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The Sanctuary Vancouver Island
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Treatment Focus
You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
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
You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
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.
The Sanctuary Vancouver Island
The Sanctuary Vancouver Island
About The Sanctuary Vancouver Island
The Sanctuary is a luxury, private therapeutic retreat for high-profile clients. They treat addiction and mental health conditions with a holistic approach. The Sanctuary Vancouver Island delivers all treatment 1-on-1, with no group therapy or shared facilities. Clients reside in a private 5-star home with expert care staff on site. The Sanctuary’s holistic approach combines complementary therapies with traditional clinical medicine. They offer a full continuum of care with detox services, residential care, complex medical management, programs for eating disorders, and family and couples counseling.
Highly Individualized Care
The Sanctuary Vancouver Island offers medical care, psychotherapy, and complementary therapies like bodywork, transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), brain mapping, and biofeedback therapies. Clients can also enjoy yoga and meditation, acupuncture, massage therapy, and personal fitness training. Additional modalities can be integrated into the program. These include reflexology, osteopathy, dentistry, kinesiology, and pilates. The Sanctuary Vancouver Island strives to give each client the best experience possible, customizing each step of treatment to meet their needs and preferences.
One-on-One Treatment
The Sanctuary treats a full spectrum of health conditions including addiction, anxiety, depression, gambling and sex addiction, crypto addiction, relationship difficulties, and gender identity struggles. Their medical care helps manage and treat heart disease, chronic pain, diabetes, weight loss, and more. Treatment is highly personalized with hand-crafted therapies and treatments tailored to the unique needs of each individual. Each client has their own personal support staff, with therapists, doctors, nurses, yoga teachers, acupuncturists, a chef, and a personal trainer to meet their needs. Aftercare efforts begin during residential treatment. The Sanctuary connects with clients’ home providers to help ensure a seamless transition out of treatment at The Sanctuary.
Recover in Ultimate Privacy And Luxury
The Sanctuary carefully select private properties on Vancouver Island, which is just offshore British Columbia's southwest coast. Each private residence takes the client's taste into consideration. The Sanctuary offers everything from waterfront to modern to cozy homestead-style lodgings, and only personal staff members and/or family members live with clients in their own private home during treatment. The Sanctuary schedules treatment for a sense of routine, but plenty of free time and outside excursions give clients variety and adventure.
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
Pricing and Program Length
Estimated Center Costs
The cost listed here (Starting at $216,000 US for 21 days), 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.
Luxury rehab centers offer a unique blend of luxurious amenities and high-quality treatment. From private suites to gourmet dining, personal trainers to spa treatments, these facilities provide a high level of comfort and discretion.
Meet your care team
Dominique Vincenz
Case Manager
Carla Beer-Carpenter
Dietitian
Bachelor of Clinical Nutrition
Dr. Allen Berger
Gestalt Psychologist
Ph.D
Mary Elizabeth Holmes
Clinical Hypnotherapist and Life Coach
Dr. Bryan Friedmann
Optometrist
BSc, OD
Dr. Megan Yim
Chiropractor
BA Sc. (Psych), MSc, DC
Matt Heidema
Physiotherapist
DPT
Janine Drummond
Physiotherapist
MPT, MA, BA
Laura Stewart
Physiotherapist
MScPT
Keegan Hucul
Personal Trainer
NASM Certified Master Trainer
Brandon Sherbrook
Personal Trainer
Jean-Fancois Guenette
Personal Chef
Culinary Arts Hons
Joelle Gaudet
Personal Chef
Meesh Coles
Chef and Nutritionist
Kirsten Trant
Massage Therapist
Diploma of Massage Therapy
Jessica Jarabek
Massage Therapist
RMT (Canada), LMT (United States)
Sarah Holmes de Castro
Therapeutic Yoga Instructor
M.A., TCTSY-F, C-IAYT
Dr Tanis Farish
Exercise Physiologist YOGA
PhD, RYT, CSEP-CEP®
Liz Hargreaves
Somatic Movement Therapist
Sydney Smith
Consultant Clinical Psychologist – Gaming and Gambling Addictions
BSc (Clin Psy), MSc, LPC, LADC, ICGC-II
Jayn Steele
Food Addiction Recovery Coach
BA (IDST), FAC, HMA
Ali Kay
Reflexology Therapist
Lista Spensley-Tagornak
Counselling Art Therapist
MCP:AT
Supriya Crocker
Neurologic Music Therapist
B.Sc.(Psych) & Bachelor of Music Therapy
Maria Koropecky
Creative Writing Coach
BA English Literature Hons, Certifications in Life Coaching & Mentoring
Adam Schellenberg
Videography & Film Production Instructor
Master of Science (Media Management), BA Communications & Media
Naomi Maya
Photography Instructor
Lesley Friedmann
Art Recreation – Painting Instructor
BA, MA
Daniel Seguin
Dance Instructor
Kaitlin McManus
Environmental Arts Therapist & Meditation
Environmental Arts Therapist & Meditation
Toni Chalk
Rainforest Tour Guide
Marianne Fish
Nature and Hiking guide
Neil Scantlebury
Tennis Coach
David B. Green
Executive Director & Co-Founder Vice Chairman - The Sanctuary World
Dr. Rob Walsh
CEO - The Sanctuary World
FACRRM, MBBS Hons (USyd), MA, BA Hons
Nicholas Russi
International Clinical Program Consultant
Dr. Gerrit Prinsloo
Director of Medical Services
MD CCFP dPEC dABAM FASAM
Dr. Carlos Nuñez
Director of Psychiatric Services
MD, FRCPC, DABPN
Dr. Shahar Rabi
Clinical Director
PhD, MA, MEd, BA
Dr. Shelly O’Connor
Director of Psychology
PhD, MA, BA
Nikita Paddock
Director of Nursing
RN, BScN Hons
Dr. Randal Mason
Senior Medical Doctor
MD, CCFP, CCSAM
Dr. Monika Brandstaetter
Senior Clinical Psychologist
PhD, MA, RCC
Kymberly Nicholson
Director of Physical Therapies
RN, Fitness Coach & Personal Trainer
Dr. Nick Withers
Emergency Medicine Physician
CD, MD, CCFP(EM), FCFP
Marnie Delanghe
Director of Creative Therapies
BSW
Landon Crawford
Director of Culinary Services
Cindy Brown
Director of Esthetics & Spa Treatments
Esthetician/Spa Therapist
Michele Davis
Director of Concierge Services
Dominique Skogstad
Director of Housekeeping
Sarah Montes
Case Manager
BScN, MACP, CCC, RCC
Levels of Care
Treatment
Specializations
Burnout
Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.
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.
One-to-One
Patients work with their treatment team members on a 1-on-1 basis, keeping their journey and treatment fully private and personalized.
Who We Treat
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.
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.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
One-to-One
Patients work with their treatment team members on a 1-on-1 basis, keeping their journey and treatment fully private and personalized.
One-to-One
Patients work with their treatment team members on a 1-on-1 basis, keeping their journey and treatment fully private and personalized.
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.
Cryotherapy
Stepping into a chamber of extreme cold floods the bloodstream with nutrients and endorphins, helping reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings.
Online Therapy
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
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.
Adventure Therapy
This experiential approach uses the physical and emotional challenges of outdoor activities as tools for personal growth.
Aromatherapy
Inhaling or topically applying essential oils can help relieve stress, soothe pains, and relieve emotional distress.
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.
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
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.
Couples program
Using gentle clinical care, therapists guide patients and their partner through guided sessions to address issues and work towards lasting solutions.
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.
Executive Program
Addiction and mental health treatment for executives typically involves high discretion, greater technology access, and more private, 1-on-1 care.
Family Member Stays
Treatment providers welcome family members to stay on-site to better the experience and success of patients and their families as a whole.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Off-Site Activities
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