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Delamere is the only purpose-built behavioural wellness and addiction rehab clinic in the UK.
Our team comprises doctors, nurses, therapists, holistic practitioners, and our wonderful hospitality team. Together, we have more than 100 years personal and professional experience in successfully treating addiction.
At Delamere, we believe that successful treatment is about much more than simply stopping. Our goal is to help you create some space between you and addiction, so that you can start to understand and work through the reasons addiction became a problem in the first place.
Our core treatment model comprises of four key elements; STOP, START, GROW and BLOOM.
Our core treatment model comprises four phases; Stop, Start, Grow, Bloom. An optional advanced track can be added for guests who want healing to go deeper.
All programs include comprehensive ongoing support via Bloom and Aftercare.
All our programmes include 15 months of ongoing post residential support
| Feature | 4 week programme | 6 week programme |
|---|---|---|
| Duration | 28 days | 42 days |
| Psychoeducation | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Breathwork | Introduction level | Deep-dive breathwork (plus intro) |
| Equine therapy | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Yoga | ✓ Included | Deep-dive yoga (plus intro) |
| Mindfulness | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| 1-1 support | 8 sessions | 15 sessions |
| Recovery mentoring | 8 sessions | 8 sessions |
| Forest bathing | ✗ Not included | ✓ Included |
| Cold water therapy | ✗ Not included | ✓ Included |
| Weekend leave | ✗ Not included | ✓ Included |
| Aftercare | 15 months | 15 months |
| Graduation ceremony | ✓ Included | ✓ Included |
| Overall summary | Core therapeutic programme, full range of holistic & clinical supports | 28-day programme + additional nature-based resilience building, extended therapeutic supports, & neurological assessments |
8.30 – 9.15 Breakfast
9.15 – 10.45 Interactive group workshop on stress & anxiety
11.00 – 12.00 Yoga
13.00 – 13.45 Lunch
13.45 – 14.45 One to One psychotherapy
15.00 – 16.15 Introduction to mindfulness
16.15 – 16.45 Closing group check in
18.00 Table Tennis
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So far we’ve helped over 1,000 guests to grow beyond addiction
Taking time out to start healing
The first step to overcoming addiction is to recognise the need to press pause and step out of your life, and your head, for a while.
This is often a very difficult decision that can make you feel stressed and anxious. You might worry about how your absence will affect work and family, but by choosing to break the cycle, you’ve already taken the first step.
Most people start the Delamere Treatment Model with some sort of dependency which will require medical treatment. For instance, you may need to undergo an alcohol detox to help you safely withdraw from alcohol.
You will be placed into the care of our experienced clinical team and assigned your own focal counsellor, mentor and dedicated nurse. They will support you every step of the way and provide a compassionate and caring environment for you to heal and recover.
Finding the best way forward
The second phase of the Delamere Treatment Model is the introduction of a more intensive, structured therapy programme. By week two and three, you will start to feel more settled.
You’ll be comfortable talking to your peers and support team, and more familiar with the daily routine. This is when we will start to identify the triggers of your addiction and introduce different strategies and therapeutic techniques to help you manage them.
We use themed days to explore how your addictive behaviour manifests. We balance this soul-searching work with wellness therapies and complementary treatments to support body and mind.
This includes breathwork, yoga, massage, Equine psychotherapy and fire ceremonies, as well as fun social activities such as nature walks, table tennis, and film nights. You can expect your days to be fulfilling, challenging, and restorative.
Living your learning experience
During the final phase of the Delamere Treatment Model, we start to prepare you for life after you leave our retreat.
In the last week of your stay, you’ll discover how to apply your coping mechanisms and survival strategies to real life situations so that you can recognise trigger points and avoid a return to active addiction.
We will work with you, your family and loved ones to create a detailed plan with access to additional support through therapy sessions or
recovery communities. And our care doesn’t end when you leave.
Once you graduate and return home, we will provide 15 months of ongoing aftercare, helping you to navigate life after rehab. This means you can keep in touch with everyone who has shared your journey and can call on the expertise of your qualified healthcare team whenever you need them.
Optional advanced track
Our optional advanced track extends your stay from 4 to 6 weeks. During this phase, we use Delamere’s neuroscience-based assessment tool to understand how your emotional and stress systems are working.
Root combines comprehensive assessments, experiential therapies, and responsibly structured off-site days. This helps us see where you might be feeling overloaded, stuck, or under-resourced, so we can match your care precisely to what your nervous system actually needs.
Some of the themes we work with:
We also offer experiential & somatic therapies are embedded into our approach:
Most facilities follow a 12-step addiction treatment model. A concept that was originally created by Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) in the 1930s with a heavily spiritual foundation.
The Delamere Treatment Model offers a more tailored, therapeutic approach driven by the latest research from qualified therapists at Delamere working directly with our guests.
We take a person-centred and holistic approach. That means we listen to each guest’s unique story and respond with the type of support they need. This isn’t a ‘one size fits all’ solution. We recognise that what works for one person might not be right for another.
Listening to your unique story
Mind, body, and spirit healing
World-class therapists and specialists
Peaceful, luxurious surroundings
Our programme is designed to deliver inspiring experiences that help guests understand the role of addictive behaviours in their lives.
Unlike the 12-step model, The Delamere Treatment Model has not been developed to treat one particular addiction. We offer proven and effective strategies to help people overcome alcohol addiction, drug addiction, prescription drug addiction and a wide range of other addictions in a more individualised way.
To help us offer the most effective addiction rehab treatment, we’ve partnered with the Manchester Metropolitan University. Our knowledge transfer partnership will help us measure the sustained effectiveness of addiction rehab treatment and offer the best outcomes for our guests.
Delamere's approach to addiction is built from a place of compassion and understanding. There's no judgment, there's no ridicule, there's no feelings of shame. Coming in here really just helped me really look at myself and progress forward and move past some of the stuff that maybe I haven't ever been able to let go of from my past. It's a safe environment for you to explore yourself and who you are with people that are willing to guide you and help you be a better version of yourself and to thrive. If you're prepared to make that leap and realise that you are deserving of help and that you are deserving of these things, then you should definitely do it.
The one-to-one sessions with a therapist or counsellor and your group sessions, the equine therapy, the art therapy, the fire burning ceremony—everything that I took part in while I was here has contributed to, obviously, my road to recovery. It's not just about a quick fix, and it's something that you've got to work on every day for the rest of your life. Having the tools in place, once you learn those, it becomes second nature to you, and it's just part of your everyday life. So, I definitely recommend Delamere.
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