Our programmes
Care that meets you wherever you are.
Recovery is not one moment but many. St. Maximilian offers a connected path of care — from the first medically supervised days, through live-in and outpatient treatment, to a structured year of aftercare — and we adjust the level of support as life asks for more or less.
Levels of care
These four stages form a genuine progression. Most people do not need every one — your assessment decides where to begin and how far to go.
Medically supervised detox
A safe, monitored start — withdrawal managed by clinicians from the first hour.
Stopping can be the hardest and most frightening part, and it is not something to face alone. Detoxification at St. Maximilian is conducted under medical supervision, so withdrawal is managed safely and as comfortably as possible.
Our clinical team monitors each person closely, easing symptoms with appropriate care and keeping watch over physical and emotional wellbeing. The aim is simple: to get through this stage safely, with dignity, stabilised and ready for the work that follows.
- Who it suits
- Anyone whose body has become physically dependent on alcohol or another substance, where stopping suddenly without support could be unsafe.
- How long
- Typically the first several days, guided by clinical assessment.
- Medical supervision throughout
- Comfort-focused care
- A calm place to begin
Residential rehabilitation
Live-in recovery in a settled, supportive home — therapy, routine, and rest.
Residential care offers something everyday life rarely can: time and space, away from the pressures and triggers of home, to focus fully on getting well. Each person lives at the centre within a calm, structured therapeutic community.
Days combine group therapy, psychoeducation, one-to-one counselling, occupational therapy, and life-skills training — with proper meals, exercise, recreation, and rest built in. Living alongside others walking the same road builds a quiet, powerful sense that recovery is shared, not solitary.
- Who it suits
- People who will benefit from stepping away from daily triggers into a safe, immersive environment with support close at hand.
- How long
- Usually several weeks, shaped around each person's progress.
- One-to-one, group & family therapy
- Structured daily rhythm
- Life-skills & occupational therapy
Outpatient programmes
Keep your footing in everyday life while staying close to steady support.
Recovery does not always mean stepping away from life entirely. Outpatient care lets people keep their footing — work, family, study — while staying close to structured, professional support.
Sessions are scheduled around real commitments: addiction counselling, mental-health counselling, family therapy, and recovery coaching, with the same clinical team behind them. It can be a first step for those who do not need residential care, or a bridge home for those who have completed it.
- Who it suits
- People whose circumstances allow them to recover while living at home, or who are stepping down from residential treatment.
- How long
- Ongoing, with frequency adjusted as confidence and stability grow.
- Addiction & mental-health counselling
- Work- and family-friendly
- Recovery coaching
Aftercare & family support
Recovery is a long road home — we walk it with you and the people who love you.
Leaving treatment is a beginning, not an ending. Before discharge, every client builds a relapse-prevention plan — triggers named, coping strategies rehearsed, support contacts in place.
Then aftercare keeps support within reach: planned follow-ups at one week, one month, and three, six, and twelve months after discharge, alongside recovery support groups, alumni meetings, and family sessions — so no one is left to manage the long road home alone.
- Who it suits
- Everyone leaving a programme, and the families who walk alongside them as life settles into a new, steadier rhythm.
- How long
- A structured first year of follow-up, and support for as long as it is useful.
- Relapse-prevention planning
- Follow-ups for a full year
- Alumni & peer support
What we treat
Addiction and mental-health challenges take many forms. We treat them all as health conditions — clearly, confidentially, and without shame.
Alcohol
From dependence that has crept up quietly to long-standing addiction — met with medical care, not judgement.
Other substances
Prescription medicines, cannabis, khat, heroin, cocaine and other drugs — each treated as a health condition, with care tailored to it.
Gambling & behavioural addictions
Gambling and other compulsive behaviours that take hold of a life are real, treatable conditions, and they are welcome here too.
Mental health
Mental-health challenges are assessed, counselled, and treated by our clinical team — on their own or alongside addiction care.
Family is part of the care
Addiction is rarely carried by one person alone — it is felt by everyone who loves them. At St. Maximilian, families are not kept at the door; they are part of how recovery works.
Through family therapy we help loved ones understand addiction, improve communication, ease old conflicts, and plan the return home together. When healing is shared, it reaches further and lasts longer.
Guidance for families
Clear, compassionate information about addiction and what recovery actually asks of everyone involved.
Family counselling
Facilitated sessions to repair trust, ease strain, and rebuild communication at a pace that feels safe.
Staying connected
Family visits and contact arranged within each person's care plan, so loved ones stay close throughout the stay.
A day at St. Maximilian
Structure is reassuring. Residential days follow a steady, unhurried rhythm — purposeful but never rushed — so the unknown becomes familiar quickly.
Morning
The day starts early and gently — quiet devotion or reflection, morning exercise, and a shared breakfast before group therapy begins.
Through the day
The heart of recovery: group therapy, psychoeducation, and one-to-one counselling or occupational therapy, with proper breaks and meals between.
Late afternoon
Life-skills training and recreation — practical, restorative time that rebuilds routine, confidence, and health.
Evening
Dinner together, a recovery meeting or reflection, and an unhurried wind-down toward a full night's sleep.
Drawn from our residential day programme — adjusted to each person and stage of care.
Not sure which step is right?
You do not need to know where you fit. Call us and a real person will listen, talk it through with you, and help you find the right place to begin — privately and without pressure.