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Journey Recovery & Wellness Ballito
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Treatment Focus
Centers with a wellness focus provide holistic care for the mind, body, and spirit. You'll often enjoy relaxing amenities and restorative activities tailored to rest and rejuvenation.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Treatment Focus
Centers with a wellness focus provide holistic care for the mind, body, and spirit. You'll often enjoy relaxing amenities and restorative activities tailored to rest and rejuvenation.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Private Pay
You pay directly for treatment out of pocket. This approach can offer enhanced privacy and flexibility, without involving insurance. Exact costs vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for specific details.
Journey Recovery & Wellness Ballito
Journey Recovery & Wellness Ballito
About Journey Recovery & Wellness Ballito
Journey Recovery & Wellness Centre Ballito is a luxurious rehabilitation and wellness retreat registered with the departments of health and social development. They provide private treatment of substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. These include bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, burnout, eating disorders, and other addictive behaviors or psychiatric concerns. Set in a tranquil garden with a sparkling swimming pool, they support and embrace clients in a family-like atmosphere. Clients have access to Wi-Fi, Netflix, live sports, DSTV Premium, and their cellphones, laptops, and other devices.
A Full Range Of Compassionate, Quality Care
Journey Recovery & Wellness Centre Ballito runs a non-punitive program, healing with compassion, care, and understanding. Their approach recognizes the importance of building self-esteem and dismantling guilt and shame, which they believe are essential elements in the journey towards sustained recovery. Their treatment program includes supervised medical detox, individual and group therapy, trauma counselling, inner-child work, solution focused therapy, Acu-Detox, families and couple counselling, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).
Journey Recovery & Wellness Centre Ballito’s holistic services include yoga, mindfulness, art therapy, pottery, and self-esteem workshops. They additionally provide meaningful tips and personalized strategies for coping with cravings or dealing with thoughts of relapse.
Affordable And Personalized Treatment
Journey Recovery & Wellness Centre Ballito accepts 10-15 clients, creating a 1:2.5 ratio of clients to clinical staff. Clients receive plentiful individualized care (4 hours of individual therapy weekly), promoting a sense of belonging that Journey Recovery believes is key to effective recovery. After detox and residential treatment, clients can attend sober living and receive daily therapy groups and weekly 1:1 therapy in a substance-free, independent environment. Clients in outpatient attend evening outpatient groups to continue treatment. For clients coming from other countries, South Africa’s Rand exchange rate can make their treatment available for a fraction of the price they may pay back home.
Recover In Comfortable Surroundings
Journey Ballito on the Dolphin Coast of South Africa offers a serene setting for a hotel retreat rehabilitation center, with luxurious accommodations providing a calm and spacious environment conducive to rest and restoration. They allow cell phones and laptops to support clients who need to maintain work or study commitments during treatment. They’re SANHA approved, and all food served is halal. Journey Recovery can accommodate other dietary needs too, like kosher, vegetarian, vegan, and food allergies. Their chef often uses ingredients from their organic vegetable garden.
Clients can enjoy Journey Recovery’s outdoor lounge, game room, gym, and art and pottery studio. Bedrooms at Journey Recovery are homely and spacious, and a cozy lounge allows for relaxing, socializing, and reading from their self-help library.
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Treatment Focus
Centers with a wellness focus provide holistic care for the mind, body, and spirit. You'll often enjoy relaxing amenities and restorative activities tailored to rest and rejuvenation.
Pricing and Program Length
Estimated Center Costs
The cost listed here ($7,500 - $12,000 USD), is an estimate of program cost. Center price can vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for more information. Recovery.com strives for price transparency so you can make an informed decision.
Meet your care team
Clive Blumenthal
Founder & Counsellor
Yonit Blumenthal
Founder & Counsellor
Levels of Care
Treatment
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Burnout
Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.
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.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
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."
Who We Treat
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
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.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
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.
Approaches
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
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.
Wellness
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
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.
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.
Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Online Therapy
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Mindfulness Therapy
This ancient practice can be mental, emotional, and even spiritual. In meditation, you focus your attention on the present moment without judgement.
Adventure Therapy
This experiential approach uses the physical and emotional challenges of outdoor activities as tools for personal growth.
Animal Therapy
Animals can inspire trust and self-worth. In this experiential therapy, guided interactions are used to improve social skills and emotion regulation.
Aromatherapy
Inhaling or topically applying essential oils can help relieve stress, soothe pains, and relieve emotional distress.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
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.
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.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Burnout
Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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.
Psychedelics
Hallucinogenic drugs—like LSD—cause euphoria and increased sensory experiences. When abused, they can lead to depression and psychosis.
Languages
Aftercare
Experience
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Couples program
Using gentle clinical care, therapists guide patients and their partner through guided sessions to address issues and work towards lasting solutions.
Executive Program
Addiction and mental health treatment for executives typically involves high discretion, greater technology access, and more private, 1-on-1 care.
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.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Off-Site Activities
Off-Site Amenities
Smoking and Vaping Policy
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