About this service
Welcome to the Retreat, a service that aims to provide a safe and welcoming environment during the times you are struggling to cope with life. You can attend whether you would like to try to avoid a crisis or feel that you have already reached crisis point.
The Retreat is a place to pause, to be heard, take stock and reflect. It is staffed by Mental Health Practitioners and Peer Specialists (people with their own experience of mental health issues). The Retreat focuses on how you can support your own recovery and provides a complementary approach to other clinical services in partnership with Dorset HealthCare and Dorset Mental Health Forum.
The Retreat is open to anyone aged 18 or over who self-defines as in crisis, or who wants to avoid a crisis occurring. It is also open to carers and supporters. For everyone’s safety we will have to refuse access if:
You require medical attention beyond basic first aid/wound care.
You are intoxicated by alcohol or substances.
You display threatening or physically aggressive behaviour.
You are under the age of 18.
It is up to you how you define this and you don’t need to be referred.
Welcome to the Retreat, a service that aims to provide a safe and welcoming environment during the times you are struggling to cope with life. You can attend whether you would like to try to avoid a crisis or feel that you have already reached crisis point.
The Retreat is a place to pause, to be heard, take stock and reflect. It is staffed by Mental Health Practitioners and Peer Specialists (people with their own experience of mental health issues). The Retreat focuses on how you can support your own recovery and provides a complementary approach to other clinical services in partnership with Dorset HealthCare and Dorset Mental Health Forum.
The Retreat is open to anyone aged 18 or over who self-defines as in crisis, or who wants to avoid a crisis occurring. It is also open to carers and supporters. For everyone’s safety we will have to refuse access if:
You require medical attention beyond basic first aid/wound care.
You are intoxicated by alcohol or substances.
You display threatening or physically aggressive behaviour.
You are under the age of 18.
It is up to you how you define this and you don’t need to be referred.