Rhodes Recovery - supporting your journey in recovery

During your stay at Rhodes Recovery, which will typically last at least three months depending on your individual needs, you will benefit from the following:

• Community based structure, supporting clients transition from a 28-day programme back into their daily lives
• Combination of group and 1:1 therapy, with 15-20 hours of therapy a week, tailored to clients’ individual needs
• Exploring cross-addictions e.g. gambling, love and sex, shopping, exercise, and work addiction
• Integrative therapies, drawing on different client-centred therapy approaches e.g. relational, transactional, cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT), psychoanalytic, psychodrama, art, equine
• Trauma therapy will focus on working with developmental/attachment trauma, single and multiple event trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
• Other underlying issues such as bereavement and grief, anger management, self-esteem, co-dependency
• A focus on the clients’ relationship with their family is fundamental to the programme – systemic/family therapy, couples therapy
• Support in developing and putting into practice return-to-work plans
• Helps clients to re-build their life skills in a safe and supportive environment
• Clients will also attend external support meetings such as Alcoholics, Gamblers and Narcotics Anonymous as part of their programme

The therapy programme at Rhodes Recovery combines elements which will be familiar to you, following your initial treatment programme, such as relapse prevention and mindfulness.

New areas of focus will also be introduced such as complex inter-relationships, traumatic experiences through stages of your life and PTSD, along with a range of tailored group sessions to focus on areas such as anger management and cross-addictions.

Rhodes Recovery has two group therapy rooms along with a number of one-to-one therapy rooms, enabling clients to combine group therapy with individual therapy time. This will enable you to benefit from both the group dynamic, along with more tailored focus, based on your individual needs, and any concerns which may arise as you progress through your transition.

Significant time will be invested on identifying and supporting you with your hopes for the future, with free time set aside for CV development, interview skills, voluntary work, education and building a return-to-work plan.

For more information on the different formats and types of therapy that we offer, you can access the links below:

• 1:1 therapy
• Group therapy
• Family and couples therapy
• Therapy types

Family and friends may be a very important part of your life, and their love and support can be a key driver as you plan your future. A major part of recovery involves developing a strong support network, and involving the family is a vital part of the Rhodes Recovery Programme.

Where there is addiction in a family, the impact and destructive behaviours of the addict often become the main focus for the family unit and individual relationships within the family. Members of the family often adopt roles such as the family caretaker, scapegoat, rescuer and enabler. These are generally subconscious drives to ensure the safety of the family.

So, when the addict starts on the road to recovery, the family can fall into disarray again. There is also the strong possibility that families have long distanced themselves from the addicted person.

Addiction is often termed as a family illness because subconsciously everyone becomes involved whether they want to or not. This means that the recovery of the family and the relationships between its members are equally as important as the recovery for the addicted individual.

Family days are integrated into the Rhodes Recovery treatment plan. Our approach will help to address the effects and negative consequences of addiction. It will focus on working towards change within the family system as well as between each family member. The family day involves group therapy sessions, workshops and lectures and family involvement with the treatment planning.

In addition, we offer couples therapy, specifically focusing on improving or changing communications and intimacy for those in romantic relationships with each other.

Home visits are also incorporated into the programme, which may include overnight stays. This will allow you to start the process of re-integration back into family life.

All Rhodes Recovery clients will receive a year’s free aftercare which commences on discharge. This will include access to therapy support groups once a week, to help you through your first full year, including key milestones in your life such as birthdays, Christmas and other important events.

For those who have previously had their 28-day programme at a Priory hospital, you are welcome to continue with the hospital’s aftercare programme should it be more convenient.

Rhodes Recovery is located in Mill Hill, a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, around seven miles from Kings Cross, with good transport links across Greater London. It’s also in close proximity to local community facilities including shops, a local gym, and various wooded areas and cycle paths, to support your health and fitness.

We have 16 single-occupancy bedrooms with a mixture of en-suite rooms and shared bathrooms. Along with a beautifully furnished multi-purpose lounge, we also have two fully functioning kitchens and dining areas, providing a full community setting.

With landscaped gardens, outdoor areas for games, and out-buildings for reflection, relaxation and family visits, Rhodes Recovery provides an ideal location and environment to support your transition back into ‘normal life’.

Your stay at Rhodes Recovery will be supported by an experienced and dedicated team, who will guide you through your ongoing recovery journey.

The therapy team and healthcare assistants will offer 24/7 support, and a housekeeper will support the running of the house in the communal areas. The team will all meet the rigorous training standards set by Priory, and apply evidence-based therapy support throughout your programme.

Rhodes Recovery is suitable for those who have completed a 28-day Addiction Treatment Programme and now wish to enter secondary care. We encourage an immediate transition into Rhodes Recovery to help with continuity and to minimise the chance of relapse.

It is an abstinence-based programme, so for those who may have relapsed, a period of two weeks’ abstinence will be required. Priory can help those wishing to re-enter primary treatment for a short period of time to ensure readiness for secondary care.

Clients are encouraged to attend a day assessment at Rhodes Recovery, enabling them to see the site, get to know the team and ask any questions they may have. The team will also take this opportunity to assess your suitability for the programme. Your family are encouraged to attend part of this, to commence their involvement.

Should a day assessment not be possible, a shorter face-to-face assessment, or even a discussion over the phone can be facilitated.