While participating in the program, all clients are required to be regularly assessed and monitored by our resident physician(s). They are encouraged to be become pro-active about their health and recovery by engaging in physical activities, eating a balanced nutritional diet, and practicing stress management and relaxation techniques such as meditation and yoga. Throughout our program, clients are introduced to daily intention setting, inner reflection, and mindfulness-based relapse prevention techniques.
Informed Consent: Clients are informed of agency policies and guidelines prior to admission and consent to abide the policies and guidelines while in treatment.
Communal Living: Sage offers gender-specific housing and programming that fosters a healthy respectful environment. Clients are responsible for the care and upkeep of their personal space. As taking personal responsibility is paramount in recovery, we encourage clients to take pride and care for themselves and their environment.
All clients have access to a minimum of one counselling session per week; during individual sessions, counsellors will collaborate with clients to create individualized treatment goals to process core issues and concerns. While our facility and counsellors work through a trauma-informed lens, due to time-constraints, focus will be placed on trauma stabilization and containment, rather than intensive trauma-therapy. Counsellors and staff are prepared to assist with referrals to outpatient trauma therapists.
Prior to admission, clients are assessed in order to determine if they can safely abstain from all mood altering substances for a minimum of five days prior to direct admission or if they require the support of an acute medical detox prior to admission. Upon admission, clients are medically supervised by our medical director and/or physician. Clients are required to undergo urinalysis (urine screening) upon admission and at random intervals while in treatment.
Family members are encouraged to reach out to Sage Health Centre’s clinical team to ask general information questions about our program and how to support your family member/loved one after treatment. Due to confidentiality requirements, information regarding client’s specific treatment or clinical information will not be provided to family/loved ones without written consent of the client.
Virtual Family Meeting: Sage Health Centre provides virtual information sessions for family members every second Thursday @ 5:15PM Pacific Time. These meetings are to provide general information and answer questions regarding:
Clients are required to sign a confidentiality agreement that verifies that they have given their informed consent.
