Bethesda’s Retreat @ The Huguenot
Set in the beauty and tranquility of South Africa's Garden Route, Bethesda’s Retreat provides its clients with the necessary ambience conducive to lowering the defenses. Bethesda’s Retreat is set in its own estate of gardens and forest, with space to walk or a swimming pool to relax by and, for that African feel, after a 10 minute walk you can view the elephants of Knysna’s Elephant Park
Your en-suite room, will either open out on to or have its own balcony overlooking our vast expanse of front gardens or out into the back courtyard, barbecue and pool area.
The heartbeat of our Recovery Homes is to introduce clients to the life changing experiences of thoroughly working Steps 1 to 5 of the 12 Step Recovery Programme. Alongside the supervised Step Work, our homes also offer and guide clients through the deeply influential Psychology Developmental Courses from The Cloud Townsend Foundation in America. Our therapeutic programme looks like this:
- Personal Step Work - Continuous
- Boundaries: Self protection
- Safe People: Peer awareness
- Changes That Heal: Taking responsibility
Clinical counseling comes in the form of one-on-one and small group psychotherapeutic sessions. We encourage each individual to develop a relationship with their own counsellor. Psychotherapeutic Group Sessions run daily and very often called spontaneously to address dysfunctional in-house dynamics.
Our weekly program consists of:
- The day begins with Group Daily Devotion
- Recovery lectures followed by personal assignments
- Psychotherapeutic growth groups followed by one-to-one counseling
- Topical groups
- Relapse awareness and prevention groups
- Life Skills, Conflict Resolution, Problem Solving, Debt Counseling
- Educational DVD’s; CD’s
- Guest Speakers
- In House 12 Step (AA/NA) group run by the clients
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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.