Mental Health & Addiction Treatment on Vancouver Island

Healing Happens Here At The Healing Institute

We provide compassionate, trauma-informed care for individuals facing addiction and mental health challenges, including concurrent disorders. Our 50-day residential program combines evidence-based therapies and holistic practices in a setting designed for deep restoration.

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Recovery, Compassion and Connection

Every recovery journey is unique. That’s why we offer personalized treatment plans and a multidisciplinary team that supports each client through every stage of healing. Our approach integrates evidence-based therapies like CBT, DBT, and relapse prevention with nature-based and experiential practices. Clients are not only treated—they are guided toward transformation and lasting resilience.

Mental health and addiction do not happen in isolation.

Our multi-disciplinary team understands the complexities of treatment for addiction and concurrent disorders. We work with participants to develop the skills and resources to establish a foundation for long-term wellbeing.

We maintain a high staff-to-participant ratio and create personalized treatment plans to ensure that every participant receives focused, evidence-based interventions designed to support sustainable recovery.

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Our Location

For those exploring treatment centres in BC, The Healing Institute provides a refreshing departure from city life and overcrowded treatment facilities.

A Healing Retreat in Nature Unlike urban or overcrowded treatment centres, The Healing Institute offers an intimate, retreat-style setting surrounded by 14 acres of private forest with panoramic ocean and mountain views. With space for only 24 participants, we ensure highly personalized care. Private and semi-private rooms feature ensuite bathrooms and inspiring views of Vancouver Island’s natural beauty. Nourishing, chef-prepared meals support physical and emotional wellness as part of your recovery journey.

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Our Location

The Healing Power
of Nature

At The Healing Institute, nature is more than a backdrop—it’s a partner in recovery.

Here, participants find space to reflect, reconnect, and heal amidst the meadows and forests of Forbidden Plateau. This natural sanctuary enhances our clinical programs, offering opportunities for mindful walks, cultural engagement, and quiet moments of restoration. More than a treatment centre, this is a place to rediscover yourself.

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  • The Healing Institute is unlike anywhere I’ve been. It gave me tools to sit with my thoughts for the first time—a whole new way of living.” “The trauma program is amazing. A thoughtful mix of evidence-based and holistic therapies. The setting is quiet, beautiful, and perfect for healing.” “The staff here are compassionate, understanding, and genuinely invested in your recovery. Worth its weight in gold.

  • This is a very special place. Unlike any rehab I have experienced or heard about. It was an important part of my healing journey and I learned to sit with my thoughts for the first time. It felt like a new wave of recovery!

  • This place saved my life, from the front door with Heather, to Rob getting me into this amazing heaven of a place, I can't be more grateful or more excited to show people this program can work for everyone.

  • Exceptional! This is 100% the best treatment experience I have ever had! The environment is perfect for healing, quiet and intimate. The humans that work here are very kind, understanding, and funny as hell. The trauma program is amazing! A great mix of top down and bottom-up approaches. 5-star food and comfortable lodging.

  • The compassion, overall concern and ability to relate, made me feel welcomed from the start. I really enjoyed the one-on-one support and the feeling of being a person and not a number. I felt safe to share my feelings and be truly heard. I was surrounded by people that cared and were available to help in any way they could. What a happy and positive environment with so much heart!

  • I truly loved everyone here! I will always remember the wonderful and sincere care I received.

  • Keep healing people! Strongly recommend it.

  • I would recommend The Healing Institute at Forbidden Plateau to others in need.

  • I feel this experience will help me maintain my sobriety. Highly recommended.

  • Worth its weight in gold and then some, I recommended this place to people struggling

  • I truly loved everyone here! I will always remember the wonderful and sincere care I received.

  • Yoga was amazing. The Art Program was amazing. The Physical Activity programs were amazing and as far as I am concerned, they are an essential piece of any recovery program.

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