Patients are encouraged to involve family members in their treatment journey. We know that treating an individual within the context of the family enhances the outcome.

Nova Vida  aims to provide a safe, structured and supportive environment in which family members, friends or colleagues, can acquire

the necessary strategies and skills to understand the nature of addiction and learn how they can move forward in their own lives as well as support their loved one in their journey of recovery.

The non-residential Family Programme (free of charge) runs from Friday evening until Sunday Evening and is designed to enable participants to gently confront old myths and beliefs about addiction and how it affects the family. It is delivered through workshops, lectures and group work by members of the Clinical Team who have had specific training in family work and aims to improve the quality of family life, allow families to focus on themselves and learn from the strength and experience of others and understand the facts about addiction and dispel the myths.

During the Family Programme there will also be an opportunity to attend Family Conferences with your loved one where the emphasis is on the improving the communication within the family and starting the process
of healing the rifts brought about by the illness of addiction.