Mental Recovery
Clinic

A unique concept with a highly qualified team consisting of doctors and therapists, who are available at any time during your stay in our house if required. This guarantees individual and discreet treatment around the clock in an exclusive atmosphere without you having to leave the clinic.

At the Mental Recovery Clinic, we attach great importance to the best possible holistic and needs-oriented treatment, which is planned personally with you and our specialists. An inpatient stay with us is possible from one week and usually lasts between four and eight weeks. You live in exclusive suites and enjoy a 24-hour service, starting with a tailor-made menu plan through to individual care and therapy. It is generally possible to accompany family, friends or an entourage during your stay.

He who has health, has hope; and he who has hope, has everything.

Our range of advice and treatments:

Depression

Depression, sadness, a depressed mood, lack of interest, social withdrawal and listlessness are just a few signs of depression. In addition to the individual symptoms, different courses of the disease can be observed in terms of severity and duration of the disease as well as individual triggers and causes. If depression is suspected, a combination of drug and psychological treatment is recommended. Within the scope of the therapy, the focus is placed, among other things, on activation, strengthening of self-efficacy, the development and changing of thought patterns that trigger and maintain depression and the perception of one's own needs.

Stress and Burnout

The feeling of being burned out, physical and mental exhaustion, increased irritability and lack of sleep can be the first warning signs of burnout. In addition to a thorough medical examination, the joint analysis of the stressors and the development and perception of your own needs as well as the strengthening of self-care and prevention work are the focus of the therapy. In addition to psychoeducation, individual stress management is about finding an inner balance, which can be worked out together by identifying internal and external resources, among other things. It is also about strengthening resilience and finding an inner balance.

Somatoform Disorders

Multiple physical complaints that persist over a long period of time, such as pain or gastrointestinal symptoms, without a medically explainable cause can lead to enormous suffering and frequent visits to the doctor - but without result. . A holistic view of your symptoms is particularly important to us in order to carry out a good differential diagnosis with regard to the symptoms and then create a suitable treatment plan with you. On the one hand, of course, it will be about the physical aspect of your complaints, but on the other hand, it will also be about the analysis of individual stress and strain factors as well as mindfulness, relaxation and evaluation and emotion regulation processes.

Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

Fear is a necessary emotion to protect against danger and threat. However, if the fear becomes excessive, if vegetative symptoms such as sweating, tachycardia and a feeling of loss of control also occur, this can have a significant impact on the quality of life and everyday coping. Withdrawal and avoidance behaviors ensue, which perpetuates the cycle of fear. Ongoing psychoeducation and the development of strategies to cope with anxiety and reflections on what has been learned accompany the psychological treatment.

Depression
Depression, sadness, a depressed mood, lack of interest, social withdrawal and listlessness are just a few signs of depression. In addition to the individual symptoms, different courses of the disease can be observed in terms of severity and duration of the disease as well as individual triggers and causes. If depression is suspected, a combination of drug and psychological treatment is recommended. Within the scope of the therapy, the focus is placed, among other things, on activation, strengthening of self-efficacy, the development and changing of thought patterns that trigger and maintain depression and the perception of one’s own needs.

Stress and Burnout
The feeling of being burned out, physical and mental exhaustion, increased irritability and lack of sleep can be the first warning signs of burnout. In addition to a thorough medical examination, the joint analysis of the stressors and the development and perception of your own needs as well as the strengthening of self-care and prevention work are the focus of the therapy. In addition to psychoeducation, individual stress management is about finding an inner balance, which can be worked out together by identifying internal and external resources, among other things. It is also about strengthening resilience and finding an inner balance.

Somatoform Disorders
Multiple physical complaints that persist over a long period of time, such as pain or gastrointestinal symptoms, without a medically explainable cause can lead to enormous suffering and frequent visits to the doctor – but without result. . A holistic view of your symptoms is particularly important to us in order to carry out a good differential diagnosis with regard to the symptoms and then create a suitable treatment plan with you. On the one hand, of course, it will be about the physical aspect of your complaints, but on the other hand, it will also be about the analysis of individual stress and strain factors as well as mindfulness, relaxation and evaluation and emotion regulation processes.

Anxiety and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
Fear is a necessary emotion to protect against danger and threat. However, if the fear becomes excessive, if vegetative symptoms such as sweating, tachycardia and a feeling of loss of control also occur, this can have a significant impact on the quality of life and everyday coping. Withdrawal and avoidance behaviors ensue, which perpetuates the cycle of fear. Ongoing psychoeducation and the development of strategies to cope with anxiety and reflections on what has been learned accompany the psychological treatment.

The following clinical pictures from the anxiety spectrum are treated at the Glückstadt Hospital:

– Generalized anxiety disorder

– Agoraphobia

– Panic disorder

– Social phobia

– Specific phobias

– (Hypochondria)

Obsessive-compulsive disorders are closely related to anxiety disorders, which involve strong fears and fears that are attempted to be overcome by means of appropriate compulsive actions. Thus, the emotional component can be considered as a big common feature. Very often, compulsions relate to personal hygiene, touching or not touching objects, and checking certain personal behaviors. Factors such as stress can possibly promote the onset of the disease. Depending on the severity of the compulsions and the presence of psychological comorbidities, drug treatment may be necessary in addition to psychotherapy. If left untreated, the disease usually becomes chronic.

Addiction (alcohol, cocaine, THC)

Irreversible cravings for drugs or alcohol can destroy both body and soul. Social relationships, everyday structure and perspectives break away, while the addictive pressure remains at the same time and can thus trigger an incredible ambivalence. Addiction disorders usually have serious effects in all areas for those affected, but also for their families. The causes and triggers are manifold and require an in-depth examination of one's own life story. With the help of our treatment, we support you in processing formative life events, in dealing with and processing prevailing ambivalence and in improving self-management and stress regulation as well as in developing alternative coping strategies and in relapse prevention.

Loss and Grief

In life there are always losses that trigger many emotions. A predominant emotion is sadness, which differs in type and duration from individual to individual. In any case, when dealing with grief, it is important to address and process the associated problematic feelings, such as feelings of guilt and anger. In this way, dysfunctional ways of thinking and behaving can be changed or avoided in the long term. Working out and promoting the existing resources, allowing the feelings, and of course also the processing of the loss and the simultaneous focus on the here and now are further essential topics in the design of the therapy.

Trauma

Trauma is basically a shocking event that poses a massive threat to life or physical integrity. Various extreme situations ultimately lead to enormous psychological stress, which is reflected in reliving the situation in question (e.g. flashbacks, intrusions, nightmares), in avoidance and withdrawal behavior, passivity, emotional numbness, jumpiness, and feelings of guilt and shame. Physical symptoms such as exhaustion from lack of sleep and pain can also be signs of trauma. In trauma treatment in particular, a sensitive and constant therapist relationship is essential in order to convey safety and security in the here and now.

Post Covid Syndrome

A Covid-19 infection can lead to long-term physical and psychological consequences. Therefore, it is particularly important to carry out a comprehensive physical and psychological examination in order to derive a specialized treatment plan. On the one hand, the focus will be on the treatment of physical dysfunctions, but on the other hand, effects on a psychological level will also be recorded. In addition to traumatic experiences in the course of the acute phase of the disease, limitations primarily on the ability to concentrate as well as depressive moods and sleep problems can also be observed.

Therapies

Psychological counseling and treatment

Includes different approaches and focal points depending on the clinical picture. Basically, the focus is on an empathetic and complementary relationship, in which the patient is the focus and all steps of the treatment are discussed and planned together. Empathy, appreciation, resource and goal orientation contribute to a successful psychological treatment, which takes place at least once a week in our house. In order to be able to guarantee the best possible holistic treatment, a regular interdisciplinary exchange on the ward is considered essential in the interests of the patients and the therapeutic process, whereby at the same time the sensitivity of the data and the confidentiality of the conversation content are of course handled with care. Even after you have been released, online follow-up care by our psychologists is possible in order to be able to accompany and support you as best as possible when you return to everyday life.

Advice for relatives

The complaints of those affected usually also trigger enormous suffering and helplessness in the social environment. In the course of family counseling, on the one hand, the illness of those affected is explained, the progress in treatment is discussed and, of course, the fears and worries of the relatives as well as possible active support options after discharge/in everyday life.