THE ISTANA APPROACH
The Istana Approach is a dynamic model for ultra-personalised treatment providing a bespoke balance of clinical precision and human touch. Whatever is required for a successful recovery and renewal is integrated into each treatment experience.
We are never prescriptive. Instead, we are highly responsive and adaptive based on your progress and evolving needs, this allows us to effectively meet you as a whole and ever-changing human being for effective and lasting outcomes.
Elite Clinical Care
We deliver leading-edge medicine, progressive psychotherapy, and evidence-based holistic technologies through three dynamic foundations.
1- Medical Excellence: Full diagnostic clinical assessment & treatment tailored to your physiological needs:
- Clinical diagnostic assessment on arrival.
- Detoxification: We aim to help you through drug and alcohol detox as comfortably as possible, when necessary.Based on your initial Clinical Assessment our medical team will provide immediate treatment with ongoing support.
- Blood screening to determine nutritional requirements.
- 24/7 nursing care.
- 24/7 Doctor if required.
2- Progressive Psychotherapy: To transform underlying emotional issues.
Through a relationship of mutual trust and understanding you will work with a psychotherapist to reveal the root cause of your issue resolve any destructive thoughts, feelings and behaviours. For instance, at the root addiction of any kind, is usually trauma and corresponding depression and anxiety.
- You will be encouraged to change and grow in your time and in your own way.
- You will leave with the insight and tools to manage your life in a healthy manner moving forward.
3- Holistic Re-connection: Mind, body, heart alignment
Connection with self and the re-discovery of hope and joy are fundamental to sustained change. We incorporate personalised nutrition, exercise, holistic practices, and recreational experiences aligned to your interests, pursuits and dreams to facilitate the delicate, yet profound process of mind, body and heart alignment.
- Nutrition: A personal chef and nutritionist will be dedicated to address any deficiency’s and fortify your constitution (determined by blood tests), whilst exceeding your personal preferences. Regular nutritional consultation ensure that menus consistently delight and nourish you.Our island destinations are alive with fresh, nutritious local ingredients that are shopped daily directly to your plate.
- Yoga & Meditation: Yoga and meditation are spiritual, mental and physical practices that bring the whole human system into harmony. Extensive research has consistently proven intrinsic benefits for mental, emotional and physical wellbeing.
- Exercise & Movement: Personal trainers are appointed according to your physical ability and goals, whilst also aiding physiological and emotional detox. Specific requests such as boxing, tennis, padel, and tai-chi can be met.
- Holistic Treatments: Treatments such as massage, acupuncture, shiatsu, physiotherapy, reflexology, naturopathy, art therapy are available.
- Recreation: We encourage healthy stimulation that supports self-discovery. Passions and experiences that light you up are essential, such as art, nature, reading, dancing, shopping, adventures – sunrise hikes, cultural immersion and bucket list dreams!
The Human Touch
Key to our successful approach is the understanding that you are a unique and whole human being.We don’t consider your surface condition or challenges in isolation.You are more than this and we know that recovery and transformation don’t just happen through clinical intervention alone. Ultimately, it is about how we deliver care and how you experience it.Trust, self-discovery, re-connection, hope, and joy are essential aspects to your recovery and renewal, facilitated through our human touch.
