RETREAT HEALTH
As the most comprehensive mental health programme available, Goodsky brings together a vetted and proven team of mental health professionals and treatments that get results. Your retreat health is comprised of many components that work together in a shared care holistic system ensuring that you get the most our of your programme.
Retreat health is vitally important because as you progress and develop, elements of the program need to change to reflect and support your growth. Being able to adapt and move with you is what makes this programme so unique and means that everything is tailored to your needs.
When we treat depression, anxiety, stress, trauma and PTSD we have to treat each person with individual care and as a team support them across every aspect of their retreat health programme.
RETREAT HEALTH COMPONENTS
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Your retreat health psychotherapist is private one on one sessions through the entirety of the programme. Your therapist is highly trained in non-talk therapy and talk therapy allowing you to learn many new skill sets to overcome many aspects of mental health challenges.
Treating
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Relationships
- Trauma
- PTSD
- Mindsets
- Panic attacks
- Mood disorders
- Childhood adversities
MEDICAL
Your retreat health medical practitioner will complete a full medical review and advise on possible paths for treatment and recovery. They will also order pathology or scans to assist in root cause identification.
Reviewing & Treating
- Current conditions
- Medical history
- Pathology
- MRI, ultrasounds, X-rays
- Referral requests if needed
- Integrated with care team to review progress
MEDICAL (NATURAL)
Together with your medical team your gut specialist and behavioural naturopath will assess health screen, order comprehensive private pathology, consult immediately to assist with stabilisation, treat gut health conditions, advising on nutritional pathways for gut health and overall improvement, address sleep issues and much more
Treating
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Gut health
- Infection
- Cognitive function
- Nutrition
- Reviews medical history
- Pathology assessment
- Integrated with care team to support and enhance improvement
MUSCULOSKELETAL
As pain and discomfort is a big contributor to mental health conditions your retreat health osteopath will conduct a complete assessment and report for your team and begin treatment to alleviate pain and correct alignment.
Treating
- Structural conditions
- Posture
- Acute pain
- Asssiting with sleep
- Reviews phsycial medical history
- Referral to specialist if required
- Integrated with care team to support and enhance improvement
EXERCISE BY PRESCRIPTION
Your retreat health exercise physiologist and personal trainer will review your osteopathy report and tailor and stretch and strengthening programme to assist with supporting key areas and get you moving correctly.
Treating
- Strengthening weak areas
- Stretches to release tension
- Teach you how to move correctly
- Provide specific strength training as requested
- National park walks and mountain climbs
- Pool sessions
DIET BY PRESCRIPTION
Your retreat health dietitian and naturopath will educate and support you to make key changes to your diet in order to heal your gut and treat mental health conditions with the right food. As this can be a big shift for some people, your team will move at your pace and support throughout the entire programme.
Treating
- Gut health conditions
- Digestion
- Nutrient intake
- Cognitive function
- Sleep
- Food education
- Creating new habits
- Food as medicine
EQUINE ASSISTED THERAPY (PSYCOTHERAPY)
As part of your psychotherapy team you will get extensive equine assisted therapy that supports retreat health components such as psychotherapy, art therapy and mindfulness. Using the EAGALA method your equine team, comprising of two specialists, are with you throughout your sessions. This is a non-talk therapy and is very effective for mental health challenges.
Treating
- Trauma
- Relationships
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress
- Self worth
- Mindsets
- Confidence
ART THERAPY (PSYCOTHERAPY)
Also part of your psychotherapy team is art therapy that integrated and supports retreat health components such as psychotherapy, equine and mindfulness. This therapy digs deep into relationships, trauma, childhood adversities and much more.
Integrated Treatment For
- Trauma
- Relationships
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Stress
- Self worth
- Mindsets
- Confidence
PHYSICAL THERAPIES
In addition to the musculoskeletal, EP and PT components of retreat health we also integrate acupuncture, remedial (choice point technique) and private pilates. All work together to help release, detox and re-align your nervous system, ligaments and stress response.
Integrated Treatments Available
- Remedial (choice point technique)
- Private Pilates
- Japanese Acupuncture
- Infra-red Sauna
- Massage therapy
- Float tanks
- Spa
PROGRAMME & LIFESTYLE COACH
Part of your home, retreat health and lifestyle integration is a private coach that will help you through the phases of the programme and assist you with new challenges and goals once you go home. This is very effective in making the lifestyle changes that are needed to succeed and have lifelong benefit.
Assisting with:
- Setup of biometric devices
- Easing you into your programme
- Goal setting with nutrition and exercise
- Transitioning to the lifestyle integration
- Support with new challenges and lifestyle choices
GUEST SUPPORT
One of the key components to retreat health is guest support as they are your most constant contact throughout the programme. They will help you with getting to appointments that cannot be in your apartment and assist you with food and anything you might need while you are with us. They help with relaying support information back to your team which is time critical in making the changes to your needs.
Assisting with:
- Transfers to outside appointments
- Assist with meals and other supplies
- Relay key information back to your team for programme changes and alterations
- They always have your back
CASE MANAGEMENT
What makes your retreat health so successful is complete case management that adapts to your needs as your progress. This ensures that your programme is the best it can be but also brings in the right team members to get the best results based on what you present with. Case management ties all components of retreat health together and ensures responsive, open and effective communication through the entire programme.
Assisting with:
- Transfers to outside appointments
- Assist with meals and other supplies
- Relay key information back to your team for programme changes and alterations
- They always have your back
To learn more about the Goodsky private mental health retreat on the Sunshine Coast, see our mental health retreat page.

For more information about retreat health as part of private mental health programme see our FAQ page.

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