Tides Edge has become my “safe place”
The comfort, support and kindness of the staff and therapists is truly unmeasurable. Not only am I learning the tools to manage my addictions and sustain my sobriety, I’m learning how much fun I can have sober. Upon leaving, I know I always have a place to turn. Tides Edge will always have a special place in my heart.
—Alyssa F.
Beaches Recovery changed my life
I came to Beaches Recovery full of shame, guilt, and had no self-confidence. After a very violent childhood and 50 years of trauma, I entered treatment and immediately started group and individual sessions with trauma therapist Karen Walker Mclean.
From the very first EMDR session I began to feel a change. We worked week after week on healing my brain – and slowly but surely my life started changing. I had been angry and scared when I first started treatment but then peace started to come. Everyone around me noticed before I did. EMDR gave me peace!! I began to feel different as we worked through all my pain and trauma – it brought me to a place of healing!
The work I did with Karen changed my life. I feel amazed and it is all because of the Beaches Recovery program!
—Joy W.
A new lease on life
Beaches Recovery is a magical place, from the staff to the housing. I’ve never felt more welcomed. But the real magic happens in trauma therapy. Karen truly knows how to get to the root of your problems. I know without a doubt, 99% of my sobriety today comes from trauma therapy. She saved my life. I came in as a broken individual, feeling like nothing I said was important. Today, my life has changed. I feel validated and heard. I’m so blessed to have had this experience, and a new lease on life.
Thank you forever Tides Edge and Beaches Recovery. A very special shoutout to Karen Mclean, Trauma Therapist and Danelle McCaw, Primary Therapist.
—Reid S.
Trauma Therapy completely changed my life
My name is Matt P, a 39-year-old, seven-year Combat Veteran of the United States Army. During my enlistment, I was deployed twice to Iraq and once to Afghanistan. My duty MOS (Military Occupation Specialty) was a 13B Cannon Crew member. On more than one occasion I was involved in Combat Action – I have seen plenty of death. Before treatment at Tides Edge and Beaches Recovery, I was riddled with depression, anxiety, and overwhelming anger. I was crippled by mental health issues and constantly self-medicating with alcohol. When I was admitted to Beaches Recovery, I started Trauma Therapy. Everything I had tried before had little to no effect, but I honestly had nothing to lose.
I was fortunate to participate in the Trauma Therapy at Beaches Recovery and given the amazing opportunity to participate in EMI (Eye Movement Integration) therapy with Karen McLean. This was by far the most helpful treatment I have ever received. I just wanted relief – out of my own head and start living life again. The therapy I received allowed me to experience a freedom I didn’t know was possible. I found myself again. I can’t express the gratitude and genuine love I have for Karen and the treatment I received at Beaches Recovery. Trauma Therapy completely changed my life, and I am forever grateful.
Once A Warrior! Always A Warrior!
—Matt P.