Rooms at SafeHouse

Rooms at SafeHouse Rehab are limited to 12. Why?

There are rehabs in Thailand and all over the world who service 100 clients or more at all times. Sometimes their staff ratio, facilities and time management are appropriate, and sometimes they are not. SafeHouse has made a conscious decision to keep numbers of clients to 12 or less. The two most important factors in addiction and alcoholism treatment are group and one-to-one counselling.

The optimum and most effective group therapy sessions in any treatment program comprise 5 to 6 clients and 1 or 2 facilitators. We have designed our group rooms to accommodate up to 8 people and no more. We have two allocated group therapy rooms in our facility.

Our staffing ratios are similarly tailored to assure all clients receive a full hour of one-to-one counselling at least every two days. Similarly, all our other therapeutic activities, as well as cooking, dining, and transport facilities are tailored to a maximum of 12 clients. We would hope to always have 10 to 12 clients, which would be perfect for all our facilities.

Of course, if we have less, that is also fine. The addicts and alcoholics in our care would receive even more attention and guidance, which will never be a bad thing. We will strongly resist taking more than the optimum 12, but if we do expand at some point, it will not be at the expense of staff ratios, accommodation and facilities, or the clients’ best interests. Such expansion would follow the 5 to 6 groupings template. Fortunately, our site will always have suitable options for expansion as and when needed.