The Refuge A Healing Place

The Refuge A Healing Place is a premier residential program that treats adults suffering with PTSD, eating disorders, addiction, depression, and co-occurring mental health conditions. In addition to residential treatment, The Refuge offers medical detox, partial hospitalization (PHP), and a specialized program for military personnel and first responders. The Refuge hosts a number of events including alumni gatherings, a family week program, and healing breath-work retreats, and they are planning to expand their schedule in the months and years to come. The Refuge is a long-term, holistic, 12-Step based program that treats each person as a unique individual. Their primary task is to help clients understand that their behaviors are a symptom of underlying conditions. Clients engage in trauma work, 1-on-1 counseling, art therapy, experiential therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), equine therapy, music therapy, somatic experiencing, and more. The Refuge also offers a variety of holistic options such as mindfulness and meditation, acupuncture, and yoga.

The Refuge is located on 94 acres in the beautiful Ocala National Forest. The serene and secluded setting offers a relaxing experience needed for healing. The Refuge takes full advantage of the peaceful surroundings with many of the holistic and experiential treatment programs taking place outside. The Refuge setting has 36 female beds and 25 males beds. Gender-specific cabins are set up with 2 twin beds in each room. All of The Refuge’s therapists facilitate their groups in their own cabins which creates a very intimate and nonthreatening atmosphere for group therapy. The property amenities include a swimming pool, volleyball court, high and low ropes course, hiking trails, meditation trail, a labyrinth, memorial trail, basketball court, and fishing dock. While at The Refuge, clients can experience and enjoy a vast number of outdoor activities including exercising on a bicycle, horseback riding, building self-esteem on the ropes course, or enjoying a relaxing stroll on the gorgeous property. The Refuge provides the care and tranquility needed to long-term recovery.