Our programs

Our programs are structured around one year of multi-phased treatment. This comprises:

• Core Residential Treatment Programs lasting between 28 and 90 days.
• Aftercare workshop “Moving Beyond Recovery”. Optional additional 3-day residential workshops to reinforce your recovery.
• Continuing care. Scheduled weekly contact after the completion of the core program, connections to communities, and a list of recovery coaches and therapists to help strengthen your future focus.
• Family support. We invite family members to join us and play their part in the process of recovery.
• Transportation to and from Halifax International airport.

Our rates are very competitive when you compare the quality of our treatment programs and our first class environment with those offered by other facilities; we compete with the best, and yet our fees are comparable with the average of other centres.

Our approach to treatment

Imaging science and other research has led to a new understanding that addiction is a brain disease. We know there are many facets to addiction;  drugs, alcohol, gambling and so on, and that one size doesn’t fit all. We treat the whole person using the most effective addiction therapies available.

At our world-class international treatment facility, using a multidisciplinary approach we provide the best evidence-based practices, while remaining “12-step friendly”.
Our guiding principles are:

• To ensure our client’s good health
• To ensure long term recovery for our clients
• To treat all of the needs of our clients
• To establish community that will ensure life-long recovery.

Intake Requirements

The client is required to be drug and alcohol free for at least 7 days prior to arriving at Ledgehill. If this is not possible, we have a detox centre available locally. (Please note that clients from outside of Canada will need to pay for this service.)

Ledgehill’s balanced approach to addiction treatment and recovery

Psychotherapy. Through group meetings and one-on-one therapy, the client can change destructive behaviours and thoughts by developing personal awareness.

Physical. Healing of the body plays a major role in recovery. Addiction not only changes the mind but affects the body. At Ledgehill we provide you with the tools to feel well again, and stay well.  Our dietitian will guide you to better overall eating habits; our nutritious delicious meals will put your body on the road to health and healing. Ledgehill offers an exercise room together with seasonal outdoor activities, 110 acres of fields and meadows, hikes around the Bay of Fundy and canoeing down the Annapolis River. All this is supervised by our experienced recreation coordinator.

Emotional. Ledgehill offers you many private spaces both indoors and outdoors to have those quiet moments during your recovery.  This is not about religion, but healing of the heart and spirit, through a variety of processes, such as meditation, yoga, tai chi, music therapy, art therapy, First Nations traditions and journal writing. Our staff will help you to reconnect to your spirit. Our beautiful natural surroundings will teach you stillness. Through this silence comes great healing.

Family Program. Addiction impacts not only the individual, but families, workplaces and communities. Healing the family is just as important as healing the client. For this reason we invite family members to join us for a support day to provide healing and growth to the entire family. Call us for more information.

Continuing Care. The road to recovery is about bridging the gap from addictions to sobriety. We believe that aftercare is the key to a successful lasting recovery. The months following treatment can be a very vulnerable time. At Ledgehill we understand the need of assistance in adjusting to your day-to-day life. Consequently, our continuing care services are designed to help monitor your emotional health, and to support your commitment to lifestyle changes.

The Next Step - Moving Beyond Recovery workshops

You can attend residential support workshops at Ledgehill to build on the progress that you have made during your core treatment program. This program is designed for those in recovery who want to go deeper, to discover issues and feelings that may be inhibiting their desire to be fully alive.  We will explore the next step in recovery and find ways to experience, as the Big Book says, “A life beyond our wildest dreams”.