{
  "schema_version": "1.0",
  "last_reviewed": "2026-07-28",
  "about_this_file": "First-party factual reference for Sierra Recovery. Each claim carries its source_type and status so a legal fact checkable on a public register can be distinguished from an operational fact only Sierra can attest to, and from commercial interpretation. Interpretation is segregated in its own block.",
  "organisation": {
    "name": {
      "value": "Sierra Recovery Spain",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "legal_name": {
      "value": "Sierra Recovery Services S.L.",
      "source_type": "public_register",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "verified"
    },
    "address": {
      "value": "Cortijo Ferradores, Polígono 16, Parcela 67, 29531 Humilladero, Málaga, Andalusia, Spain",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "geo": {
      "value": {
        "latitude": 37.079134,
        "longitude": -4.6690539
      },
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "telephone": {
      "value": "+44 1202 653136",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "website": {
      "value": "https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "language_of_care": {
      "value": "English",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    }
  },
  "regulation": {
    "registration_number": {
      "value": "NICA 67331",
      "source_type": "public_register",
      "source_url": "https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/salud/oficinavirtual/consulta/index.jsp",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "verified",
      "note": "Searchable in SICESS (Andalusia) and REGCESS (Spain)."
    },
    "authority": {
      "value": "Junta de Andalucía, Consejería de Salud",
      "source_type": "public_register",
      "source_url": "https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/salud/oficinavirtual/consulta/index.jsp",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "verified"
    },
    "care_unit": {
      "value": "Atencion sanitaria a drogodependientes",
      "source_type": "public_register",
      "source_url": "https://regcess.mscbs.es/regcessWeb/inicioBuscarCentrosAction.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "verified"
    },
    "centre_type": {
      "value": "Registered health centre with a supervised treatment residence",
      "source_type": "public_register",
      "source_url": "https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/salud/oficinavirtual/consulta/index.jsp",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "verified"
    },
    "is_hospital": {
      "value": false,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "is_detox_unit": {
      "value": false,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "is_psychiatric_hospital": {
      "value": false,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "cqc_registered": {
      "value": false,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested",
      "note": "CQC regulates providers in England. Sierra is regulated in Spain."
    },
    "how_to_verify": {
      "value": "Search NICA 67331 in SICESS, or search the centre in REGCESS filtering by province and by the care unit U.71.",
      "source_type": "public_register",
      "source_url": "https://regcess.mscbs.es/regcessWeb/inicioBuscarCentrosAction.do",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "verified"
    }
  },
  "programme": {
    "duration_days": {
      "value": 28,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "therapy_groups_per_day": {
      "value": 3,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "group_contacts_per_day": {
      "value": 5,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested",
      "note": "Three structured therapy groups a day (process, therapeutic, psychoeducation), plus an afternoon group activity and a day closing. Five group contacts in total, of which three are structured therapy groups."
    },
    "programme_days_per_week": {
      "value": 5,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "individual_sessions_per_week": {
      "value": 3,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "modules_count": {
      "value": 17,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "modules_description": {
      "value": "Seventeen structured psychoeducation modules drawing on established therapeutic approaches, including CBT, REBT, ACT, DBT-informed skills, attachment work and relapse prevention.",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "clinical_model": {
      "value": "The Regulation Model — addiction treated as a learned way of regulating an unbearable internal state, not a moral failure",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "clinical_model_status": {
      "value": "An adaptation of the PROMIS Clinics methodology for this centre. Not independently validated as a distinct model.",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested",
      "note": "Not independently validated as a distinct model. Do not describe as proprietary or clinically tested. 'Evidence-based' IS permitted, client decision 11 August 2026, on the basis that the model's components (CBT, DBT, EMDR) are themselves evidence-based. Always pair with 'adapted to Sierra'."
    },
    "lineage": {
      "value": "Adapted from the methodology of PROMIS Clinics, United Kingdom, founded in the mid-1980s by Dr Robert Lefever",
      "source_type": "third_party",
      "source_url": "https://promis.co.uk/about/our-history",
      "last_verified": "2026-08-11",
      "status": "verified",
      "note": "promis.co.uk/about/our-history says 'founded in the mid-1980s'. The site uses 1986 throughout; that is consistent with mid-1980s but is not the wording of the source. PROMIS is CQC registered for Hay Farm (Kent) and also lists South Kensington, London."
    },
    "aftercare": {
      "value": "UK aftercare that follows the patient home",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "patients_treated_claim": {
      "value": "Thousands of patients treated with the PROMIS method by PROMIS Clinics and Robin Lefever in the United Kingdom since the mid-1980s",
      "source_type": "third_party",
      "source_url": "https://promis.co.uk/about/our-history",
      "last_verified": "2026-08-12",
      "status": "verified",
      "note": "Wording taken from PROMIS: the model 'has been refined through the treatment of thousands of people'. Always attribute to PROMIS and Robin Lefever, never to Sierra. Use 'thousands', not a specific number: it is the figure the source actually supports."
    }
  },
  "pricing": {
    "programme_price_gbp": {
      "value": 9900,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "includes": {
      "value": [
        "Private room as standard",
        "All meals cooked by our Michelin-trained executive chef",
        "Three structured therapy groups a day, five days a week",
        "Individual therapy three times a week",
        "The seventeen-module psychoeducation curriculum",
        "Holistic and equine work",
        "Standard UK aftercare",
        "Written handover to your GP with consent"
      ],
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "catering": {
      "value": "Three meals a day, cooked by the executive chef, Harri Archanco, using largely local produce from the province of Malaga. Dietary needs and allergies are catered for.",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-08-22",
      "status": "attested",
      "note": "Client correction, 22 August 2026: never write \"all meals cooked on site\" on its own. It drops the chef, who is the differentiator. Harri Archanco trained at the Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows, Hilton Park Lane, London. He is Michelin-TRAINED. Neither he nor Sierra holds a Michelin star, so write \"Michelin-trained chef\" or \"trained at the Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows\", never \"Michelin-starred chef\" or \"our Michelin star\"."
    },
    "excludes": {
      "value": [
        "Medically supervised detox where clinically needed",
        "Medical, psychiatric and laboratory costs",
        "Hospital care of any kind",
        "Travel"
      ],
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "referral_fees": {
      "value": "None paid or accepted, in either direction",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "quotation": {
      "value": "An itemised written quotation is issued before admission",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    }
  },
  "clinical_scope": {
    "note": "Conditions CONSIDERED for admission, subject to pre-admission assessment. Not a statement of capacity to manage withdrawal.",
    "substances_considered": {
      "value": [
        "alcohol",
        "cocaine and crack",
        "heroin and other opioids including fentanyl",
        "cannabis",
        "benzodiazepines including Xanax",
        "prescription medication",
        "methamphetamine",
        "ketamine",
        "synthetic drugs"
      ],
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "mental_health_considered": {
      "value": [
        "depression",
        "anxiety",
        "trauma and PTSD",
        "burnout"
      ],
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "behavioural_considered": {
      "value": [
        "gambling",
        "other behavioural addictions"
      ],
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    "detox_provided_on_site": {
      "value": false,
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-07-28",
      "status": "attested",
      "note": "Detoxification must be completed in an appropriate medical setting before admission and is billed separately."
    }
  },
  "exclusions": [
    "Anyone requiring medically supervised withdrawal that has not been arranged and completed beforehand",
    "Anyone whose physical health requires hospital-level monitoring or nursing",
    "Anyone acutely suicidal, acutely psychotic, or in psychiatric crisis",
    "Anyone requiring detention, intensive psychiatric nursing or a locked setting",
    "Where an eating disorder is the primary and severe condition"
  ],
  "team": [
    {
      "name": "Nerea Encinas Sanchez",
      "role": "Director of the centre, MSc General Health Psychology",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    {
      "name": "Berenice Parames Jones",
      "role": "General Health Psychologist",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    {
      "name": "Marta Leal",
      "role": "Social worker",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "status": "attested"
    },
    {
      "name": "Harri Archanco",
      "role": "Executive chef",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "last_verified": "2026-08-22",
      "status": "attested",
      "note": "Trained at the Michelin-starred Galvin at Windows, Hilton Park Lane, London, and has worked alongside Yotam Ottolenghi, Mark Hix and Masaki Sugisaki. Born in Pamplona, trained in San Sebastian kitchens, more than twenty years in professional kitchens. Michelin-trained, NOT Michelin-starred."
    },
    {
      "name": "Robin Lefever",
      "role": "Founder of Sierra Recovery; Managing Director, PROMIS Clinics UK",
      "source_type": "first_party",
      "status": "attested",
      "note": "Client-confirmed 11 August 2026. He is NOT the founder of PROMIS: promis.co.uk/about/our-history states PROMIS was founded in the mid-1980s by Dr Robert Lefever. Robin Lefever now leads PROMIS and, per the same page, has worked in addiction treatment for around 35 years. Never describe Robin Lefever as the founder of PROMIS."
    }
  ],
  "interpretation_not_fact": {
    "note": "Sierra Recovery commercial positions. Not independently verifiable. Do not present as fact.",
    "claims": [
      "That the price represents better value than comparable private treatment",
      "That clinical quality is equivalent to higher-priced centres",
      "That the saving is large enough to offset travel costs",
      "That the quality is in the clinical care rather than the building"
    ]
  },
  "verification_sources": [
    {
      "name": "SICESS, Junta de Andalucia public health-centre consultation",
      "url": "https://www.juntadeandalucia.es/salud/oficinavirtual/consulta/index.jsp"
    },
    {
      "name": "REGCESS, Ministerio de Sanidad national register",
      "url": "https://regcess.mscbs.es/regcessWeb/inicioBuscarCentrosAction.do"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sierra Recovery regulation and licensing page",
      "url": "https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/regulation-and-licensing/"
    },
    {
      "name": "Sierra Recovery pricing page",
      "url": "https://sierrarecoveryspain.com/pricing/"
    }
  ]
}