Whispering Pines Retreat

At Whispering Pines we offer group and individual sessions, as both have advantageous and unique results: Group therapy offers residents the benefit of a wider perspective and peer encouragement and emotional support. It encourages residents to share with and support one another, which fosters empathy and compassion and the understanding that there... are many other individuals struggling through similar issues. Individual therapy allows residents to discuss one-on-one with a counsellor issues that they may not feel comfortable talking about in a group setting. This offers residents a much more thorough and targeted therapy than the group sessions in which specific issues can be discussed and brought to a resolution. We schedule a wide variety of alternative therapies that help reinforce the more clinical drug rehab treatment and keeps each day spent with us interesting and rewarding. These practices will not cure you of addiction they can empower you with a healthy and entirely individual strength and spirit that will help you cope with life's daily stresses and anxieties in a helpful constructive manner, rather than self medicating with substances. Example yoga, medication art therapy etc. This is first and foremost targeted to treat addictive behaviour simultaneous with this process, psychotherapy is also used to identify and treat the underlying emotional and psychological issues that can contribute to addiction. Over 65% of individuals with substance abuse disorder are also self medicating, for depression, anxiety, traumatic stress grief or some other ailment. Our program is designed to provide treatment both for the addictive behaviour and such concurrent disorders. Our approaches include cognitive behavioural therapy and rational emotive behavioural therapy which are all proven and effective treatments. The practice of stabilizing and calming the mind in a peaceful setting. Continual practice can aid residents to control what they are thinking about and eliminate distraction. This focus concentration ...Read More