OUR TRACK RECORD · 2016–2020
The PARC — Phuket Addiction Recovery Clinic
Founded by Ian Young, The PARC was Phuket’s private addiction recovery clinic — the project that shaped today’s Holina Rehab model.
THE SANCTUARY
A private villa above the Kathu Valley
On the beautiful island of Phuket in Southern Thailand, with glorious sea views and world-class beaches, The PARC was our first rehab for addictions and associated disorders.
Residents were accommodated in a huge private Thai villa with its own swimming pool and lush green surroundings, high in the rainforest mountains overlooking the Kathu Valley — affording them the opportunity to truly focus on their challenges with the support of highly experienced and trained staff, 24/7.
As Ian said at the time: “We’ve created a truly immersive 12-Step Minnesota Model recovery clinic here in beautiful Phuket, Thailand, where our residents can have the full confidentiality and escapism they desire, whilst being engaged in a very intense treatment programme that will shift our guests into long-lasting recovery.”
INSIDE THE PARC
The clinic, remembered
THE PARC PROGRAMME
A strong 12-Step treatment programme
The PARC delivered a strong 12-Step treatment programme that proved highly effective in helping people with addictive disease, dependencies and related behavioural problems. The 12-Step model has been working for people struggling with alcoholism — and later other substance addictions and behaviours — since 1935. Its power is in its simplicity.
The programme was structured, focused and intense. Days consisted of a variety of 12-Step talking therapy sessions, one-to-one counselling and recovery coaching, using solution-focused motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioural therapy and other therapeutic modalities depending on how each resident responded and the particular staff member’s expertise. The therapeutic team came from European and North American training bodies, and trauma treatment was included as required — many clients presented with trauma as part of their story.
The PARC used the 12-Step programme as a template for the journey into permanent recovery, delivered in simple, straight-talking English — without leaning on the original dogma, but giving it a modern, realistic understanding for someone living in today’s world. Looking back on the past through therapy, balanced with goals and desires for the future, gave each resident a desired direction to move towards — like a ship sailing towards its destination.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT
Restoring the whole person
Everyone participated in movement therapy — physical training, gym, swimming, yoga — either to lose weight, gain muscle, build cardio or attain their ideal body shape. Many residents had been neglecting their bodies in the grips of their addiction, and we passionately believed in the restoration of the physical self, alongside the mind and the spirit.
The PARC paid close attention to diet and nutrition across three daily meals. A Thai diet proved particularly useful for weight loss and creating energy for exercise, though we catered for whatever diet residents preferred, including all dietary restrictions — with plentiful fish and seafood from the Andaman, and Western foods in abundance too.
THE LEGACY
The PARC became Holina
Everything The PARC taught us about immersive, residential recovery in Thailand now lives on in Holina Rehab on Koh Phangan — where Ian Young serves as Managing Director of the Holina Global network. If you are looking for residential treatment today, we would be glad to advise you.
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