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Foco Saúde
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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Private Pay
You pay directly for treatment out of pocket. This approach can offer enhanced privacy and flexibility, without involving insurance. Exact costs vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for specific details.
About Foco Saúde
Foco Saúde is a specialised therapeutic community in Portugal that supports people recovering from alcohol and substance addiction. They provide structured residential care with continuous monitoring, combining compassionate support with scientific, evidence-based treatment. For international clients, Foco Saúde also offers multilingual support in English and French, making it easier to feel understood throughout the recovery process.
Reset at Foco, Then Rebuild for Life
At Foco Saúde, treatment is built around the belief that recovery is about far more than simply stopping substance use. In their therapeutic community, clients receive coordinated care that combines individual sessions, psychiatric follow-up, group therapy, and specialised programmes. Because addiction impacts both mind and body over time, the team takes a holistic approach that helps clients understand their behaviours, manage real-world challenges, and transition back into daily life.
Reset with Portugal’s Natural Stillness
Set in the peaceful town of Vidago, Foco Saúde offers a space to breathe. Surrounded by gardens, green landscapes, and the region’s thermal waters, the setting naturally encourages calm and reflection. The accommodation is designed to feel comfortable, giving clients a safe place to settle in and focus fully on their recovery.
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Pricing and Program Length
Estimated Center Costs
The cost listed here (€5500/month), is an estimate of program cost. Center price can vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for more information. Recovery.com strives for price transparency so you can make an informed decision.
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Licensed by Portugal
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Meet Your Care Team
Joana Lopes
Deputy Director
Ana Oliveira
Psychologist and Technical Director
Igor Santos
Monitor
Thomas Costa
Monitor
Martin Lima
Monitor
Your Care Options
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Who We Treat
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Treatment Services
Detox
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
Residential
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Nutrition Counseling
Nutritious food helps patients heal from within, setting them up for mental and bodily wellness as they learn about healthy eating.
Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
Languages
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Aftercare
Care Designed for Your Needs
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Pet Friendly
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.
Activities
Off-Site Amenities
Smoking and Vaping Policy
Learn More About the Center
Learn about Foco Saúde
Learn how they blend compassionate, evidence-based care with a peaceful, natural setting and a dedicated team to guide people through lasting recovery.
Treatments
Explore how the therapeutic community here offers psychiatric care, individual and group therapy, dual diagnosis treatment, and more.
International Rehab Experience
Learn how Foco welcomes and supports international clients with multilingual care, treatment plans, and the peaceful setting of Portugal.
Frequently Asked Questions
Discover clear answers to the most practical questions about addiction, recovery, and Foco’s therapeutic community.
What people are saying
Treatment
5.0
Accommodations
5.0
Food & Nutrition
5.0
Value
5.0
Pros
- Supportive Aftercare (2)
- Beautiful Location (2)
Anonymous
Treatment in 2025 • (180+ days) • Reviewed 01/05/26
Loved One of a Former Client
•Luxemburg
Steve S.
Treatment in 2025 • (180+ days) • Reviewed 01/10/26
Former Client
•Luxemburg