Quite Necessary!

Quite necessary and very welcome in the domino effect - medical and psychiatric - of untreated active addiction. Six to eight week treatment for those suffering from active addictions and mental health issues. Homewood Ravensview is a branch of the Homewood Health in Guelph, Ontario where many have had to travel across Canada to acquire more focussed treatment for both of these conditions. Individuals do not have to have an addictions diagnosis as Homewood centres all treat mental health, including PTSD. As an adventure, I took the opportunity last evening to attend their presentation at the Mary Winspear Centre in Sidney, B.C. Robert de Clark, General Manager and a Masters in Social Work; Dr. Lyn McBeath, psychiatrist and addictions specialist and Dr. Michael Berry, psychologist, each shared personal histories as well as the long history of Homewood Health now extending to Vancouver Island. Their presentations provided insight into the workings of this very welcome resource opening May 22, 2019. A Q&A session following their presentations allowed the audience to ask questions from specific grassroots questions (including cycling in the area) to professional questions. All questions were answered appropriately, however if more in-depth was required, they followed up with the questioner(s) following the Q&A period. Paraphrasing from Robert de Clark’s words in his presentation -

We have a beautiful healing setting as well as an historic (old Dunsmuir site) and renovated building, but it is the team that is important. Their team is an interdisciplinary team to be able to share their knowledge and experience for the well being of the client. Access their website for more complete information at homewood.com, specifically the Ravensview site.  Welcome Homewood Ravensview and your team!

“In the longer run and for wide-reaching issues, more creative solutions 

tend to come from imaginative interdisciplinary collaboration.”

~ Robert J. Schiller