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Poundmakers Lodge Treatment Centres
42 Day - Adult Residential Program is delivered in a way that continues to generate much success for its participants. It is a program that combines traditional First Nations, Metis and Inuit culture and spirituality with western-based best practices in the areas of addictions recovery. You will experience such activities as traditional smudging and sweat lodges along-side classroom style education sessions and group therapy. We provide you with the tools to begin empowering yourself to begin to live a happier, healthy lifestyle.
Costs
Tele Mental Health Counselling - Poundmaker’s Lodge offers on a fee for service basis via telephone or telehealth video counselling, contact our office for more details.
PROGRAMS
Clients living in Alberta ~ $40/day for all program's ~ Out of Province clients pay $150.00 per day for all programs
Non-Canadian residents pay $250.00 per day for all programs
Residential Addiction Treatment Program Components:
The medicine wheel teaches us that in order to live a healthy life we must have balance in the four dimensions of ourselves: the mental, the physical, the emotional and the spiritual. It is our belief that addiction destroys these dimensions and the only effective method of recovery is a holistic approach. Our program combines traditional First Nations, Metis and Inuit spirituality with 12 Step programs (AA, NA, GA), informational lectures, and group therapy to help clients restore balance to their lives.
Mental : Clients learn about the root causes of their addiction and the behavior that leads them down the path to addictive behavior. Our programs provide clients with essential tools for living clean and sober, such as skills in communication, problem solving and healthy assertiveness.
Emotional : The majority of clients have experienced some form of trauma in their lives resulting in anger, shame, and low self-esteem from which they try to numb the pain of past life experiences and self-medicate through substances. Through various techniques and activities clients gain an awareness about their destructive behaviors and learn skills to begin a process of healing from the past giving them new self-awareness to begin a journey of recovery from addictions.
Physical : Clients participate in recreational and social activities including swimming, bowling and sober dances. They have daily access to a well-equipped exercise room, gymnasium and kitchen, which help clients on the path to a balanced regimen of healthy diet and exercise.
Spiritual : Clients reconnect with their culture, spirituality and themselves through sweat lodge ceremonies, pipe ceremonies, and sweet grass ceremonies with the guidance of an on-sight cultural advisor. All activities at PLTC are conducted with an attitude of deep respect for Aboriginal traditions and values.
PLEASE NOTE: Fees or confirmation of payment must be received at least a week PRIOR to admission. If applicant is self paying, we accept cash, credit card, certified cheque or money order. For further admission information contact Admissions at:(780) 458-1884 Or toll free at:1-866-458-1884 Applications can be faxed to: (780) 459-1876. You can also email our admissions department at admissions@poundmaker.org
90 Day - Young Adult Residential Treatment Program has much of the same elements as the 42 Day Program but focuses on experiential activities and life-skills programming. You will experience natural highs and learn how to live life to its fullest through safer, but very challenging and fun activities. You will participate in many of the traditional Aboriginal cultural ceremonies and will also be offered educational and group settings but will be provided with more experiential programming. Many of these activities are designed to build your skills to face the many challenges of your world as a young adult. Examples include wilderness excursions such as camping trips, nature hikes, canoeing, zip-lines and cultural camps.
Poundmakers Lodge Application 2016 - Print Version (PDF)
Guide to Application - Print Version (PDF)
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