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An alcohol & drug rehab clinic

Our experienced team will guide you through your recovery

At Castle Craig we have a highly experienced team of staff to guide patients through their recovery. Our staff are passionate about their work – we have high staff retention and many have been through recovery themselves, some at Castle Craig. We are proud of this staff loyalty which gives Castle Craig a family atmosphere, continuity and warmth for our patients. 

Our patient satisfaction rate of over 90% speaks for itself and former patients often keep in touch with their therapists and write to them after treatment.

An international addiction treatment clinic

Many of our staff come from Scotland, England and Northern Ireland but we also have an international team of staff with a Consultant Psychiatrist from Germany, a doctor from India, therapists from the USA, South Africa, Portugal, Malta, Poland and a host of other countries. Our staff make us a truly international rehab clinic.

Medical Director – Dr. Margaret McCann

• Manages the running of the hospital and clinical governance;
• Directs the treatment programme;
• Monitors and develops therapies;
• Monitors the therapists’ training programme;
• Dr McCann regularly keeps in touch with patients around Castle Craig and the extended care facility. She will sometimes conduct pre-admission assessments and assist with discharge. 

Consultant Psychiatrist

• Psychiatrist specialising in addiction treatment;
• Employed full-time at Castle Craig;
• Coordinates the medical assessments & personalised care plans of patients;
• Assesses detoxification requirements and prescribes medication;
• Discusses cases with the rest of the medical team so that patients get more than one medical opinion;
• Continually monitors the physical and mental health status of patients throughout treatment and approves all discharge plans.

Certified Addiction Therapists

• Deliver specialist and complementary therapies in groups or individually;
• All patients are assigned a focal therapist to guide them through their individualised treatment plan;
• All therapists have IC&RC accreditation, diplomas in addiction counselling and BACP and COSCA accreditation and attend continuous training. Many have further qualifications in trauma therapy and CBT.

Addiction Trained Nurses

• Provide nursing care and monitor the physical and mental health needs of patients throughout treatment;
• Conduct the medical assessment with a doctor;
• Distribute medication;
• Supervise detox;
• Can provide smoking cessation counselling.

Resident Doctors

• Ensure dedicated onsite medical cover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. They are immediately available to deal with any medical emergencies that arise.
• Responsible for monitoring detox and the medical supervision of patients.

Other permanent and consulting staff include:

• EMDR and CBT trained psychotherapists
• Clinical psychologist
• PTSD counsellors
• Eating disorder specialists
• Personal fitness instructors
• Physiotherapist
• HBOT manager and team
• Admissions team
• Administration and support staff.