LUXURY // WELLBEING
Wealthy World,
Healthy Mind Art, the built environment and the power of nature are all being called on in the fight to restore mental balance and wellbeing. Arts & Collections looks at the luxury clinics treating the consequences of modern life
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clinics is their understanding that surroundings are important to the process of treatment and recovery—particularly if the subject is used to a comfortable, not to say luxurious lifestyle. Many clinics, too, adopt so far as they can a drug-free approach to treatment. Finding that medication can lead to dependency and can mask the actual causes of imbalance by treating only the symptoms, they often adopt a more modern blend of psychotherapy, alternative techniques such as meditation,
and innovative styles of treatment such as art therapy and animal therapy. Don Lavender, Program Director at Camino Recovery in Andalucia and a clinician in the field for nearly 40 years, says: “Equine assisted therapy may have a role in addressing such addictions as love, sex and work. Horses are ‘prey’ animals and work in a herd. The horses can reflect the thoughts and emotions of those around them. By introducing the client
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mid growing awareness of the negative effects of stress and the high pace of modern living, creative solutions to mental illnesses have been emerging at specialist clinics around the world. Many of these clinics specialise in treating high net worth individuals who find that money has not necessarily brought happiness—in fact, it can add stress and behavioural problems such as addiction to the other pressures of life. One of the most notable aspects of such
By ROBYN WHITE
www.artsandcollections.com
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