Homewood Health Centre

Located in a relaxing 50 acre setting in Guelph, Ontario, Homewood Health Centre is a fully accredited, physician-led, medically based inpatient treatment facility treating a wide range of primary mental health concerns, as well as co-occurring mental health and addiction issues. They offer specialized programs for first responders, military personnel and veterans, health care providers, eating disorders, and women with complex trauma. Homewood Health Centre’s clients are met with a compassionate, comprehensive approach to ensure their distinct challenges are addressed effectively and in the personalized way they deserve. All programs are based on a bio-psycho-social-spiritual approach to recovery. Clients receive regular 1:1 sessions throughout treatment, tailored to their unique needs. Programming is primarily group based, so the bulk of a client's time will be in group sessions. Programs include group dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), individual cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, behavioral activation, interpersonal therapy, art, music horticulture, and recreation therapies. For addictions, their program covers stabilization followed by long-term recovery. Homewood Health Centre also offers Canada’s largest inpatient eating disorder program to those 16 or older; it focuses on normalizing eating and activity and interrupting eating disorder symptoms. Homewood offers different recovery management and outpatient programs that provide professional support and guidance to help individuals sustain their recovery. Homewood’s recovery management initiatives focus on skill consolidation, relapse prevention, overall wellness, and the involvement of one’s family and support system. These offerings can be tailored to meet the needs of each client. Homewood Health Centre is located on over 50 acres of green space on the banks of the Speed River in Guelph, Ontario. Their grounds house several amenities, including forested walking trails, a baseball diamond, tennis and basketball courts, a meditation garden, horseshoe pits, a gazebo, reading nooks and gardens. Clients enjoy their well-appointed gym, recreation centre, greenhouse for horticultural therapy, music therapy room, arts and crafts, laundry facilities, library, dining room, café and gift shop. They also have on-site massage and osteopathy therapies on a fee-for-service basis. Clients can stay in private or shared rooms.