Military, Veterans & First Responders Program
Powerful. Empowering. Life-saving.
Those who put their lives at risk to keep us safe often need some help themselves. EHN Canada is proud to have programs designed to specifically address the addiction and mental health concerns of the most heroic members of our communities: military service members, veterans, and first responders.
By voluntarily putting themselves in harm’s way, they have often been left with trauma or addiction. Our inpatient programs can help. For treatment of trauma and psychological injury, we offer a seven-week program. For treatment of concurrent trauma with substance use disorder, our standard program duration is extended to nine weeks.
Statistics show that
10% of war zone Veterans will go on to experience PTSD.
–Veterans Affairs Canada
22% of paramedics experience PSTD.
–Centre for Suicide Prevention
Our programs might be right for those who are
- an active military service member, a veteran or first responder
- experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or operational stress injuries (OSI), with or without concurrent substance use issues.
Our Science-Based Program Model incorporates
- Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT)
- Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavioural Therapy (DBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Motivational Interviewing (MI) – for addiction
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
- Prolonged Exposure Therapy (PET)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Virtual Reality
- Peer support groups (12-step recovery including AA, NA and SMART Recovery)
Taking into account the challenging experiences of military, veteran and first responders, this program offers
- A personalized approach including individual and group therapy, with primary counsellors who have extensive trauma training
- 24/7 medical support in residential treatment
- Regulated mental health professionals, including psychologists and psychiatrists, and doctors certified to prescribe addiction medications, on-site
- Access to Occupational Therapists
- Integrated care including yoga, meditation, fitness, nutrition, sleep hygiene, and art therapy
- Our Family Program to help those closest to you heal
- Comprehensive Discharge, Return-to-Work, and Relapse Prevention planning
- Aftercare to transition patients out of intensive treatment
- Online recovery tools via EHN Online App (Powered by Wagon)
Support from those who understand
Our Edgewood facility offers an additional therapeutic community housed in the Ferguson Building. Here, only participants in our Military, Veterans, and First Responders treatment programs will receive specialized peer support and group therapy designed for dealing with trauma.
Patients in this program have the opportunity to learn valuable skills, including
- Mindfulness
- Emotion regulation
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Distress tolerance
- Communication
- Conflict resolution
- Structured relapse prevention using the EHN Online App (Powered by Wagon)
This program is available at*
Edgewood | Nanaimo, BC
Bellwood | Toronto, ON
Clinique Nouveau Départ | Montreal, QC
*All facilities are wheelchair accessible
