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Safe Treatment Planning

Why Safe Treatment Planning?

  1. Safety for you, for your children.
    Safe detox (see pamphlet)
    Your readiness
    Children are in your care & living with you
  1. Suitability
    Group therapy is not for everyone. Sometimes, individual therapy is best suited.
    Kackaamin staff do our best to adapt & meet the care needs of people. Sometimes, more complex care is needed (mental health & health).
  2. Readiness / Safety
    Trauma programs involve heavy emotional work. Learning about parenting is heavy work.
    We ask that people are sober & substance free (including marijuana), are able to focus on the work & have the strength to return home (to the cabins) at the end of the day to their children.

What are Treatment Stages?

DetoxStabilization & Individual TreatmentSecond Stage, Community SupportsOngoing Healing
Detox can be life threatening, especially from alcohol, opioids, and benzos.- Support to manage addictions
- Gain coping skills
-Stabilize (physical, medical, emotional, housing, legal, etc.)
-Typically live-in "second stage housing"
-Further support to adapt in community, adding new tools and resources to help maintain sobriety
- Community based or residential (bed)based
- Supports for further healing when parents are stabilized and low risk for relapse
E.g. Clearview, Eric Pavillion, Health Authority MHSUE.g. Kackaamin Women's Supportive Recovery Program, Gya'Wa'Tlaab, Tsow-tun le lum Thuy NamutE.g. Tsow-tun le lum Kwunatsustul, Round Lake, Orca le lum (youth), Hannah House, Phoenix Society, Carrier Sekani, CedarsE.g. Kackaamin Family Program, intensive short programs, Rebuilding the Circle

Recommended best options for individuals with complex mental health:

Complex Mental Health - Detox Complex Mental Health - Ongoing Care
-For people with complex mental illnesses such as personality disorders, schizophrenia, etc.-Recommend 1-1 individual therapy and support with a team who specialize in complex mental health care and treatment
- Health Authority Mental Health & Substance Use
- Heartwood Centre for Women
- Red Fish Healing Centre

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Our Core programs offer support to families at later stages in recovery.
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    • More Info
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104 – 12600 Trans-Canada Hwy
Ladysmith, BC V9G 1M5

 

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7830 Beaver Creek Rd
Port Alberni, BC V9Y 8N3

Phone: 250-723-7789
Toll-Free: 1-833-205-6946
Fax: 250-723-5926

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