Clinical Program

The Refuge is an adult extended care, 12-Step oriented, residential rehab program that takes a holistic approach to re-establishing the integrity of body, mind, and spirit. Considering that addictions are nearly always a failed solution to underlying problems, we know that merely identifying a problem is not enough to live in the solution. We ask that rehab clients make a 90-day commitment as we have designed our program to be gradually intensive.

Our mission has been to create a safe and trusting environment to begin the work of healing and personal re-integration by seeking to resolve a client’s underlying issues. As addiction is a disease that affects one’s emotions and creates chaotic thinking and behavior, we provide a secure rehab environment to help our clients discover and heal the etiology of their addiction. We help our clients discover present day solutions to past hurts and traumas through a balanced combination of experiential and traditional rehab therapy.

We believe that there are those who cannot achieve sobriety until their trauma is resolved. Our rehab program is designed to treat individuals holistically and we have specialty components such as Eating Disorder, Depression/Anxiety and Sex and Love Addiction as we know that addiction is not limited to substance dependency. The Refuge incorporates experiential rehab treatment techniques by trained therapists and counselors such as psychodrama, Somatic Experience®, Ropes Course, hypnotherapy, EMDR, Breathwork, and mindfulness meditation. The Refuge provides therapeutic outdoor programs including equine assisted psychotherapy work as well as events such as hiking, biking, exercising, and simply walking in the surroundings of the pristine Ocala National Forest.

The Refuge embraces the Spiritual aspect of recovery and is a vibrant component of our rehab treatment approach. Our caring and professional staff along with the multi-faceted therapeutic milieu interact to allow one to become spiritually connected. Our grounds, our general location, the types of treatment modalities, and the staff are all focused on restoring Spiritual Hope that allows our rehab clients to heal from their traumas and find recovery from their addiction. We thank you and encourage you to look at our website and contact us in your time of need.