You no longer not need to wait for a rock bottom! We help people recover, heal, renew and grow in the long term and transform their lives.
Specialised upmarket and private mental health centre programs for addictions, depression, burnout, trauma, ED and personality disorders run at our Center for Healing and life transformation. Preventative treatment that can stop the decent to disorder, compulsion, addictions and stuckness that people may feel are holding their lives back – is our business. With a decade long track record and over 30 years of combined experience we offer our clients a number of personalized programs that are not widely available anywhere else. LUXURY ACCOMMODATION ON THE BEACH
Residential inpatient stays at our private mental health and recovery center simply help people from all walks of life with unique issues to resolve get the full scope of treatment in our Sanctuary programs. So we encourage you to boost, exceed, inspire and create your best life in the manner which suits your personal preferences best. Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Cancer care all addictions are treated with our healing programs.
22/01/2026
Private mental health clinic
Private mental health clinic for psychiatric home styled private Healing in the Garden Route by our Expert Mental Health support teams healing people Since 2012...
Private mental health clinic for psychiatric home styled private Healing in the Garden Route by our Expert Mental Health support teams healing people Since 2012
18/01/2026
Executive Burnout Treatment Cape Town
At our Executive Burnout Treatment Cape Town Center, we provide a world-class alternative to traditional clinical settings with ultra modern and professional programs by our expert team of pros...
At our Executive Burnout Treatment Cape Town Center, we provide a world-class alternative to traditional clinical settings with ultra modern and professional programs by our expert team of pros
12/01/2026
Are you waiting for your Paradigm Shift? ⚖️
We all reach a point where the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the fear of change. In the Energetics Scale model, this is what I call the "Awakening Zone"—roughly 500 Joules.
Before this point, we are often trapped in the Survival Mind (100-400J)—reactive, driven by fear, and seeking external validation. We are wearing the "masks" of personality just to get by.
But at 500 Joules, the scales tip. 🔄
You start questioning your limiting beliefs. You become aware of deep-seated patterns. It feels uncomfortable, but it’s the beginning of real freedom. You move from wanting to "save the world" to doing the real work of saving yourself.
The Energetics Scale isn't just theory; it’s a roadmap to measure your journey from personality to spirituality.
Are you ready to tip the scales?
08/01/2026
So peaceful. So healing. So special.
02/01/2026
27/12/2025
SMART vs Paradigm Process Recovery
The Paradigm Process offers a profound and comprehensive framework for addiction treatment, viewing recovery not merely as abstinence, but as an inner transformation from a personality-driven existence to a spiritual reality...
The Paradigm Process offers a profound and comprehensive framework for addiction treatment, viewing recovery not merely as abstinence, but as an inner transformation from a personality-driven exist…
26/12/2025
Luxury wellness centre South Africa
Spiritual healing and Luxury wellness centre South Africa that uses the infamous "depression dream team" run by Mark L Lockwood since 2012 to help people overcome anxiety, trauma, burnout and manage adhd...
Spiritual healing and Luxury wellness centre South Africa that uses the infamous “depression dream team” run by Mark L Lockwood since 2012 to help people overcome anxiety, trauma, burno…
30/11/2025
27/11/2025
To live this process is to accept that the ocean will sometimes be rough, but to know, deeply and truly, that we are the water, not the waves. We no longer need to run from the ache of living, for we have found a way to hold it, to listen to it, and to let it pass through us like wind through a screen door.
27/11/2025
Reimagining Recovery: How Advanced Addiction Treatment is Healing the Modern Brain
In today's fast-paced world, the shadow of addiction looms larger than ever. It's a deeply personal battle that has become a global crisis, devastating lives and families without prejudice. While the problem is complex, the path to recovery is evolving.
Advanced Addiction Treatment has gone way beyond a rehab model for most first world people who have found little success in multiple treatment attempts. Old models are giving way to a more profound understanding of , not as a moral failing, but as a treatable brain condition. This new paradigm requires a new environment for healing—one that blends cutting-edge science with compassionate, holistic care.
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Our addiction, depression and anxiety specialist team at our Center for Healing and Life Transformation, headed by Mark L Lockwood BA (Hons)(Psy) have created the Sanctuary Wellness programs to fill the massive gap between clinical and holistic, modern, wellness treatment that today statistically is providing growing success rates worldwide.
You no longer not need to wait for a rock bottom! Preventative treatment that can stop the decent to disorder, compulsion, addictions and stuckness that people may feel are holding their lives back – is our business. With a decade long track record and over 30 years of combined experience we offer our clients a number of personalized programs that are not widely available anywhere else.
Residential inpatient stays at our private mental health Center for Healing and Life Transformation simply help people from all walks of life with unique issues to resolve get the full scope of treatment in our Sanctuary programs. We help people recover, heal, renew and grow in the long term and transform their lives. So we encourage you to boost, exceed, inspire and create your best life in the manner which suits your personal preferences best. Depression, Bipolar, Schizophrenia, Cancer care all addictions are treated with our healing programs.
Our registered team of professional counselors that work with the very best of our psychiatrists, doctors and healing consultants have learned over the decades through deep data driven experience that there is no one size fits all approach to healing from addictions, depression and emotional issues.
THE LOCATION IS BREATHTAKING. YOU CAN FIND US WHERE WILD AFRICA AND OCEAN MEET! WE ARE SURROUNDED BY SEVERAL GAME RESERVES, FOREST WILDERNESS AND TO TOP IT ALL A MAGICAL STRETCH OF INDIAN OCEAN COASTLINE WITH ROLLING WHITE, SANDY BEACHES.
The Sanctuary Mental Health and Recovery Programs are part of our passion in treating people in a non-clinical environment. After years of clinical experience we have opted for something completely different!! We at the Center for Healing and Life Transformation are not a psychiatric center nor a drug rehab center or a depression clinic. Although we work with the best doctors in each of these fields. We are a highly modern organization where the therapy is provided in a way that mimics optimal home living in the paradise of Plettenberg Bay, Western Cape. Ask our team bout more of the many benefits of our experiential treatment philosophy. Our 30 years of experience and heavily degreed staff make this unique style of mental health treatment possible. The benefits are truly phenomenal in our experience!
The Center for Healing and Life Transformation’s treatment team includes top specialists, psychiatrist, registered social workers and counsellors that work with clients personally to heal quickly and efficiently at the highest possible level. It is the bridge between punitive and clinical mental health facilities and top psychiatric centers that has offered undeniable results since 2012.