Dual Diagnosis Treatment: Integrated Mental Health & Addiction Care at Sea Recovery

When mental health challenges and addiction co-occur, true recovery requires a treatment plan that understands both — and treats them as interconnected, not separate. Sea Recovery offers private, one-to-one dual diagnosis treatment in a luxury retreat setting in southern Spain.

We specialise in supporting adults facing complex emotional issues and substance or behavioural addiction. Whether you’ve been misdiagnosed, misunderstood, or passed between different services — our integrated approach offers a calm, contained path forward. Learn more about what we treat or explore the range of programmes available to help you begin.

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What Is Dual Diagnosis?

Dual diagnosis refers to the co-occurrence of a mental health condition and a substance use or behavioural disorder. This might include:

• Anxiety and alcohol misuse
• Depression and prescription drug dependence
• ADHD and stimulant addiction
• Trauma and disordered eating
• OCD and cannabis or sedative use
• Bipolar disorder with gambling or internet addiction

Many people struggling with addiction are also dealing with unresolved emotional pain, dysregulation, or chronic psychological distress. At Sea Recovery, we never separate the two. You are not your diagnosis. And your treatment should reflect the complexity and humanity of your experience.

Why One-to-One Dual Diagnosis Treatment Works

Group-based rehabs often struggle to accommodate the unique needs of dual diagnosis clients. Symptoms may be misinterpreted, emotional needs missed, and the care plan rushed or poorly matched.

At Sea Recovery, your entire programme is built around you. We treat you as a whole person — not a set of symptoms or a fixed label. Our one-to-one therapy model allows us to adjust in real-time to your needs, offering emotional safety, privacy, and full therapeutic attention.

Our model includes:

• Daily individual therapy sessions with trauma-informed professionals
• Complementary holistic therapies (e.g. acupuncture, massage, bodywork)
• TRE for nervous system regulation
• DBT and CBT for emotional rebalancing
• Internal Family Systems (IFS) and relational therapy
• Relapse prevention and life skills support

This approach allows us to explore the root of your challenges — while gently supporting detox, emotional integration, and lasting psychological change.

Behavioural Addictions & Emotional Complexity

Dual diagnosis doesn’t always involve substances. Many clients arrive at Sea Recovery with a combination of emotional dysregulation and behavioural addictions — patterns that provide temporary relief but long-term distress.

We offer expert, one-to-one care for:

• Gambling Addiction: compulsive betting, financial anxiety, and risk-seeking behaviour
• Shopping Addiction: impulsive spending to manage low self-worth or anxiety
• Gaming Addiction: digital escapism, sleep disruption, and social withdrawal
• Internet Addiction: overstimulation, social media compulsion, or online dependency
• Work Addiction: burnout, emotional avoidance, and identity overload
• Food Addiction: emotional eating patterns or compulsive restriction/binge cycles
• Sex & Love Addiction: attachment wounds, unsafe relational dynamics, or chronic loneliness

These patterns often stem from unresolved trauma, early attachment disruption, or internalised shame. We take time to understand the emotional drivers beneath the behaviour — and to restore a sense of self-trust, calm, and clarity.

Conditions Commonly Paired in Dual Diagnosis

We work with adults aged 18+ who may be experiencing:

• Anxiety or panic symptoms with alcohol or sedative use
• Depression combined with cannabis or disordered eating
• OCD and compulsive behavioural addictions
• Eating disorders with stimulant or alcohol misuse
• ADHD and over-reliance on medications like Adderall or Ritalin
• Sex, love, or relational trauma paired with emotional collapse

Every treatment plan is customised to your emotional history, diagnosis (if relevant), and coping behaviours. We’ll work slowly, with full respect for your story — and no judgment.

The Importance of Nervous System Healing

Dual diagnosis clients often live in a chronic state of dysregulation. This can look like insomnia, anxiety spikes, dissociation, low mood, compulsions, shutdown, or cycles of chaos and collapse.

At Sea Recovery, we focus not only on psychological tools — but also on restoring nervous system safety. We use somatic, breath, and regulation-based therapies to help you ground, stabilise, and rebuild from the inside out.

This may include:

• Cold exposure and infrared sauna to reset the system
• Gentle movement and breathwork for emotional anchoring
• Sound healing and guided relaxation
• Creative therapies for emotional integration

These sessions are optional, never forced — and tailored to your sensitivity and capacity.

Daily Life at Sea Recovery

Recovery doesn’t need to feel clinical. Our luxury rehab villa in Spain offers a serene, private space where you can breathe, reflect, and reconnect with yourself — without exposure, pressure, or noise.

Each day is structured around your needs, not a rigid group schedule. You’ll have space to rest, regulate, and process — with full support and presence from our team.

Post-Treatment Support for Dual Diagnosis

Healing doesn’t end when you leave. Our dedicated aftercare model ensures you continue feeling supported once you return home.

This may include:

• Weekly or biweekly therapy sessions post-discharge
• Ongoing emotional support and real-time check-ins
• Structured relapse prevention planning

You'll leave with a fully tailored emotional care plan, including tools to manage your triggers, sustain self-regulation, and maintain a healthier way of relating to yourself and the world around you. For more insight into this process, watch our video interview on Sea Recovery’s Lifetime Aftercare.

Programmes Designed for Complex Needs

Dual diagnosis clients at Sea Recovery have access to the full range of private programmes, all built around your personal needs:

• All Programmes Overview
• Deluxe Programme — immersive, full-spectrum recovery
• Executive Programme — suited to professionals and dual diagnosis cases
• Ultimate Bespoke Programme — ultra-luxury, fully customised
• Essential Care Programme — a balance of support and freedom
• Secondary Care Programme — for step-down recovery support
• Outpatient Programme — 5-day non-residential support

All options include private accommodation, daily therapy, luxury wellness treatments, and full therapeutic planning.

Why Sea Recovery?

• 100% private — we treat one client at a time
• Emotionally intelligent care for complex or misdiagnosed cases
• Luxury setting in Sotogrande, Spain — near Marbella
• Integrated treatment that addresses trauma, mental health, and addiction in one plan

We are not a hospital. We are a sanctuary — designed for sensitive individuals seeking quiet, deep, meaningful healing.

Looking for Dual Diagnosis Help in Spain?

Sea Recovery is one of the few private rehab centres in Spain that offers true one-to-one dual diagnosis care. Located in a peaceful coastal region, we provide a discreet, luxurious retreat for clients seeking emotional clarity, recovery, and rest.

We’ve also published a detailed resource on understanding luxury rehab — offering insights into what to expect during your stay at Sea Recovery, how our model works, and why privacy and personalisation matter.

FAQs

Do you offer dual diagnosis detox?

If medically required, we coordinate safe, private detox through our clinical partners prior to therapeutic work.

How long is the dual diagnosis programme?

We recommend a minimum of 14 days for dual diagnosis support. Many clients stay 3–6 weeks depending on their emotional and clinical needs.

What if I don’t have a formal diagnosis?

You don’t need one. Many of our clients have never been formally diagnosed, or have received inaccurate ones. We treat your lived experience, not a label.

Is it confidential?

Yes. We never use group therapy or shared accommodation. Your stay is fully private — with no exposure to other clients or public-facing materials.

Can I attend if I’ve tried treatment before?

Absolutely. We often support clients who’ve been through other programmes that didn’t work. Our model is slower, deeper, and more emotionally intelligent.

Begin Personalised Dual Diagnosis Recovery in Spain

If you’re seeking real help for emotional and addiction challenges that overlap — Sea Recovery offers one-to-one dual diagnosis treatment in a calm, luxury setting. This is your space to feel safe, seen, and whole again.

Contact us to begin your tailored recovery journey today.