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Why We Are Different

With a highly experienced and caring staff, comprehensive treatment facilities and a long-term commitment to helping each and every person individually, Affinity Lodge provides a unique holistic experience addressing the enormous range of physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual and social aspects of Stress Disorders.

Our integrative (Heart – Mind – Body) approach offers a variety of programmes to suit the particular needs of individual clients.

• Day programmes.
• Residential: Length of stay to suit your needs
• Flexible evening and weekend appointments.
• Family wellness programmes.
• Relapse prevention.
• Renewal programmes.

We are different … to make a difference

Long-term effects of stress and unmanaged emotions compromise the quality of day-today life. The heart is the most powerful generator of rhythmic information patterns in the human body. Since emotional processes can work faster than the mind, to override old emotional circuitry in order to change old thought patterns, we provide an ‘experience’:

• Family atmosphere.
• Caring, loving environment.
• One-to-one.
• Small ‘Talking Circles’.
• On-going assessment throughout stay.
• Recreational outings such as the theatre, boat trips, etc; part of our programme.
• Exposure Therapy, i.e. experiential work learning coping skills in the present moment.
• Inspiring discussions, multi-media presentations and positive feedback.
• Unforgettable experience to move on from the past with vision for a brighter future.

Making the difference

We go beyond the limitations of many stress management approaches. Everyone at Affinity Lodge is experienced and dedicated in their field to ensure a shift in perception, transforming emotionally draining response to a self-generating creative positive feeling state of being in order to promote physical, mental, emotional and behavioural regeneration.

• Provides a means to reduce or avoid stress in the moment, as it occurs.
• Effective emotional management.
• Reduced distress, anger, sadness and fatigue.
• Increased peacefulness and vitality.
• Improved listening and relationships with family.
• Conflict resolution and interpersonal skills.
• Heightened energy and motivation.
• Emotional competence and healthy psychological response patterns.
• Reduction of paranoid ideation – fearfulness, suspiciousness and mistrust.
• Reduction of somatization – physical symptoms due to stress.
• Reduction of interpersonal sensitivity – feelings of personal inadequacy, inferiority and self-doubt.

Energetic Essence