Customised Care

Our provision of Customised Care means that our areas of expertise are based on the huge breadth of experience within our team of consultant practitioners. We combine and arrange the most effective individual treatment team for everyone that we assess. Therefore, our expertise covers almost all areas of psychotherapeutic, neurological, psychiatric and holistic care.

We have provided advice and guidance for individuals and families who have sought our help for the following:

Addiction
The state of being addicted; devotion; inclination; A habit or practice that damages, jeopardizes or shortens one’s life but when ceased causes trauma; A pathological relationship to mood altering experience that has life damaging consequences’. Group therapy, psychoeducational process groups and lectures, family education and intervention, and 12-Step meetings help provide ways to discover and maintain recovery.
Alcoholism
Habitual intoxication; prolonged and excessive intake of alcoholic drinks leading to a breakdown in health and an addiction to alcohol. Compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcohol can cause negative effects on the drinker’s health, relationships, and social standing and abrupt deprivation can lead to severe withdrawal symptoms’. Customised programs involving individual therapy, group therapy, psychoeducational process groups and lectures, family education and intervention, lifestyle management support and 12-Step meetings help provide ways to discover and maintain recovery.
Anorexia nervosa
A psychophysiological disorder characterized by an abnormal fear of becoming obese and therefore a distorted self-image. This results in an unwillingness to eat leading to severe weight loss. It can also be accompanied by vomiting, excessive exercise and other physiological changes. It may also overlap with symptoms of Bulimia Nervosa.
Bulimia Nervosa
A psychophysiological disease in which there is uncontrolled episodes of overeating that are usually followed with purging (self-induced vomiting), misuse of laxatives, enemas, or medications that cause increased production of urine, fasting, or excessive exercise to control weight. It may also overlap with symptoms of Anorexia Nervosa.
Depression
A common psychiatric disorder that is characterized by a persistent lowering of mood, loss of interest in usual activities, and a diminished ability to experience pleasure. During a depressive episode, an individual may also experience physical and somatic symptoms and this can become disruptive to an individual’s social functioning and/or activities of daily living.
Anxiety
Social anxiety disorder, also sometimes called social phobia, is an anxiety disorder characterized by intense fear in social situation causing considerable distress and impaired ability to function in at least some parts of daily life. The diagnosis can be of a specific disorder (when only some particular situations are feared) or a generalized disorder. Symptoms can include a persistent, intense, chronic fear of being judged by others and of being embarrassed or humiliated by one’s own actions, excess sweating, increased heart rate, trembling, nausea and panic attacks.

General anxiety disorder is a mental disorder that causes its sufferers chronic and exaggerated worry and tension that seem to have no substantial cause.. Symptoms are similar to anxiety attacks, but are more persistent and may involve things like worrying about worrying. Depression can often be an underlying cause of GAD and some people may promote anxieties to distract themselves from depression. Persons with generalized anxiety disorder often worry excessively about health, money, family, or work, and continually anticipate disaster.
Compulsivity
The trait of acting compulsively. Individuals report being unable to manage their desires to engage in or experience the craved object or experience.
Neurological damage
Neurological damage can be the result of traumatic brain injury (TBI) following physical trauma or head injury from an outside source, or due to an acquired brain injury (ABI) as a consequence of a disorder or congenital malady. There are many symptoms and obstacles that neurological damage can cause for an individual in their everyday life but with appropriate psychological, therapeutic and physiological treatment, management of such symptoms can allow the individual to lead a healthy, fulfilled and fruitful life.
Non-pharmacological treatment for adult ADHD
The emotional experience of ADHD is filled with embarrassment, humiliation, and self-castigation. By the time the diagnosis is made, many adults with ADHD have lost confidence in themselves and many children are facing educational and social problems as a result of the disorder. We break down the treatment of adult ADHD into five basic areas – diagnosis, education, structure + support + coaching, various forms of psychotherapy and medication. By approaching ADHD from a non-pharmacological perspective, we concentrate on a holistic programme, enhancing all aspects of the individuals life.
Psycho-educational lectures
Psychoeducational sessions, lectures and activities can provide support for our clients, their parents and caregivers and their friends and spouses in order to address issues and fears with respect to the challenges being faced by our clients. The psychological lectures are customised to pin point specific needs and increase awareness to support the individual’s recovery.
Advice on changing the Family ‘eco-system’
Families live together in a combination of competition and mutual dependency. External factors can enhance or damage these eco-systems, subsequently enhancing or damaging the individuals within that family eco-system. Through family workshops, couples therapy, play therapy and family risk prevention work, every member of your family can feel supported, heard and empowered to be a positive member of your family eco-system and fulfil their own potential.
Family communication and workshops
The Recovery Centre recognizes that our clients do not live and work in isolation. So often, the family, friends and co-workers of people with psychological difficulties are left ‘in the dark’ as to what the therapeutic and holistic journey involves and are therefore ill-equipped to effectively support that individual in their journey. We endeavour to inform, support and facilitate effective communication and support networks for families and friends of our clients to maximize the potential for that individual to lead a happy and healthy life.

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