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Mpumalanga, South Africa
White River Manor
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Customized Treatment Plans
Certified Professionals
Budget Friendly
Executive Treatment
About White River Manor
At White River Manor, recovery is more than just overcoming addiction—it’s about rediscovering oneself and rebuilding a life with purpose. Up to 6 clients at a time are welcomed by a top-tier team that makes them feel cared for, respected, understood, and brave enough to face their challenges and choose differently. With bespoke care, 24-hour support, elegant accommodations, and time to explore the region, clients gain the breakthrough they need.
Find Comfort in a Personalised Treatment Plan
Most clients stay at White River Manor between 28 to 120 days, depending on the substance use, behavioural, or mental health concern bringing them to treatment. Staff work with each client to develop a custom programme that will work for them based on a combination of the 12 Steps and therapies including: traditional talk therapy, music and art therapy, equine therapy, mindfulness practices, and trauma-specific treatments like eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR).
Enjoy 5-Star Lodging Near a National Park
White River Manor offers private villas with TVs, luxurious bathrooms, outdoor showers, and, in some cases, a garden and plunge pool. Rooms are serviced daily with evening turndown and full laundry. The cuisine is prepared by a professional chef and enjoyed around a communal table or at the café with fine coffee and fresh pastries. Guests can relax with spa treatments, time in the gym or pool, or in quiet moments on the river deck or in tranquil gardens.
Stay in Touch with Work and Loved Ones
Although White River Manor encourages clients to focus on recovery during their stay, they understand that not everyone can completely separate themselves from work and life at home for a month or more. They provide Wi-Fi and allow mobile phone use at designated times to help clients manage professional and family responsibilities.
Sustain Positive Change After Treatment
After treatment ends, White River Manor develops a personalised aftercare plan to ease each client’s transition home. This may include continued therapy, support group recommendations, and access to resources that reinforce recovery. Their team remains available for ongoing guidance, ensuring clients have the tools needed to maintain their progress and thrive.
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Discover World-Class Recovery for Less
South Africa offers international clients expert treatment in a remarkable setting at a fraction of the cost of care in Europe or North America. Recovering far from home helps clients step away from daily stressors and focus on healing, as well as enjoy the region’s wildlife and beauty. White River Manor arranges seamless door-to-door transport.
Reset from Executive Burnout
CEOs, entrepreneurs and professionals in high-stakes industries can reset and return home refreshed after a well-deserved wellness break at White River Manor. Their intensive 7, 10, 14 and 21-day wellness programmes pair an individualised combination of therapeutic practices with a complete recharge of the batteries that helps clients avoid burnout in the future.
Enhance Healing with Extraordinary Experiences
Clients at White River Manor enjoy excursions filled with leisure, adventure, and sport. From safaris and helicopter tours to hiking, elephant rides, and swimming with dolphins, every experience enhances their recovery. They also offer customisable trips to places like Cape Town or Mozambique—complete with flights, accommodations, itineraries, and a sober coach to accompany them.
Detox in a Safe, Comfortable Setting
Detox takes place at an offsite clinic just 10 minutes from White River Manor, with whom they’ve had a long-standing partnership. A staff member visits daily to check in with the client. Detox is integrated into the client’s overall treatment plan, helping to ensure a smooth transition from detoxification to therapeutic treatment and intervention.
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Center Overview
Estimated Center Costs
The cost listed here (starting at $15,125 USD / 28 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.
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.
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.
Treatment
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
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.
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."
Wellness
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
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.
Detox (off-site)
This is often the first step of addiction treatment. For many people, it's dangerous to detox without proper medical support.
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.
Retreat
These curated experiences promote physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, and provide a break from the busy pace of daily life.
Sober Living
These structured living environments help people transition out of rehab. Residents have more freedom than they do during rehab, but still follow certain rules.
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.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Gambling
Excessive, repetitive gambling causes financial and interpersonal problems. This addiction can interfere with work, friendships, and familial relationships.
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.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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.
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.
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.
Aftercare
Experience
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Center Pets
Addiction and mental health facilities with pets allow patients to interact with friendly dogs, cats, horses, and in some cases, even dolphins.
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.
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.
Religion-Based Track
Patients can join faith-based recovery tracks to approach recovery with others in their faith, healing in a like-minded group with similar goals.
Activities
Off-Site Activities
Off-Site Amenities
Professional Staff
Dr. Magda Rall
Head Therapist
Counselling Psychologist PhD (Soc)
Gert Janse Van Rensburg
Psychologist and Equine Therapist
Kathy Knott
Counselling Psychologist
MS
Jane Janse van Rensburg
Counsellor
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Testimonial
White River Manor has been more than recovery – It’s been a once-in-a-lifetime experience. I am totally empowered and grounded enough to go forward in life happy, healthy and substance-free.
Andy, UK
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