Programs Overview
Forest City Healing Centre offers a structured 28-day men’s residential recovery program designed to support stability, emotional regulation, and sustainable early recovery. The program provides a calm, community-based environment where men can step away from substance use and begin rebuilding daily structure, coping skills, and personal accountability. Our approach is evidence-based and grounded in established practices including motivational interviewing, relapse-prevention planning, psychoeducation, skills development, and structured peer engagement. Programming is delivered by experienced addiction and mental-health professionals, with clinical leadership and medical oversight supporting safety, consistency, and ethical care.
Residential Inpatient Program
Our 28-day men’s residential recovery program provides a structured, supportive setting where individuals can stabilize, develop insight, and build practical skills for sustained recovery. The program emphasizes routine, emotional literacy, group engagement, and personal responsibility within a predictable daily schedule. Care is evidence-based and non-medical, supporting individuals who are medically stable and ready to participate in structured programming. The focus is on building recovery capital, strengthening coping strategies, and preparing for a successful transition back to daily life.
Clear, Steady, and Supportive Care
Our program prioritizes emotional safety, clarity, and consistency. Guests engage in structured daily programming that emphasizes practical skill-building, self-awareness, and accountability within a respectful community environment. Key elements include:
Program Details
Who May Benefit:
- Men experiencing substance-use concerns
- Individuals with co-occurring mental-health challenges who are medically stable
- Those seeking structured, abstinence-focused early recovery support
Ideal Candidates Demonstrate:
- Readiness for recovery and change
- Ability to participate in group-based programming
- Willingness to engage in daily structure and accountability
- Completion of medical detoxification when required
Lifetime Aftercare & Alumni Connection
Support at Forest City Healing Centre continues beyond the residential stay. We place strong emphasis on continuity of care through structured aftercare planning and alumni connection to support long-term recovery.
Graduates have access to ongoing digital supports, alumni communication, and community connection opportunities designed to reinforce routines, coping strategies, and accountability developed during the program. This continuity helps ease the transition home and supports sustained recovery over time.
Health, Nutrition & Culinary
Nutrition is an integral part of daily structure and wellbeing at Forest City Healing Centre. All meals are prepared in-house and served at consistent times to support routine, physical health, and emotional regulation.
Guests receive three balanced meals daily, along with snacks, in a shared dining environment that encourages connection and accountability. Meals are intentionally predictable, varied, and familiar to reduce decision fatigue and support steady energy throughout the day.
Accommodations & Facility
Forest City Healing Centre operates from a restored historic building in London, Ontario, offering a calm, home-like residential environment. Shared living spaces support connection, reflection, and daily routine, with staff available to provide guidance and oversight.
The setting is designed to be comfortable, respectful, and supportive of early recovery, balancing structure with a sense of normalcy and dignity.
Your Stay
Forest City Healing Centre was created to offer a responsible, structured, and professionally guided recovery environment for men seeking stability and clarity. The 28-day residential program supports early recovery at a manageable pace through routine, emotional safety, and steady support.
Daily life includes structured programming, shared responsibilities, peer engagement, and guided reflection — all designed to help guests build confidence, insight, and readiness for life beyond residential care
CLINICAL & PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
The program is shaped by the combined experience of addiction professionals, clinical leaders, and medical specialists with backgrounds in mental health, substance-use care, withdrawal management systems, community outreach, and residential treatment.
Clinical operations are led by experienced addiction professionals with expertise in assessment, crisis response, motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, and structured recovery programming. Medical oversight supports safety, ethical practice, and alignment with provincial standards.
Programming is evidence-based and informed by established recovery and behavioural-health practices. While no therapeutic outcomes are guaranteed, the program is grounded in responsible clinical judgement, consistency, and respect for each individual’s recovery process.
CLINICAL & PROGRAM LEADERSHIP
Forest City Healing Centre’s programming and daily operations are guided by experienced clinical and program leadership with extensive backgrounds in addiction treatment, mental health services, and residential recovery settings.
Program oversight is led by Tom Cruikshank, Program Director, who brings over a decade of frontline experience across addiction treatment, withdrawal management systems, community mental health, and residential care environments. His background includes intake assessment, motivational interviewing, relapse-prevention planning, crisis stabilization, and interdisciplinary collaboration within hospital and community-based systems.
Clinical leadership emphasizes evidence-based practice, ethical decision-making, and clear program structure. This approach ensures consistency, safety, and accountability while supporting individuals through a critical stage of early recovery in a non-medical residential setting.
Medical oversight is provided to support clinical integrity, safety, and alignment with provincial standards, ensuring the program operates responsibly within Ontario’s broader continuum of care.