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Short-term rehab in Geelong and Melbourne for drug and alcohol addiction

If you’re in crisis or just know it’s time for a circuit breaker, our short-term 28-day residential rehab gives you structure, support, and a path toward recovery, even if it’s just the first step.

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Medically supported detox available

No waitlists for admission

Fully accredited private facility

Individualised treatment plans

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Real help, even if you’re not ready for long-term

A temporary rehab option with real support

Not everyone is ready for long-term treatment. Sometimes, you just need to get safe, sober, and clear. That’s where short-term rehabilitation comes in. It’s a chance to stop the spiral and start again.

In 28 days, you’ll access medical support, structured therapy, and a steady environment where you can stabilise and decide what’s next. We’ll meet you where you are, without pressure or judgment.

  • You’ll live onsite in a supportive therapeutic community.
  • Our team will guide you through withdrawal and early recovery.
  • You’ll leave with a plan and the support to follow through.
What’s included in 28-day rehab

Everything you need to start your recovery

You’ll be safely housed, supported around the clock, and guided through a structured 28-day treatment program that addresses the root causes of addiction.

What's included in our inpatient 28-day temporary rehab

  • Medical assessment, detox, and withdrawal support.
  • Daily group therapy and peer-based learning.
  • Private room in an accredited private hospital.
  • Nutrition, rest, and a health-focused routine.
  • One-on-one counselling and relapse prevention.
  • Aftercare and discharge planning sessions.
Understanding the need for short-term care

Why short-term rehabilitation matters

According to the latest drug use statistics, nearly half of Australians aged 14+ have used illicit drugs, highlighting the urgent need for flexible, temporary treatment options that meet people where they are.

When short-term rehab is the right fit

Short-term rehab helps when you’re at a turning point (overwhelmed, unsafe, or needing a reset) but not ready or able to commit to long-term care. It’s a structured break from drug or alcohol use, with enough time to clear your head and stabilise your body. You’ll leave with clarity, a plan, and the tools to take your next steps toward recovery, whatever that looks like for you.

What short-term rehab can address

Short-term rehab can be a circuit breaker during an escalating pattern, relapse, or sudden crisis. It provides immediate support for people who feel unsafe, overwhelmed, or unable to manage drug or alcohol use on their own. It also offers structure, stabilisation, and clarity, which can be critical before making longer-term decisions about recovery.

  • Supports detox and physical stabilisation in a safe setting.
  • Gives time and space to understand your behaviour and triggers.
  • Helps reduce risk of harm to yourself or those around you.

How the structure helps recovery

A predictable daily rhythm can be profoundly healing. Meals at set times, group therapy every afternoon, evening reflection: It’s the opposite of the chaos many of us are used to. That consistency builds safety and restores nervous system balance. You’re not just surviving each day. You’re learning how to live again, and that starts with structure.

  • Structure reduces chaos and anxiety in early recovery.
  • Daily therapy opens space for insight and honesty.
  • Living in community reduces shame and isolation.

Limitations and when more time is needed

Short-term care doesn’t solve everything. It’s not designed for deep therapeutic work, long-term behaviour change, or managing high-risk relapse factors on its own. For some people (especially those with severe addiction or co-occurring mental health conditions), a longer-term rehab may offer the consistency and depth of care needed to make sustainable change.

  • Severe addiction may require longer-term rehabilitation.
  • Complex mental health issues may need extended support.
  • Some behaviours take time to change safely and sustainably.

Where short-term fits in the recovery journey

Short-term rehab isn’t a shortcut. It’s a step. For some, it’s a chance to stop the damage and get support quickly. For others, it’s the start of a bigger commitment to themselves. Either way, it helps lay the foundation for recovery: insight, stability, and a clear-headed plan. From there, we can help guide you into whatever comes next.

  • Use short-term rehab to get stable and make a plan.
  • Connect directly to outpatient or longer-term options.
  • Choose what recovery looks like, one decision at a time.
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Programs that support short-term care

How our other services can help you

Our short-term rehab program often connects directly to detox, family support, transitional housing, outpatient care, or relapse prevention, all delivered by our team in-house. Every program is optional and tailored. You choose what’s helpful and when. We’re just here to make sure you never have to do this alone.

Programme résidentiel

Réadaptation en résidence avec soutien structuré, thérapie et formation aux compétences de la vie courante dans un environnement sûr et axé sur le rétablissement.

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Programme familial

Éducation, soutien de groupe et counseling pour aider les familles à comprendre la dépendance et à soutenir le rétablissement de leur proche.

Une femme participe à une séance de rétablissement virtuelle depuis son domicile, suivant une thérapie structurée dans le cadre du programme de rééducation en ligne Hader at Home.

Hader à la maison

Un programme de rétablissement entièrement numérique comprenant des contrôles quotidiens, une thérapie en ligne et des cahiers d'exercices autoguidés pour les soins post-réadaptation.

Une femme brune sourit et partage une avancée personnelle lors d'une thérapie de groupe, célébrant les progrès accomplis dans son parcours de rétablissement en ambulatoire.

Programme ambulatoire intensif

Soutien structuré en matière de dépendance, comprenant une thérapie, des séances de groupe et la prévention des rechutes, conçu pour s'adapter à la vie quotidienne.

Un résident discute avec son conseiller en réadaptation.

Conseil

Thérapie tenant compte des traumatismes, counseling en matière de toxicomanie et soutien familial disponibles en personne ou via des séances en ligne sécurisées.

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Interventions

Soutien professionnel pour aider les familles à mettre en place une intervention sûre et structurée et à orienter leur proche vers un traitement.

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Rééducation des cadres

Traitement privé et individuel dans un cadre luxueux, en toute discrétion et avec un programme de rétablissement personnalisé.

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Réadaptation DVA

Soins hospitaliers spécialisés tenant compte des traumatismes pour les anciens combattants et les premiers intervenants, entièrement financés pour les clients admissibles du ministère des Anciens Combattants.

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Réadaptation ordonnée par le tribunal

Programme hospitalier structuré comprenant une cure de désintoxication, une thérapie et un rapport médico-légal afin de satisfaire aux exigences en matière de caution ou de condamnation.

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Logement de transition

Hébergement axé sur le rétablissement, avec thérapie, structure et soutien pour faire le pont entre la réadaptation et la vie autonome.

Séance de thérapie de groupe de soutien dans un centre de désintoxication médicale, où divers clients partagent leurs expériences et où un psychologue encourage gentiment un nouveau participant.

Désintoxication à l'hôpital

Désintoxication sous surveillance médicale 24 heures sur 24, 7 jours sur 7, dans un hôpital privé agréé, comprenant une aide au sevrage et des soins psychiatriques.

À quoi s'attendre lorsque vous nous contactez

A simple and supportive process

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Reach out for a free chat

You don’t need to have it all figured out. We’ll listen and help you explore your options.

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Get an individualised recommendation

We’ll examine your needs, goals, and risks and suggest the next step that best suits your situation.

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Start when you’re ready

If you choose to move forward, we’ll guide you through admission and stay by your side the whole way.

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Why our 28-day rehab is different

What makes our short-term care work

Short-term rehab doesn’t have to feel rushed, hollow, or like a Band-Aid fix. Our program is calm, structured, and staffed by people who understand recovery. Even in just 28 days, we can help you stabilise, reflect, heal, and plan, all at your pace.

Tailored treatment plans

No two people arrive with the same needs, so we build your plan around your story.

Lived-experience staff

Most of our team have walked this path before, and they'll walk it with you.

Safe and accredited facility

You'll stay in a private room at our fully accredited private rehabilitation centre.

Start-to-finish support

We're right beside you from your first call to your last day and beyond.

Nationally recognised standards

We are an accredited provider

We are fully accredited under the NSQHS Standards and certified by the ACSQHC. That means your care meets the highest national benchmarks for quality, safety, and accountability.


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Our centres offer a full continuum of care

We offer every level of addiction care, from crisis intervention to community-based outpatient rehab. You’re never locked in.

Rééducation ambulatoire

Part-time support while you return to life, work, and family.

Réadaptation à court terme

A 28-day residential circuit breaker for clarity, safety, and stabilisation.

Prévention des rechutes

Stay connected and supported when things feel uncertain.

Rééducation d'urgence

Get help fast when waiting isn’t an option.

Témoignages authentiques de personnes qui ont vécu cette expérience

Recovery is possible. Our clients prove it.

Read stories from people who’ve experienced short-term rehab and kept going. Or hear from family members who finally found peace of mind.

Ali Ademi

Après des années de traumatismes, de dépendance et de pertes, Ali a trouvé la force de reconstruire sa vie grâce au soutien d'une équipe compatissante, à un sentiment d'appartenance à une communauté et à son engagement envers un processus de guérison à long terme.

Minh

Après 32 ans de dépendance, Minh Pham a trouvé l'espoir, la guérison et une nouvelle voie à la clinique Hader. Son parcours témoigne de la puissance de la communauté, de la compassion et du courage.

Peter El-Khouri

Après plusieurs rechutes, Peter a trouvé un rétablissement durable grâce à Hader. Découvrez comment la thérapie, la communauté et les soins cliniques l'ont aidé à reprendre sa vie en main.

Our rehab centres and locations

Safe, private residential settings in Melbourne

You’ll stay in one of our discreet, medically supported locations in Victoria. We prioritise safety, comfort, and healing. Every detail is designed with recovery in mind.


Programme de réadaptation pour patients hospitalisés et programme de logement de transition

Essendon
150-152 Cooper St, Essendon VIC 3040

Centre hospitalier de réadaptation proposant un programme de sevrage et de désintoxication de 28 jours

Geelong
6-8 Townsend Road, St Albans Park VIC 3219

80%

Avoid relapse within 30 days of discharge.

74%

Engage in recommended ongoing care post-rehab.

88%

Report improved physical and emotional well-being.

92%

Are connected to further treatment after discharge.

What real outcomes look like

Program outcomes from short-term rehab

Even short-term treatment can make a lasting impact. In just four weeks, many of our clients gain physical stability, psychological clarity, and the confidence to move forward, whether that means continuing care, reconnecting with family, or simply getting through the day without relapse. Recovery looks different for everyone, but short-term rehab can help you begin.

You don’t have to wait for rock bottom

Short-term care can be the first safe step forward. It’s a circuit-breaker that gives you space to stabilise, reflect, and reconnect.

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Practical support for every situation

Understanding funding and costs

We’ll work with you to explore all payment options (including private health, upfront payments, and eligible funding), so finances don’t stop you getting help.

Rehab costs and payment options

We’re upfront about our fees, what’s included, and how we support you through the process. 

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Funding and insurance options

We help clients access private health cover, superannuation, and government support where available. 

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Rencontrez les personnes qui s'occupent des soins

Our team has walked this path too

Many of our staff have achieved long-term sobriety themselves, and all are deeply experienced, compassionate professionals who meet you with care and respect.

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Who we are and what we believe

À propos de la clinique Hader

We’re an accredited private rehab that’s helped thousands of Australians overcome addiction through evidence-based care and lived-experience connection.

It’s okay to ask for help

Help for yourself or someone you love

You don’t need to have the answers, just the willingness to ask the question. We’ll take it from there, with respect and zero judgment.

Help for yourself

Whether you’re ready now or just starting to wonder, we’re here to talk. 

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Aide pour un proche

We support families through conversations, interventions, and referrals. 

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When you’re ready to take the next step

We’re here to help you get started

Short-term rehab can be your first step toward long-term recovery. No judgment. No pressure. Just people who get it, ready to help.

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Common questions, honest answers

FAQs about short-term addiction rehab at The Hader Clinic

How much does the 28-day short-term rehab program cost?

Our standard 28-day short-term rehab program costs $18,900, which includes your hospital-based detox (up to 7 days) and your full inpatient residential stay. This fee covers all therapeutic groups, one-on-one counselling, medical reviews, and nutritious meals prepared onsite. You’ll have a private room, 24/7 clinical supervision, and access to discharge planning and aftercare referrals. This is a single up-front payment, and rebates may be available if you have eligible private health insurance.

What is the daily schedule like in the 28-day program?

Every day in short-term rehab is carefully structured to support your recovery. Mornings begin with meditation and peer check-ins, followed by education groups, counselling sessions, and 12-step meetings. Afternoons include life-skills workshops, relapse prevention planning, and physical activities like group walks or onsite yoga. Evenings wind down with structured reflection and shared meals. Your week will also include:

  • You’ll have one-on-one counselling and regular clinical reviews to check on your progress and mental wellbeing.
  • Our team runs psychoeducation workshops and interactive recovery groups that help you understand your addiction and develop practical strategies.
  • Family therapy sessions can be arranged for you and your loved ones if appropriate, either in person or via phone or video.

What happens after short-term rehab ends?

Recovery doesn’t stop after 28 days and neither does our support. Before discharge, you’ll receive a tailored care plan that may include referrals to outpatient rehab, transitional housing, or individual counselling. Many clients also join our Hader at Home digital aftercare program or family support services. Our goal is to make sure you’re not just leaving, but stepping forward with purpose.

Will I detox during short-term rehab?

Yes, our 28-day program begins with a supervised hospital detox at our Geelong facility. You’ll receive medical oversight, symptom monitoring, and stabilisation support in a safe, private setting. Once your body has cleared the substance, you’ll move to our Essendon location to continue your inpatient therapeutic care. If you’ve already completed detox elsewhere, we can admit you directly to residential care following an assessment.

What addictions does short-term rehab treat?

Our short-term program provides support for a wide range of substance dependencies. Our clinical team will assess your needs and determine whether this setting is appropriate. We regularly support clients with addictions to:

  • We support people seeking alcohol rehab through structured detox, education, and relapse prevention in a safe setting.
  • We offer heroin rehab that includes both medical detox and psychological support to break the cycle of opioid dependence.
  • Our prescription drug rehab pathway helps you stabilise and recover from dependency on medications such as opioids, benzos, and stimulants.
  • Marijuana rehab supports people dealing with chronic use, withdrawal symptoms, and low motivation during early recovery.
  • Crack rehab provides safe withdrawal management, therapeutic support, and relapse prevention for stimulant addiction.
  • Our team offers non-judgemental care for people seeking magic mushrooms rehab, especially when use has triggered mental health issues.
  • If you’re seeking smoking rehab as part of your broader substance recovery, we can support nicotine cessation while in treatment.

Are mental health issues addressed during short-term rehab?

Yes, mental health is a key part of your recovery journey. While short-term rehab is not a standalone mental health treatment program, we provide dual diagnosis care for people managing both substance use and mental health challenges. Our therapeutic team supports:

  • We help clients work through anger management concerns by addressing the triggers and emotional regulation difficulties tied to substance use.
  • We offer therapeutic support for anxiety, including techniques to manage panic attacks, social anxiety, and generalised worry.
  • If you’re dealing with depression, we support mood regulation, self-worth, and structure, all of which are vital to recovery.
  • We work with clients with personality disorders by helping them build stable relationships, emotional control, and self-awareness.
  • PTSD is treated using trauma-informed approaches that focus on safety, trust, and reducing the impact of traumatic memories.