The synergistic impact of the therapy team is grounded in respect for one another and recognition of an interdependence on the unique knowledge and skills of all. Upon admission to the residential program, each person is assigned a doctoral - level clinical psychologist to serve as the primary therapist. The psychologist is responsible for overall treatment planning and coordination for that individual. Based on the assessment findings, clear and specific treatment goals and objectives are developed. In addition, residents are assigned a spiritual director, a bioenergetics therapist and, when warranted, an addictions counsellor with whom they meet regularly.
Progress is monitored during a bi - weekly interdisciplinary team review of each resident.
Individual and Group Treatment Group work centres around small, psychodynamically - oriented therapy groups that meet daily. In the context of these groups individuals have the opportunity to work through unresolved conflict areas which have surfaced, oftentimes repeatedly and painfully in adult life. Each group comprises approximately ten residents and is conducted by two therapists, primarily doctoral - level psychologists. Residents meet individually with their primary therapist on at least a weekly basis. A variety of themes emerge in the therapeutic process that are responded to in a second series of groups focused around specific modalities.