrite past events with a positive focus. They separate themselves from the problem to see their purpose and capabilities.
Nutrition Counseling
Nutritious food helps patients heal from within, setting them up for mental and bodily wellness as they learn about healthy eating.
Psychoeducation
This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.
Recreation Therapy
In recreation therapy, recovery can be joyful. Patients practice social skills and work through emotional triggers by engaging in fun activities.
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Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
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Relaxation Therapy
Muscle relaxation techniques relax mind and body. They can easily be practiced outside treatment, making it a valuable coping tool for continued recovery.
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Solution Focused, Goal-Oriented Therapy
A quick goal-oriented therapy that helps patients identify their current and future goals, find out how to achieve them, and empower future problem-solving.
Somatic Experiencing
This method treats emotional trauma stored in the body. A therapist helps patients work through the physical feelings associated with emotional pain.
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Spiritual Care
Tending to spiritual health helps treatment become more effective, allowing patients to better cope with their emotions and rebuild their spiritual wellbeing.
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Stress Management
Patients learn specific stress management techniques, like breathing exercises and how to safely anticipate triggers.
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Tai Chi
A self-paced, graceful exercise that aligns physical and mental energy, using ancient Chinese practices for modern-day wellness.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Group Therapy
Two or more people meet with a therapist together. Patients get valuable peer support, strengthen interpersonal skills, and improve self-awareness.
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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Conditions We Treat
Pornography Addiction
A person with a porn addiction is emotionally dependent on pornography to the point that it interferes with their daily life and relationships.
Narcissism
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Grief and Loss
Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Anger
Although anger itself isn't a disorder, it can get out of hand. If this feeling interferes with your relationships and daily functioning, treatment can help.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
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Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
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Burnout
Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.
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Chronic Pain Management
Long-term physical pain can have an affect on mental health. Without support, it can also impact your daily life and even lead to addiction.
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Codependency
Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
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Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
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Gambling
Compulsive gaming is most often a problem for children and teens. The disorder can affect physical health, sleep, and the ability to focus at school.
Gaming
Compulsive gaming is most often a problem for children and teens. The disorder can affect physical health, sleep, and the ability to focus at school.
Internet Addiction
Internet addiction is common among children teens. This compulsive disorder can damage relationships, school performance, sleep habits, and physical health.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts that drive repetitive behaviors. This pattern disrupts daily life and relationships.
Neurodiversity
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
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Self-Harm
The act of intentionally harming oneself, also called self-injury, is associated with mental health issues like depression.
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Sex Addiction
Compulsively seeking out sex can easily become a problem. This addiction is detrimental to relationships, physical health, and self-esteem.
Shopping Addiction
Excessive shopping and spending also known as compulsive buying disorder makes life unsustainable. It puts a strain on finances, relationships, and emotional well-being.
Stress
Stress is a natural reaction to challenges, and it can even help you adapt. However, chronic stress can cause physical and mental health issues.
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Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
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Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
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Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
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Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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Prescription Drugs
It's possible to abuse any drug, even prescribed ones. If you crave a medication, or regularly take it more than directed, you may have an addiction.
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Smoking Cessation
Quitting smoking—i.e., ceasing to smoke—means giving up smoking nicotine and tobacco products. This process has very important health benefits.
Synthetic Drugs
Synthetic drugs are made in a lab, unlike plant-based drugs like mushrooms. Most synthetic drugs are either stimulants or synthetic cannabinoids.
Nicotine
Aftercare
Aftercare Recovery Coach
Drug Screening
Family Follow-up Counseling
Online Aftercare
Follow-up Sessions (online)
Relapse Prevention Planning
Aftercare App
Return Visits
Ability to Call a Counselor
Alumni Events & Get-Togethers
Recovery Retreats (alumni pay an event fee)
Follow-up Sessions (in-person)
Outpatient Treatment
Alumni Reunions
Private, Online Alumni Groups
Professional Re-entry Support
Medication Assistance
Support Meetings (on-site)
Aftercare Group Therapy
Experience
Personal Amenities
Personal Fitness Trainer
Air-Conditioned Rooms
Armchair or Sofa
Bathroom Essentials (towels, soap, shampoo)
Coffee Maker and Tea
Desk
En Suite Bathroom
Hair Dryer
Housekeeping
Internet Access
Iron
Kitchenette (sink, microwave, mini fridge)
Outdoor Space (connected to room)
Private Rooms
Snacks
Thermostat (client can adjust temperature within room)
TV
Welcome Package
Amenities
Beach Access
Access to Nature
Business Center
Fitness Center
Gardens
Internet Access
Library
Ocean View
Outdoor Dining
Outdoor Lounge
Recreation Room
Sauna
Volleyball Court
Walking Trails
Transportation Assistance
Luxury
Special Considerations
Family Program
Clients can bring their own pet(s)
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.
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Pet Friendly
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.
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Executive Program
Addiction and mental health treatment for executives typically involves high discretion, greater technology access, and more private, 1-on-1 care.
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Flexible technology policies
Centers with flexible technology policies allow professionals to stay in touch with work and give patients a greater sense of connection and normalcy.
Gender-specific groups
Patients in gender-specific groups gain the opportunity to discuss challenges unique to their gender in a comfortable, safe setting conducive to healing.
Halal
Healthy Meals are provided
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
Kosher
Other dietary needs (vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free, etc.)
Wheelchair Accessible
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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Games
Volleyball
Massage
Movies
Physical Fitness
Tennis
Off-Site Activities
Escape Room
Disc Golf
Rock Climbing
Museums
Adventure Outings
Beach Fitness
Beach Walks
Biking
Cooking Classes
Fishing
Alternative Meetings
Golf
Hiking
Horseback Riding
Movies
Sightseeing
Swimming
Water Activities
Waterfalls
Off-Site Amenities
Airport Transfers
Professional Staff
Geoff Thompson
Program Director
PhD, CCC
Carissa Muth, Psy.D
Clinical Director
Registered Psychologist
Sara Klinkhamer
Family Services Counsellor
MA, RCC
Jennifer Murray
Nursing Director
RPN
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Testimonial
The staff were kind, non-judgmental, and did everything they could to make my stay comfortable. Everything was well taken care of, from the accomidations, to the food, to the treatment itself. The team at Georgia Straight helped me to find my best self and move forward with my life.
Former Client
4.8Average of 19 review(s)
Accommodations
Food & Nutrition
Treatment
Value
Pros
- Beautiful Location (14)
- Excellent & Effective Treatment Programming (13)
- Personalized (15)
- Gourmet & Nutritious Food (9)
Cons
- Not Enough Time With Therapist (3)
- Disjointed Care (2)
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ADHD, ADD
Depression
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
Lauren D
Alcohol
Anxiety
Trauma
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ADHD, ADD
Anxiety
Depression
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Anonymous
ADHD, ADD
Anxiety
Depression
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MR
Anxiety
Depression
Heroin
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