For our residential clinics, clients usually stay for between two to six months.  

We strongly recommend that you consider at least a minimum of 60 days to integrate the treatment fully and experience a lasting recovery. 

After your assessment with a senior clinician, we will give you our recommendation of which clinic to start your treatment at and how long we estimate your need to spend in residential treatment. You are of course free to leave at any time.

We generally find that most people with trauma have a tendency to want to isolate themselves, and this can be counterproductive to healing.  We discourage that with shared communal facilities, many group activities, and where appropriate shared bedroom arrangements.  

Khiron Bungalow is a single occupancy residence, usually used for high-dependency clients. 

Khiron Lodge is also a single occupancy residence, usually for a client in the Khiron House programme who wants more independence. 

All residents at Khiron Clinic have private bedrooms with a bathroom shared between two clients, always of the same gender.  

Khiron House is a large five-bedroom house with four shared bedrooms and one single-occupancy room. We believe that this encourages interaction and co-regulation with other residents on the program and contributes to the healing process. Three of the bedrooms have en-suite bathrooms

Khiron Cottage is a shared home with four individual bedrooms. Two rooms are ensuite and two rooms share a bathroom.

To read more about our clinics, download our brochure here.  

One of the cornerstones of recovery from trauma is to begin to develop an awareness of what is a trigger and therefore what is your trauma. 

We try to help our clients to identify their baggage and how it reacts to life and situations. Therefore, much of the work at Khiron Clinics is to understand how we react to other people and take care of that appropriately. 

However there needs to be a balance between triggers and treatment. If sharing a room with someone is becoming overwhelming, then we will make new arrangements for you both. Our priority is to make sure that your treatment is effective.

Khiron House and Khiron Clinic usually have a population of around 6 to 12 residents each.

Khiron House is a large comfortable home with all the normal conveniences of a well-appointed residence. There are several communal lounge areas, including a quiet room, a large kitchen-dining area, access to twelve acres of garden and grounds, a home gym, a communal computer and landline phone, and access to cold water therapy (with permission from the clinical team).  We also have a resident cat.  

Clients at the residential clinics have a regular and intensive clinical schedule, but this does not mean that every minute of every day is managed for them. An important part of trauma healing is ‘down-time’ which allows the nervous system to integrate changes. 

The clinics have a very full programme during the week with less intense activities at the weekend.  There is also plenty of free time for more personal activities. Typically, we find that residents struggle to complete the full programme, although we strongly recommend that they do.  

For residents who need to have their down-time structured, Khiron Clinic is staffed 24/7 for additional support.  

When any of our clinics is full, there is a waiting list. We will advise potential clients as soon as we know when a bed will become available.

As long as there is space, we can admit a client at any time. If the clinic is full we operate a waiting list and will advise you as soon as we know that a place is due to become vacant.

As people leave and enter treatment at Khiron Clinics the group dynamic will change. This gives residents a chance to build new relationships and to reevaluate old ones. 

One of the metrics of how your treatment is progressing is often to observe how you adjust to new residents as they arrive, and to saying goodbye to established relationships as existing residents leave.

At Khiron Bungalow and Khiron Clinic, we ask you to get permission from the clinical team to leave the premises. Clients who are staying in these clinics have a higher need of care and therefore we like to know that they are safe at all times.

At Khiron House you can leave the building in between sessions as long as you take a Khiron House mobile phone with you and sign in and out. If you want to go out for more extended absences, we ask you to obtain the permission of a senior clinician.

For the privacy and safety of our clients, visitors are not allowed into Khiron Clinics, but clients are allowed to be collected and to go on outings with visitors with the permission of a senior clinician.

Community is a therapeutic component of the treatment at Khiron House. You will share a kitchen with other clients and cook for yourself. This can be done individually or in groups as you wish. The clinic’s goal is to prepare you for independent living.

Khiron Clinic provides meals for our residents who are working towards more independence. 

There is a communal television available in each clinic. 

Khiron House has washing machines and dryers for the use of clients. 

Smoking is strictly only allowed in certain locations outdoors. At our residential clinics, you will find designated smoking areas overlooking the picturesque countryside.

Yes.

Once you have booked into the clinic you will receive an information pack with all the instructions you need to prepare for your stay at any of our residential clinics. 

You can take a mobile phone and laptop to the clinics, but they will be kept for you in the office. You will have to get permission from a clinician before having access to them, if necessary. You will be given a Khiron House mobile phone if you go out on unsupervised outings.

We believe that this is a very important measure in residential treatment designed to protect privacy, reduce distractions, minimise stress and triggers, ensure safety, and encourage social interaction and engagement.

It is not advisable to bring these to the clinics.  There is equipment for listening to music in the communal areas.

Confidentiality and privacy are very important in treatment, so cameras are strictly prohibited at the clinics, as is the use of mobile phones in the community.

Our outpatient service can be accessed in-person or online. The programme gives you one one-to-one trauma reduction session per week with a specialist clinician and access to trauma-informed online groups: Tuesdays at 10 am-11:30 am and Wednesdays at 12 pm-1:30 pm, subject to availability.

Where appropriate, we may recommend two sessions per week. It is a fixed-cost, 10-week intervention designed to reduce reactivity in the nervous system, which has been proven to reduce the symptoms of most common mental health disorders and illnesses as well as support recovery from chemical and behavioral addictions. We also offer 10 EMDR outpatient sessions in person and a neurofeedback service. For neurofeedback to be effective, attendance should be twice per week.

The programme provides access to our expertise for new clients as well as a seamless pathway to a lower level of care for our clients transitioning from residential or IOP Day Clinic programmes.

When you are close to completing your 10-week program, you can discuss next steps with your therapist and continue in the programme as long as you wish.

Our groups are based on a group sharing dynamic and behavioral boundary rules that help you to see how your trauma and your relationships affect each other. There is a maximum of ten people in each group, and after your first session, we ask for a regular commitment to attend that group each week.

Yes. You will be able to discuss any issues or concerns you have with your therapist, who has regular meetings with our clinical supervisor to discuss clients’ progress and treatment plans. If you are concerned or unhappy about your treatment at any time, you may request a discussion about your treatment plan with the clinical director to review it.

A regular commitment to attend weekly sessions will aid your recovery, giving you the best chance of experiencing a reduction in your symptoms and an increased capacity to cope with stressful situations or everyday life.

We have a 48-hour cancellation policy for both groups and individual sessions.

We routinely offer assessments at the clinic before creating any treatment plan with you, so it is not necessary for you to see a psychiatrist or specialist before contacting us for therapy.

We require any client in active addiction to commit to being two weeks sober/clean prior to commencing therapy.

An individual’s length of treatment depends on how you respond to the therapy and the therapists. We work with a three-stage trauma model. Following your assessment, we will suggest how long we think you might need in treatment; however, this may change during your treatment plan.

• Stage 1 is stabilization and looks at the autonomic nervous system, building trust and safety, among other key developmental areas.
• Stage 2 moves into processing of trauma.
• Stage 3 works with integration and life skills as a smooth transition onwards.