Principles of the TeDD's Program
Our program is based on science: what has proven to work for people with alcoholism and addictions. There has been tremendous progress over the past ten years in understanding the science of addiction. At TeDDs, we stay on top of science so that we can develop a recovery program for you based on facts, not wishful thinking. We offer:
1. Safe, individualized care with maximal opportunity for comfortable, enjoyable and meaningful recovery from alcohol, drugs and sequela.
2. Compassionate, trauma-informed care focusing on understanding of the condition, individual root causes and solutions.
3. Holistic approach: attention to all elements of mind, body and spirit and programs developed to meet evolving client needs in each area.
4. Respect, time and support for individual client needs to attend to pressing career, family and financial matters.
5. Development and practice of client skills and strategies for optimal re-integration back into their community with sustained recovery from substances.
6. Application and contribution to best practices in drug addictions and alcoholism remains a continuous practice at TeDD's on Chapel.
Practices
Recovery is a dynamic, fluid pathway. Especially in early recovery as you will experience at TeDD's, mental, physical and self-worth perspectives change rapidly as alcohol and/ or drugs lose their control over the person's thinking, feelings and behaviours. The rate of these changes varies among people, dependent on a number of factors including age, history of substance use, genetics, gender and life circumstances. Personalized initial assessment and weekly reassessments including neurocognitive testing are performed to gain a continuing consensus of client's needs and challenges, and adapt the care plan and processes to create the best experience to facilitate optimal results for one's time at TeDD's and beyond.
Central to our practice approach is the acknowledgement that addressing the root causes or creating a willingness to 'look inside' oneself is a fundamental aspect of the recovery process. Evidence and experience show that 97% of treatment clientele have experienced life and belief altering trauma. While forms, perceptions and mental responses vary across people, the trauma experience(s) combined with genetic predisposition create a 'diathesis' or platform for development of drug addiction and alcoholism. With introduction of mind-altering substances, the disease becomes triggered and the cascade of increasingly adverse and injurious events and behaviours ensue over time. With often re-traumatization occurring over the course of the disease, addiction and alcoholism progress paradoxically as they become the sole source of relief from the hurtful circumstances they create.
Friends, loved ones and colleagues are bewildered and often directly impacted by what seems to most as a lack of willpower, selfishness and immorality. Recovery through seeking help becomes the only solution.
Trauma-informed support
Safety at TeDD's on Chapel means accommodations, food, activities and surroundings are top-notch. We want you to feel as comfortable and cared for as possible. Our individualized programs encompass best practices in support and education, and, TeDD's employs a trauma-informed approach which is central to our philosophy in treating the condition.
People who have experienced trauma are at risk of being re-traumatized in every social service and health care setting. The lack of knowledge and understanding about the impact of trauma can get in the way of services providing the most effective care and intervention. When re-traumatization happens, the program has failed the individual who has experienced trauma, and this can leave them feeling misunderstood, unsupported and even blamed. It can also perpetuate a damaging cycle that prevents healing and growth. For example, people affected by trauma from abusive relationships will frequently encounter services that mirror the power and control they experienced in those relationships. Our staff is skilled at understanding trauma and is expert at developing therapeutic relationships which are trusting, insightful and compassionate.
Processes
To promote return to a healthy and optimally productive lifestyle, days are designed around individualized schedules to meet specific needs while cultivating the well-being of the whole recovery community at TeDD's. A typical day would consist of:
A morning stretching regimen followed by optional spiritual activities (readings, meditation)
Get ready and have a light breakfast
Daily bioneural feedback assisted meditation with progress review
Morning group education sessions
Individual sessions
Lunch followed by Wifi center time and/or individual sessions
Group education and dialogue on recovery topic(s)
Crafts and hobbies time/Educational Assignment
The TeDDs workout class
Supper - recommended, optional participation in gourmet meal preparation
Evenings- take advantage of our property, facility and amenities to relax and rebuild
Amenities, activities and services offered as part of program to all:
Cooking and life-skills classes
Time for favourite or new hobbies
Fully equipped gym with instructor, tennis, nature walks (snowshoeing and X Country skis in winter), billiards
Side by side ATV tours to witness the incredible New Brunswick back country wilderness
Individual therapeutic sessions 6 hours per week minimum
Weekend sports and recreation including golf and skiing, fishing with professional guide
Optional 3 day executive chalet stay in Restigouche area, home to world class salmon, trout fishing, canoeing and kayaking rivers