Smarmore Castle Rehab

Of all the choices you have available to pick private residential rehabs from, Smarmore Castle is something special. The first alcohol, drug, and gambling treatment clinic in Ireland, and the first and only family-run one, this 14th-century castle and manor house is nestled in gardens and woodland amongst the idyllic green hills of County Loath, making it a truly peaceful, private, and remote setting for you to undergo your treatment and start building a new life.

At just a 40-minute drive north of Dublin, or an hour and a half’s drive from Belfast, such tranquillity to reflect, rebuild and heal away from hectic daily life is accessible wherever in the world you choose to visit from.

Smarmore Castle Rehab

The castle has been fully refurbished to provide all the necessities of modern life and is designed to allow for comfort and support physically as well as mentally during your stay. In addition to the McCann family and a full multidisciplinary team of clinical psychiatrists, doctors, nurses, therapists, and support staff, there is access to a swimming pool, sauna, steam room, and gym, and classes including yoga and aqua aerobics, all to help you keep improving your physical health alongside your mental health. In turn, you can replace bad habits with more desirable ones, if you wish.

Smarmore Castle Accommodation

The accommodation itself is split into 22 bedrooms with ensuite bathrooms, designed to accommodate 2 clients each who are paired according to gender. Nutritious meals are offered 3 times a day, including continental breakfast, and a salad bar offered at lunch and dinner, alongside a variety of healthy cooked options. Decaffeinated coffee, tea, and fresh fruit are available all day, with caffeinated coffee becoming available when you reach week 6 of your treatment regimen. The average treatment regimen is between 6 and 10 weeks long, and you will undergo a range of treatments, activities, and experiences, as well as daily check-in meetings with a nominated member of staff.

Smarmore Castle Cost

€13,000 per 30 day stay

Smarmore Castle Rehab Treatment

The treatment plans offered at Smarmore Castle follow those of Castle Craig in Scotland, which are themselves based around the 12-step method. Treatment can include Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT), psychoeducation, individual counseling, and group counseling, alongside safe detox with 24-hour care, as part of an abstinence-based approach to recovery. Medication-Assisted Treatment is also available, but the Smarmore Castle approach is to use this only where absolutely necessary, rather than as a standard or optional part of the program offered.

Programs are offered for those with dual diagnosis as well, including eating disorders and an array of gambling addictions, but these programs are more tailored than the single diagnosis programs available.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy at Smarmore Castle

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is also offered, which helps those with damaged organs or who are in the process of detoxing. Up to 12 people sit in the oxygen chamber for an hour and a half, where they breathe in pure oxygen, while the chamber itself is put under pressure. Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy is another rare offering from Smarmore, as these chambers are few and far between throughout Ireland, as though they have been clinically proven to be effective in the recovery process, they are expensive to set up and maintain. Rightly, Smarmore Castle is very proud of theirs and the benefits it provides to patients.

Smarmore Castle Long Term Recovery

Smarmore Castle strongly believes in healing the whole person, beyond the presented addiction, which is why they offer many different forms of treatment, as well as exercise facilities, and complimentary rehab therapies. These complimentary rehab therapies consist of activities such as horse riding and horse care, drumming, and art sessions, which help you to reconnect with your inner creativity and self-expression, and aid in the emotional healing process.

Everyone at Smarmore believes in leading with compassion, that people are not their problems, addicts not their addictions. As a result, Smarmore is ensuring that it is helping you to regain your mental, physical, and emotional health, for the best chance at full recovery and sobriety that you can carry through into your life after Smarmore. Life after rehabilitation can often be difficult, however, and Smarmore recognizes this, even including relapse prevention as a part of the rehabilitation plan.

They offer aftercare in the form of regular video calls with therapists and have satellite locations to provide further aftercare in London and Amsterdam, as well as an additional clinic in Stockholm.

Smarmore Castle Rehab also offer a 24-hour confidential phoneline, with both Irish and international numbers available, so that you can reach them from anywhere in the world without facing extraordinary charges, and therefore being able to get help when you need it the most, as returning to daily life can often be the hardest part of the rehabilitation process.

Smarmore Castle Treatment Center

Overall, Smarmore Castle Rehab offers a wide range of detox and therapeutic programs to help with rehabilitation from drug, alcohol, and behavioral addictions, as well as dual diagnoses. It is unique within Ireland for offering treatment for such a wide range of addictions while also being family-owned and run.

Despite the grandeur of the castle and accompanying country house, the rolling hills and woodland that surround Smarmore Castle help to create a peaceful, relaxing setting where you can detach from your everyday life and focus on the treatment that you need.

The short distance to the Dublin and Belfast airports also makes it an attractive choice, as the serenity is not too far from the bustle of the city, and the airport proximity means that regardless of where you live, you can reach Smarmore Castle easily if you believe that it is the ideal place to help you in your addiction and recovery journey.

With abstinence-based and 12-step based approaches to treatment, the staff at Smarmore Castle offer a breadth of expert experience and specialist knowledge to help heal you as a whole person, in body, mind, and emotional spirit, and to support you in your journey as you return to the world beyond with sobriety.

Smarmore Castle has much to offer as a rehab location, with beautiful grounds, and a wide range of treatments.