





Kackaamin Family Development Centre
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
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.
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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
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.
Kackaamin Family Development Centre
Kackaamin Family Development Centre
About Kackaamin Family Development Centre
Healing families, not just individuals, is what this accredited non-profit Indigenous treatment centre has focused on for over 51 years in Port Alberni, B.C. They run 3 programs: a Family Program, a Supportive Recovery Program for Indigenous women in early recovery, and Rebuilding the Circle, which supports people healing from sexual violence trauma. Staff are on-site around the clock, and the grounds include a sweat lodge, sacred fire, and outdoor gathering space used for healing ceremonies. The centre primarily serves people of First Nations ancestry and individuals connected to a First Nations person through marriage or common-law relationship.
6-Week Family Recovery Program
The Family Program is built for families who are past the early stages of recovery and are ready to work on rebuilding attachment and parenting together. Everyone in the family takes part in workshops on communication, complex trauma, grief and loss, cultural oppression, lateral violence, and how addiction affects family life. Parents attend AA/NA as part of the program. Counselling, cultural healing ceremonies, the Nuu-chah-nulth parenting approach, and the Circle of Security Parenting Program are all woven into the six weeks.
Indigenous Women's Supportive Recovery
The Supportive Recovery Program offers 10 residential beds for Indigenous women in the Island Health region who are in early recovery. The Restoring Balance: Grief and Loss program runs alongside it, grounding care in Indigenous history, culture, and tradition. Cleansing Ceremonies, Smudging, Talking Circles, Spiritual Baths, Sweats, and Sacred Fires are all part of how the program is structured, not extras added on top.

Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.

Pricing and Program Length
Estimated Center Costs
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Levels of Care
Your Care Options
Specializations
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.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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
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.
Approaches
Family Involvement
Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.
Spiritual Emphasis
Spirituality connects patients to a higher power and helps strengthen their recovery, hope, and compliance with other treatment modalities.
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.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Group Therapy
Group therapy brings people together in a supportive setting to share experiences, develop skills, and work toward common goals.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Psychoeducation
This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.
Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
Spiritual Care
Tending to spiritual health helps treatment become more effective, allowing patients to better cope with their emotions and rebuild their spiritual wellbeing.
Twelve Step Facilitation
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
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.
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."
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.