OUR DISCRIMINATION

We consider that addictions and mood or behaviour disorders are not primarily physical diseases.  That can occur secondarily, but the primary concern is the emotional frailty and the opposite, emotional integrity.  Therefore, our focus is not on the physical, but on stimulating, solidifying, and strengthening the emotional.  Thus...

• We do not place primary or significant attention to spa-like services of meals, relaxation, play, exercise, or ambiance.  By focusing on your deeper emotional issues, we get you to feel good because you have learned to like YOU, not because of how we have pampered you.   

• We do not heighten the guilt feelings you have by discussing the unhealthy or immoral consequences of your behaviour.  You already know it.

• We do not suppress the need for special consideration that many professionals and executives show. We believe that, to get an executive or professional to admit you are powerless, is an affront to your dignity.  But to show you why you sometimes can feel so overwhelmed or bored or broken that mature strengths give way to immature defensiveness is an invitation to fix yourself.

• We do not interpret toxic behaviour as anything more than an immature response to the stresses of life.  Therefore, the type of immature response is less important than the fact that it exists to the level it has reached.

• We do not presume that you need to be taught basic discipline and design it as a program for everyone. Once you learn to appreciate self, basic discipline becomes self-initiated and progressive.

• We do not impose a spiritual, religious, or quasi spiritual directive.  However, as clients learn to define and appreciate self, the tenets of their particular faith will make more sense and be more positively interpreted.

• We do not encourage you to seek or need support to maintain your self-management; we encourage you to manage old issues and tackle new ones.  You can integrate socially, not only with caring or like-minded people, but with people who can inform you in areas that are unfamiliar, and challenge you to reach heights of understanding in areas that are familiar. Life turns you on as you are not constantly in a careful state of self-denial or restraint.