Our Addiction Program
OUR PROGRAM’S PHILOSOPHY: REHAB SHOULD BE A POSITIVE, FUN AND UPLIFTING EXPERIENCE
At Nueva Vida Health & Wellness Retreat our goal is to make rehab a wonderful, positive and life changing experience. This starts the minute you arrive in Costa Rica.
In 2010 National Geographic Magazine rated Costa Rica as having the happiest people in the World. This happy and positive spirit, along with its beautiful scenery and spectacular flora and fauna has long made Costa Rica a major tourist destination and a fantastic location for rehab.
At Nueva Vida we have extended this special atmosphere to those seeking addictions rehab. If you are looking for change there is no better place than Costa Rica – it is simply breathtaking.
Furthermore, our facility is open, airy, bright, sunny and surrounded by vibrant tropical foliage. Every day of the year is full of abundant sunshine and warm weather. Year round temperatures are between 75 and 90 degrees. Our staff is upbeat, excited and friendly and above all dedicated to healing you forever – when we say a once in a lifetime experience – we mean the next time you come to Costa Rica it won’t be for a rehab.
A stay at Nueva Vida offers amazing opportunities and new experiences in an environment that will foster growth and change. Our clients will experience many new and fun adventures as part of their therapy here. Many major breakthroughs occur during some of the extraordinary adventures our clients experience during their stay at Nueva Vida
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OUR STRUCTURED AND RIGOROUS PROGRAM
Nueva Vida Health and Wellness Retreat starts its program by providing their client’s a professional in hospital detox, supervised by Dr. Luis Sancho and his team of highly experienced psychiatrists. This assures us that every client is fully detoxed and ready to start the 30 or 60 day program at our Oceanside Estate.
Our rehabilitation program is comprehensive and rigorous and combines various modalities. We include some of the Hazelden 12 Step, Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), daily individual and group therapy sessions along with acupuncture, meditation, exercise and nutrition.
Our daily exercise program along with carefully structured nutrition focuses on improving overall general health and wellness. We have an experienced team of exercise specialists and a resident acupuncturist who specialized in treating addictions. Our own nutritionist and chef work together to create outstanding meals that aid in the recovery process.
EXTRA ACTIVITIES
Given our exotic location in Costa Rica we have all kinds of activates that include exercise and meditation on the beach, horseback riding on the beach and in the mountains, kayaking in the ocean and in rivers, rafting, fishing, zip lining, diving and hiking up volcanoes and four wheeling through tropical rainforests. Each activity is meant to foster personal growth.
Despite the fact that we have made our program fun and exciting it is not a vacation. We are a serious substance abuse rehab center and will only take clients that are serious about recovering from addictions and that are willing to commit to the considerable effort it takes.
OUR DAILY SCHEDULE
Our daily routine is rigorous and designed to bring about a complete change in the person. Nueva Vida’s program combines daily mediation, exercise and proper nutrition along with individual and group therapy in a completely new environment to foster this change. Our program goes beyond just rehab – it is meant to create a complete transformation in the person – mental, physical and spiritual.
A typical day at Nueva Vida will include the following:
1 – GUIDED MEDITATION
6:30 to 6:55 No Talking – Silent Time is conducted every morning upon wake up.
2 -YOGA
7:00 -7:15 5 Tibetan Rites – Practice starts with 3 Repetitions of 5 exercises each day for a week.
Each week – for eight weeks – the practitioner adds 2 repetitions of each exercise every week until they reach 21 repetitions of five exercises every day.
3 – MORNING EXERCISE
We start with 20 minutes of standing postures. We’ll start with 10-15 minutes and work up to 24 minutes (8 postures x 3 Minutes)
Combined these two exercise groups offer comprehensive energy balancing patterning and overall body tone. While they look simple and uncomplicated, the compilation of exercises constitutes a very sophisticated mind/body/energy balancing workout.
4 – PM GROUP ACUPUNCTURE
Every afternoon we have 45 minute group acupuncture session. Acupuncture has proven significantly reduce relapse rates after leaving rehab.
5 – AM/PM GROUP REVIEW
This is a mandatory review of material covered the previous day using specialized “clearing techniques” on audio. We will reinforce each day with an A.M. and P.M. review as a group listening to the CD’s. This helps the client to naturalize the content and learning process. This is a 15 -20 minute process twice a day and is a very important part of this program.
6 – AM AND PM SESSIONS WITH RESIDENT PSYCHOLOGIST
The morning and afternoon sessions will be conducted by our resident psychologists.
In these sessions we will work with clients, individually and in groups. Our psychologist is going to work the psychological part of the addiction process. These sessions include the implementation of programs such as the 12 Steps and include Reactive Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
7- WEEKLY PSYCHIATRIC EVALUATIONS
Once a week one of our team of Psychiatrists will visit the Retreat and conduct one on one evaluations of each client, discuss each client’s progress with our resident team and make modifications or changes to the client’s care.
8 – NUTRITION
Our resident nutritionist will also conduct a nutritional assessment of each of client upon their arrival at the retreat and develop a nutritional program individual tailored to each client’s specific needs and goals.
For more information about our program or to arrange a conference with a therapist please call our Florida office at 941-388-7552 or 941-716-0720 or fill out a request a quote form
