Alternative Treatment International, Inc. is dedicated to providing its clients with the highest level of psychotherapeutic and clinical care. All clinical staff members possess a minimum of a Masters Degree and have years of experience in working with addictions and psycho-emotional disorders. Our clinical staff is also experienced in providing a wide variety of therapeutic techniques, and tailor the clinical therapy to each client's specific disorder and needs. Psychiatric evaluations and medications are provided by our Psychiatrist when indicated, to better understand and meet the needs of each client.

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Please be advised that the Daily Schedule may change according to Program or Client needs.

On the Daily Schedule you will see that Kai Chi Do® is part of the morning schedule at the Clinical Offices. Kai Chi Do® has evolved since Charles Robinson, L.M.H.C. (A.T.I.'s Clinical Director) first developed it in the early 1970s as a form of meditation in action. This work uses wisdom derived from ancient practices of energetic movement, breath, and sound to integrate body, mind, and spirit. Kai Chi Do® is a dynamic experience that invites a collective bond and the formation of community among participants.

Clients receive individual psychotherapy sessions that are designed to uncover and resolve the causes of the problems that have resulted in their addictions or behavioral disorders. Clients also receive individual and specialized groups to uncover and resolve early childhood and adult traumas, as well as building a spiritual understanding and enlightenment that will assist them in their recovery, throughout the rest of their lives.

Psychotherapy sessions are conducted by our Professional Therapists. Our Therapists have a minimum of a Masters Degree, extensive education and training in conducting both individual and group psychotherapy for all addictions and psycho-emotional disorders. Group therapy sessions are designed to assist clients in learning how to overcome their addiction and behavioral problems and strengthen their foundation for a balanced and healthy life. Intensive individual psychotherapy sessions specifically address, uncover and resolve the underlying causes of the problem. Unlike many programs, our focus is on assisting our clients to transform their thinking. It is the thinking that has been producing the dysfunctional behaviors. When thinking changes, behaviors change by themselves. This is the basic premise of Perception Therapy®. (See Perception Therapy® Page)


Perception Therapy® is a unique service developed by Alternative Treatment International that plays a key role in the therapeutic process. The program is designed to assist clients to understand conscious and unconscious learned perceptions and how they shape thinking and behavior. Changing perceptions and thinking about yourself, the world around you as well as your relationship to addictions and psycho-emotional feelings, will enable you to formulate your own conclusions and ultimately make better and more productive choices, leading to a more fulfilling and productive life. Learned perceptions in many cases begin in early childhood and produce thinking that remains in the sub-conscious mind throughout life. Many unproductive behaviors of adulthood begin at this source. These learned perceptions could have been the result of trauma, but may also have been simply concepts taught by parents, friends, teachers, relatives, etc. who have been taught by others, who were taught by others, and on and on.

It must be remembered that traumas are different for everyone and something that may have been traumatic for one may have had no effect on another. Traumas do not always have to be devastating events to produce a stamp on the unconscious mind.

These learned perceptions may not be truth or even your truth, but someone else's perception of truth. As these false perceptions remain in the sub-conscious mind, they produce thinking and behaviors of which you have no conscious understanding. Without a conscious understanding of their origins, it is extremely difficult for most people to analyze and devise appropriate ways to modify your thinking and change behaviors. This is one of the reasons we see such high rates of addiction and emotional relapse.

At Alternative Treatment International, Inc. you will learn to recognize the learned perceptions that have produced the negative thinking and behaviors that you are experiencing. You will be able to practice through Perception Therapy® work sheets, and become proficient at recognizing your learned perceptions, how they produced your thinking, and how your destructive behaviors have been developed. This ongoing practice will enable you to become proficient at changing your thinking from negative to positive, aid in your healing process and eliminate relapse potentials, as well as assisting you in making good choices for your life.


A.T.I. incorporates, into its program, a Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment® approach. Many holistic program philosophies include Mind, Body, Spirit. However, at A.T.I., we take it a step further to include an awareness of the environment as part of the healing process.

The A.T.I. clinical program services include:

Mind - this includes small group therapy, individual therapy, lectures, reading and assignments. Perception Therapy® addresses perceptions that clients have been taught about how they perceive themselves and the world around them. Perceptions may include intelligence, family, learning, reading, thinking, personality, wit, humor, addictions, emotional problems, fears, traumas, etc.

Body - this includes physical fitness, education on physical fitness, nutrition and sports. Perception Therapy® uncovers taught perceptions about body type, weight, eating disorders, diet and dieting, appearance, physical limitations, etc.

Spirit - this includes daily meditation, Yoga, spiritual readings, deep relaxation/guided imagery, and spiritual philosophies. Perception Therapy® examines learned perceptions about spiritual philosophies and practices, spiritual understanding, self-realization, self-empowerment, and a sense of oneness.

Environment - this includes learning to develop a mindful awareness of the environment, healing your own environment through "Aware" living and intentional action. Taking this therapeutic technique a step further, Perception Therapy® looks at perceptions of living environments, the planet, caring for the environment, one's own surroundings, and changing perceptions about the environment which helps to heal the individual.

This comprehensive approach is designed to address all aspects of the healing process utilizing Perception Therapy® techniques that address a change in perception about the Mind-Body-Spirit-Environment®.


Clients are exposed to the use of metaphor (stories) which relate to their problem. Through the use of metaphor, clients are able to form their own conclusion about its meaning, which assists them in making positive changes. The best therapeutic result always occurs when the client is brought to his/her own conclusions. The use of indirect suggestion and Metaphor Therapy enables this process to take place.

Confrontation techniques are NOT utilized by our staff. All therapies are conducted in a loving, caring and clinical manner that enables clients to focus on their individual therapeutic process and specific issues without the added stresses produced by confrontation techniques.

Special group therapy sessions are provided, when indicated for men's and women's issues, dual diagnosis, trauma/abuse, depression, eating disorders, impaired professionals and other specialized groups.

Relapse prevention techniques are taught to all clients with the goal of eliminating relapse potentials which hamper success. See our Perception Therapy® page for more in depth information on our innovative relapse prevention philosophy.


Living Skills Therapy provides clients with the opportunity to perform daily activities alongside others who are also in A.T.I.'s Wellness Program.

Clients are able to plan, along with A.T.I.'s Dietician, ways to shop for and prepare healthy and nutritious meals. Clients experience outings in the local community, as a group, where they practice having fun and enjoying themselves. Prior to coming to A.T.I., many clients isolated, were involved in dysfunctional relationships, experienced stress and anxiety in conducting daily activities, and used drugs, alcohol and prescription medications as coping mechanisms. Since clients have the ability to interact in the local community and experience life in a normal way, any stress, anxiety or emotional issues that arise can be processed within the therapeutic setting. Through this process, clients learn to perceive normal activities in a new way.

Living skills activities include grocery shopping, spa fitness center, yoga center, bookstore, museums, beach, movies, and other recreational/life experiences. A.T.I.'s Staff transports clients to and from any and all activities and remain onsite to support the clients throughout the experience.

Due to this integrative living skills therapy, clients develop, as part of their aftercare planning, a positive and smooth transition from the Program to their home life and community.



ATI Wellness provides addiction treatment to clients from all over the world. We have many state local residents that visit us at our clinic in Florida and we have numerous patients from states such as New York, New Jersey, Texas, North and South Carolina, Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Louisiana, Connecticut, Arizona and California where ATI Wellness is particulairly well known for it's innovative Non 12 Step treatment programs. We welcome patients to our clinic from whatever corner of the world they call home ... and rest assured that at the clinic all of our patients receive exceptional specialized care that will lead to addiction recovery.