South Pacific Private

About

South Pacific Private has operated since 1993 as a fully accredited 54-bed private hospital on Sydney's Northern Beaches, overlooking Curl Curl beach in New South Wales. It holds the distinction of being Australia's first treatment centre equipped to treat addiction, disordered eating, trauma, and mental health conditions simultaneously within an integrated program. The clinical model combines psychiatric assessment, individual and group psychotherapy, and psychoeducation with an array of experiential and holistic modalities including equine psychotherapy, art therapy, drumming, Qi Gong, yoga, mindfulness, and hypnotherapy. An interdisciplinary team of psychiatrists, general practitioners, psychologists, naturopaths, lifestyle physicians, dietitians, and registered nurses delivers care within a framework that explicitly integrates physical, psychological, and emotional healing. The program's inclusion of family members and partners reflects a systemic understanding of addiction and mental illness as relational phenomena requiring whole-system intervention. Having supported over fourteen thousand individuals and their families over three decades, South Pacific Private represents one of the most established integrative psychiatric residential programs in the Southern Hemisphere.

Depth Orientation

South Pacific Private was Australia's first treatment center to treat addiction, trauma, and mental health conditions in parallel within an integrated holistic program that includes family systems work as a core clinical component. The interdisciplinary team includes naturopaths and lifestyle physicians alongside psychiatrists, reflecting a clinical philosophy that addresses the embodied and ecological dimensions of psychological suffering. Equine psychotherapy, drumming, Qi Gong, and art therapy provide experiential and somatic channels for processing trauma and addiction that complement traditional verbal psychotherapy.

Treatment Modalities

Program Details

Best for

• Addiction and substance use disorders
• Trauma and PTSD
• Disordered eating
• Co-occurring mental health conditions
• Australian clients with private health insurance
• Family and partner involvement in treatment

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