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About The Healing Institute at Forbidden Plateau
At The Healing Institute at Forbidden Plateau, individuals facing addiction, anxiety, depression, PTSD, and other mental health challenges experience lasting change in a setting designed for deep transformation. Surrounded by the forests of Vancouver Island, the centre provides inpatient care with personalised treatment plans and a high staff-to-client ratio. More than just a place to recover, it’s a sanctuary where people rediscover wholeness and purpose.
The Institute’s approach blends therapies like cognitive-behavioural therapy (CBT), dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT), and motivational interviewing (MI) with holistic practices such as yoga, art therapy, and somatic therapy. Clients with substance use concerns begin recovery safely and comfortably through medically monitored detox. This integrative model engages both heart and mind, helping clients build emotional resilience and long-term recovery skills.
Clients stay in a warm, timber-framed lodge overlooking the ocean and coastal mountains. Guests choose between private or shared rooms, each with an en suite bathroom. Professional chefs prepare nourishing meals daily, and the 14-acre property invites reflection with open meadows, forest trails, and peaceful natural surroundings. The centre is easily accessible, making travel and transitions smooth and stress-free.
Healing continues well beyond discharge. Clients remain connected through weekly groups, check-ins, and recovery coaching. The Family Freedom Programme welcomes loved ones into the journey, offering education, tools, and support for healthier communication and lasting connection. Together, these services foster deep healing and continued growth for clients and their families alike.
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Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
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 is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Medical addiction treatment uses approved medications to manage withdrawals and cravings, and to treat contributing mental health conditions.
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
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.
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.
In recreation therapy, recovery can be joyful. Patients practice social skills and work through emotional triggers by engaging in fun activities.
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Stress is a natural reaction to challenges, and it can even help you adapt. However, chronic stress can cause physical and mental health issues.
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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.
Synthetic drugs are made in a lab, unlike plant-based drugs like mushrooms. Most synthetic drugs are either stimulants or synthetic cannabinoids.
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