What is the Segar House Intensive Day-Programme?
The intensive day-programme is a comprehensive service for up to eight individuals at a time who have longstanding psychological difficulties. It is designed to help people who are experiencing significant disruption or suffering in their lives due to problems such as Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), long-term depression, and severe anxiety disorders. The programme has particular expertise in the treatment of chronic suicidal and self-harm behaviours.
It is intended to help people who have tried other forms of treatment with limited success and where intensive support is needed to cope with the process of therapy. Clients stay in the programme for up to 18 months. People who live in central and north & west Auckland are eligible to enter the programme.
From Monday to Thursday, clients attend an intensive day-programme at the Segar House-Rauaroha office building in Grafton. This involves individual therapy and group therapy (including art therapy, mindfulness meditation, psychodynamic therapy, mentalization,and skills training groups).
Please note: the former regional residential programme closed on 30 June 2007. It has been replaced by this sub-regional intensive day-programme for service users of the Auckland and Waitemata District Health Boards.