Behavioural Addictions Rehab in Spain | Private One-to-One Recovery at Sea Recovery

Sea Recovery provides luxury, one-to-one treatment for behavioural addictions in a private villa near Marbella, Spain. We support high-functioning adults from the UK, Europe, and the Middle East with personalised therapy, holistic care, and emotionally intelligent recovery plans—free from groups, shame, or rigid institutional models.

If compulsive behaviours such as gaming, shopping, workaholism, or constant scrolling are beginning to control your wellbeing, Sea Recovery offers a calm, discreet, and emotionally attuned path forward. No groups. No pressure. Just private, one-to-one care designed to help you regain clarity, restore balance, and reconnect with yourself.

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What Are Behavioural Addictions?

Behavioural addictions—also called process addictions—are compulsive patterns of behaviour that provide temporary relief or stimulation but lead to long-term distress. Unlike drug or alcohol addiction, behavioural addictions do not involve substances. Instead, they hijack the brain’s reward system, creating dependency, psychological withdrawal, and cycles of shame.

You may feel guilt, secrecy, or loss of control. The behaviour might regulate anxiety or mask depression, but over time it drains energy, focus, and self-worth. At Sea Recovery, we help you understand what lies beneath the behaviour and provide tools for sustainable, long-term change.

Substance vs Behavioural Addictions: The Overlap

Though there is no external chemical, the brain and body respond to behavioural addictions in similar ways to substances:

• Dopamine highs followed by emotional withdrawal
• Escalation—needing more of the behaviour for the same relief
• Obsessive preoccupation, cravings, and compulsive repetition
• Impact on sleep, relationships, and nervous system regulation

That is why treatment is essential. These patterns are not about “weakness” but about survival strategies that once worked but now trap you in exhaustion. Like substance addictions, they respond best to structured, emotionally intelligent care.

Signs & Symptoms of Behavioural Addictions

Recognising the signs is the first step. Common symptoms include:

• Feeling anxious, restless, or empty when you cannot engage in the behaviour
• Spending increasing time or money on the behaviour
• Using the behaviour to numb stress, sadness, or trauma
• Hiding or lying about the extent of the behaviour
• Neglecting sleep, nutrition, relationships, or self-care
• Feeling powerless to stop, despite negative consequences

Types of Behavioural Addictions We Treat

We treat the full spectrum of behavioural addictions—many of which are misunderstood or even rewarded socially. If a behaviour is damaging your wellbeing, we can help.

• Gaming Addiction
• Internet & Social Media Addiction
• Work Addiction & Burnout
• Shopping Addiction
• Sex & Love Addiction
• Food Addiction & Binge Eating
• Gambling Addiction

Impact on Relationships & Career

Compulsive behaviours ripple outwards. They can strain marriages, erode trust with colleagues, create secrecy in friendships, and damage careers. Many high-functioning clients at Sea Recovery arrive appearing successful—but inside they feel isolated, ashamed, or detached from real connection. Our goal is not only to help you stop the behaviour, but to rebuild the relationships, identity, and sense of purpose that give life meaning.

Why These Behaviours Become Addictive

Most behavioural addictions start as intelligent coping strategies. A game offers escape. Shopping provides a sense of control. Overworking earns validation. These patterns make sense in the short term. But when the behaviour becomes the primary way of coping, it begins to erode resilience, connection, and emotional depth.

At Sea Recovery, we focus on the root—not just the symptom. We help you explore what the behaviour has been protecting you from, and provide safer, more sustainable ways to meet those needs.

Client Journey: From Compulsion to Clarity

Mark, a 36-year-old tech founder, came to us after years of compulsive gaming and late-night work binges. Outwardly, he was successful. Inwardly, he felt empty, disconnected, and ashamed. He described the cycle as “I win online, but lose in real life.”

Through CBT, TRE, and creative therapy, he began mapping the triggers that kept him in the loop. He slowly replaced compulsive late-night gaming with journaling and structured rest. By week four, he described feeling “more present in my body than at any time since my 20s.”

Private Behavioural Addictions Treatment in Spain

Sea Recovery is not a conventional rehab. We are a private, boutique recovery centre in a peaceful villa near Marbella. Our care is:

• Exclusively one-to-one—never group-based
• Flexible and personalised—your plan adapts daily
• Discreet and unbranded—full privacy, no clinical exposure
• Holistic—integrating mind, body, and emotional support

Therapies for Behavioural Addictions

We use evidence-based psychotherapy alongside trauma-informed and holistic methods. Every client’s programme is unique.

• CBT to challenge compulsive thought patterns
• DBT for emotional regulation and distress tolerance
• IFS & Family Therapy for inner parts and relational dynamics
• TRE for nervous system discharge
• IPT for identity, grief, and attachment
• ACT to help live in alignment with values
• MET Therapy for trauma reprocessing
• Creative & expressive therapies when words aren’t enough

Holistic Recovery & Physical Reset

Compulsive behaviours often leave the body overstimulated and exhausted. Our holistic supports include:

• IV therapy and NAD+ for physical repair
• Massage, acupuncture, lymphatic drainage
• Cold immersion & sauna for nervous system reset
• Yoga and breathwork for grounding
• Sleep recalibration and nutrition support

Life at Sea Recovery

Your daily rhythm is calm, private, and designed to help you process deeply without pressure.

• Morning grounding—walks, journaling, or breathwork
• One-to-one therapy sessions
• Afternoon integration through creative or body-based work
• Optional holistic care—massage, IV therapy, or sound healing
• Evening reflection and decompression

Why Choose Spain?

Many begin by searching for a clinic near me, but discover they need distance. Spain offers a healing environment away from local pressures:

• Privacy—recover far from familiar settings
• Natural healing—sunlight, sea air, silence
• Perspective—distance creates clarity
• Accessibility—direct flights from Europe & the Middle East

Aftercare & Long-Term Integration

Recovery does not end at discharge. We prepare you with practical tools for stability:

• Relapse prevention strategies—digital limits, work boundaries, coping plans
• Lifetime aftercare—structured check-ins
• Remote therapy—ongoing sessions via video
• Optional return stays for deepening progress

Frequently Asked Questions

Begin Personalised Recovery from Behavioural Addictions

If compulsive behaviours are exhausting you, isolating you from loved ones, or numbing your emotional world—Sea Recovery offers a different way. Quiet, private, emotionally intelligent recovery that addresses the whole person, not just the behaviour.

We are one of Europe’s leading centres for behavioural addiction rehab. Whether you’re seeking a luxury rehab in Spain, a private recovery programme in Europe, or personalised healing beyond group models—we’re here when you’re ready.

Contact us today to begin your confidential consultation.

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