Harmony Addictions Clinic

Features

Type of Property

Harmony Addictions Clinic is a non-profit organisation dedicated to a culture of recovery for addicts and all those who are affected by addictions.

Description

South Africa Drug Rehab Alcohol Treatment Center

Mission

Harmony Addictions Clinic is a centre of direct service, practice and learning. The prevention and specialised treatment of addiction is its central purpose. The clinic aims to identify, conceptualise and treat the causes and dynamics of addiction and its relationship with social transformation, through a process of highly informed curative and preventative exchanges. Harmony Addictions Clinic strives to be a centre of excellence – endorsed by the best practice models and research. In doing so the clinic aims to contribute to the social, emotional, economic and spiritual wellbeing of the divergent communities it serves.

Values

Respecting the uniqueness of each individual
Embracing the equal worth, dignity and human rights of every individual
Non-discrimination based on ethnicity, religion, race, culture, age and gender
Increasing understanding and awareness of addictions through debate, community participation, outreach and research
Maintaining accountability, transparency and open communication with all relevant stakeholders
Underpinning these values are the core beliefs of acceptance, compassion, and empathy.

PROGRAMMES
Primary Care
Extended Primary Care
Day Patient Programme

Given that some clients are unable to commit to an inpatient programme we offer a service whereby clients may join the Primary Care Programme but on a day patient basis.

These clients will be able to live at home with an adequate support structure whilst enjoying the full benefits of an inpatient programme.

For clients who have already been discharged from a Primary Care Programme and who may find themselves struggling in their recovery they would also be afforded the opportunity to join the In Patient programme on the same basis for as many days as they wished in order to get back on track with their recovery and to get the support that they may need to prevent a possible relapse.

Eating Disorder Unit

The purpose of the program will be to treat individuals suffering from eating disorders in a supportive environment. It will be run with the 12 step program as its model and eating disorders will be treated as a disease whereby the eating disorder can never be cured, but can be arrested. Abstinence from starving, bingeing, purging and overeating will be a pre-requisite.

mary care will concentrate on a feeding system whereby the client will be fed according to a meal plan that has been designed by the dieticians especially for the client and her/his needs. As the client has been starving, bingeing, purging and overeating, her/his brain has been affected, so correct nutrition is essential to regulate this. There will be individual counselling, group therapy, movement classes, art therapy, meditation groups, step work, didactic lectures, nutrition and addiction education. The primary care program will run for 6 weeks to 3 months, depending on the clients needs.
The Harmony Eating Disorder programme will be run in a loving and nurturing environment with firm boundaries and limitations, so that the clients will feel held and contained.

Individual Counselling

For clients that leave treatment and feel they would like to work on some deep seated issues that would take longer to resolve we can offer them ongoing individual counselling by a member of out team who has knowledge of their personal profile. This service would also be suitable for family members or loved ones or for those who feel that they may have a substance abuse problem but would like to explore this further before joining a treatment programme.

Interventions Unit

As part of our services harmony has put together a highly professional team of clinical interventionists. These experts have all been working in the field of addictions for many, many years and are there to assist people in getting their loved one’s the help that they need. If your relationship/family is being torn apart by the addictive behaviour of another person, and that person is not willing to come to terms with their actions, we can help.

The team will initially meet with the persons adversely affected, to get some historical background, and give them informed, guided opinion on how best to address the problem at hand.
Having done that, the team, together with all parties, including the using addict, will then meet, and confront the situation, with the aim to getting the individual involved to face up to the consequences of their addiction once and for all, and to enter treatment.
It has generally been years of torment before one gets to the point of having to take drastic action to put a stop to the chaos brought about by substance abuse, and by implementing an intervention strategy such as this, the cycle can finally be broken, and the damages of the past begin to heal.

Assessments

We provide a full assessment service by a highly qualified Team member so that when considering a Treatment option we can assist the client in finding a solution to their problem that best suits their individual needs, taking into account their personal profile and how to get the most out of the various programmes that we have to offer.

Secondary Care Facility

For clients who have completed the primary phase of treatment it is ideal if they can move on to secondary care.

It is here that all the psychological and emotional issues that underpin one’s addiction are dealt with in depth.

The Secondary team at Harmony House is without doubt the best in the country with a success rate that is unsurpassed by any facility.

Tertiary Care Facility

Serendipity is the oldest tertiary care facility in Cape Town and consistently over the years boasts a success rate of up to 80% of clients that remain active within the 12-step fellowship.

It is here that clients begin to put into practice all that they have learnt in their treatment process thus far learning to live life on life’s terms. Once clients have established themselves in full time employment or study they have the option of moving on to one of three satellite houses, which they share with addicts in recovery.

We are the only facility in South Africa that offers this service.

We have assembled a treatment team consisting of highly qualified and experienced therapists. Please view Harmony Addictions Clinic web page ( via website button above ) for all staff plus you can use the e,mail button to ask any questions directly.