{
 "schema_version": "1.0",
 "last_reviewed": "2026-07-28",
 "name": "Sierra Recovery residential programme",
 "duration_days": 28,
 "therapy_groups_per_day": 3,
 "group_contacts_per_day": 5,
 "group_contacts_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": 5,
 "individual_sessions_per_week": 3,
 "modules_count": 17,
 "model": "The Regulation Model — addiction treated as a learned way of regulating an unbearable internal state, not a moral failure",
 "model_status": "An adaptation of the PROMIS Clinics methodology for this centre. Not independently validated as a distinct model.",
 "lineage": "PROMIS Clinics (United Kingdom), treating addiction since 1986",
 "delivery": "Structured group work in English, trauma-informed and non-shaming",
 "modules_description": "Seventeen structured psychoeducation modules drawing on established therapeutic approaches, including CBT, REBT, ACT, DBT-informed skills, attachment work and relapse prevention.",
 "modalities": [
  "CBT/REBT (Ellis ABC model)",
  "Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)",
  "Emotion-regulation and distress-tolerance skills",
  "Attachment and trauma work",
  "EMDR",
  "Dialectical behaviour therapy (DBT)",
  "Group therapy",
  "Holistic: yoga, mindfulness, art, equine"
 ],
 "detox_policy": "Medically supervised detox, where clinically needed, is completed in an appropriate medical setting before admission; qualified nurses are part of the team during the stay",
 "detox_provided_on_site": false,
 "aftercare": "UK aftercare that follows the patient home",
 "saturday": "Holistic and body-based work",
 "sunday": "Supervised excursion"
}