Professional and Personal Care
We at The Bethesda Recovery Homes are deeply saddened by the number of vulnerable men and women who are either dying in destructive life styles and/or are rapidly relapsing after leaving a treatment facility
Lengthy experience of working with people struggling with the battle of getting out of seemingly unstoppable destructive life styles into what we call ‘Early Recovery’ has enabled the team of The Bethesda Recovery Homes to develop individualized programmes that produce changes that last a life time. They take the client from the process of resistance and decay to a process of hope and growth.
Bethesda Recovery Homes offer the highest quality of primary and secondary residential care. Bethesda’s Retreat at The Huguenot is our luxurious Primary Treatment Facility for the treatment of varied addictions, behavioral disorders and depressions. Our programme has been specifically designed over many years by our own psychotherapists to expose and dismantle the deadly denial systems, attitudes, beliefs and behaviours that initiate and sustain destructive life patterns like: gambling, eating disorders, depression and every form of chemical dependency.
We are a Registered Rehabilitation Centre under the Prevention and Treatment of Drug Dependency Act, 1992 (Act 20 of 1992), as well as being registered with the Board of Health Funders (Practice Number 047 000 0232785).
We believe the key to our treatment and success is in our ability to identify the reasons behind each individual's addictive destructive life patterns and their inability to develop and maintain relationships of integrity. Once this is achieved, we help our clients to see the underlying reasons for why they hurt the ones they love and gravitate towards unsavoury people, thereby empowering them to take responsibility and to establish what needs to be changed.
Working from within the principles of the 12 Step Recovery Programme our staff are committed to creating a safe environment wherein suffering individuals are enabled to identify and expose the roots and reasons beneath their destructive life cycles of powerlessness and unmanageability.
Although our therapeutic approach could be described as intense in terms of how we dismantle addiction’s denial system, our professionalism is never allowed to overshadow our empathy and compassion for our struggling client. Our team of Addiction Counselors/Psychotherapists, and Medical and Administrative professionals combine to make The Bethesda Recovery Homes the safe haven most of you have been looking for.
Does your life need to change? Our primary programme at Bethesda’s Retreat offers you the opportunity to start making those changes.



Knysna Charters Lagoon and Oyster Farm Tours, cruise explores the delights of Knysna - the famous Knysna Heads; the tranquil lagoon and a quick visit past the bustling waterfront. Drinks and snacks included.
Knysna Elephant Park where our resident family of African elephants and world-class guides will unravel the sad and mystical story of the Knysna Elephants.
Southern Comfort Horse Ranch, take a quad bike ride or a stroll through the forest on horse back.