Pearl of the Sea Retreat

About Pearl of the Sea Retreat

The Augustine Recovery Center is a leading provider of alcohol and drug addiction treatment services. We offer a variety of programs and services to meet the needs of our clients, including inpatient and outpatient rehab, dual diagnosis treatment, sober living homes, and much more. Our goal is to provide our clients with the tools and resources they need to overcome addiction and lead healthy, productive lives.

Addiction Treatment Programs

Alcohol Rehab
The goal of an alcohol rehab in Florida is to give you the tools and skills you need to achieve long-term recovery. Alcohol rehab may include detox, inpatient treatment, and/or outpatient care. You’ll learn the roots of addiction and learn how to build a substance-free life.
Dual Diagnosis
Mental health concerns and substance use are often linked, which is known as a dual diagnosis. The right rehab in Florida can help you break free. A dual diagnosis program uses evidence-based approaches to help you overcome both your mental health concerns and substance use. This may include mental health medication, counseling, and more.
Opioid Addiction
In Florida, rehab provides a combination of therapy and education to help clients overcome opioid addiction. In an opioid treatment program, you’ll not only receive treatment, but you’ll participate in activities, receive peer support, and learn how to have fun without substance use.
Adult Program
An adult program in Florida addresses the recovery needs of clients in this life stage and gives them the tools they need to succeed. An adult program gives you the skills you need to overcome addiction and address the unique challenges of managing your work, relating to your family, raising children, and balancing a variety of other responsibilities
Men's Rehab
Men’s rehab programs in Florida address the unique needs of men in a safe, gender-specific environment. A men’s program gives you the skills you need to overcome addiction and address challenges such as family relationships, fatherhood, emotional management, and more.
Young Adult Rehab
Young people need unique support, and a young adult rehab in the state of Florida helps them learn new life skills while overcoming addiction. A young adult program gives you the skills you need to overcome addiction and address the unique challenges of transitioning from the teen years to adulthood.
Dual Diagnosis Treatment
Pearl of the Sea Retreat treats substance use alongside co-occurring depression, anxiety, PTSD, and bipolar disorder, integrating mental health care into residential and outpatient programming in St. Augustine.
Alcohol Addiction Program
This St. Augustine retreat treats alcoholism through residential and outpatient levels of care, combining CBT, DBT, and holistic supports like yoga and meditation for adult clients.
Opioid Addiction Program
Pearl of the Sea Retreat specializes in opioid addiction treatment, offering medication-assisted treatment alongside counseling for adults working through withdrawal and long-term recovery.
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
MAT is offered at Pearl of the Sea Retreat to support clients managing opioid or alcohol dependence, paired with individual and group counseling during residential treatment in St. Johns County.
Men's Program
Pearl of the Sea Retreat offers programming designed for adult men working through alcohol, opioid, or other substance use disorders in a residential, retreat-style setting near St. Augustine.
Women's Program
Adult women receive substance use and dual-diagnosis treatment at Pearl of the Sea Retreat, with access to trauma therapy and holistic supports within a coastal Florida retreat environment.

Insurance Coverage

Private insurance
One of the best ways to pay for rehab in Florida is to use private insurance, which can pay for some or all of the cost. Contact your insurer to get full details, such as what centers are in-network with your plan and what out-of-pocket costs you might be responsible for.
Self-pay options
Using self-pay in Florida to pay for rehab means writing a check, using a medical loan, or having money electronically sent to the treatment center. Be sure to check on the fee structure, which may depend on the level of care.

Levels of Care

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Inpatient Rehab
Pearl of the Sea Retreat provides residential inpatient care in St. Augustine, offering a structured, retreat-style environment for adults working through alcohol, opioid, or other substance use disorders.
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Aftercare Support
Aftercare in Florida is focused on helping you access the resources and ongoing support you need to stay sober long-term. Aftercare may include connections to 12-step and other support groups, housing and employment resources, community recovery centers, and more.
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Sober Living Homes
During sober living in Florida, clients will receive ongoing support that makes it easier to practice their new habits and maintain recovery. Sober living may provide resources such as connections to 12-step and other support groups, employment resources, info about community recovery centers, and more.
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Intervention Services
Don’t be afraid to use intervention in Florida to help your loved one face the truth and decide to seek help. Professionals can work with your family, arrange the intervention, facilitate the discussion, and help your loved one transition into rehab.
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Detox Treatment
Detox services at Pearl of the Sea Retreat address withdrawal from alcohol, benzodiazepines, opioids, and other substances, providing a starting point before residential or outpatient care begins.
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Partial Hospitalization Program
The PHP track at this St. Johns County facility offers structured daily programming for clients needing intensive support while living outside the residential setting.
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Outpatient Rehab
Pearl of the Sea Retreat offers Intensive Outpatient and standard Outpatient programming, allowing adult men and women to continue therapy and dual-diagnosis support while transitioning back to daily life.

Therapies

Cognitive Behavior Therapy
Cognitive behavioral therapy in Florida gives you tools to challenge your thinking patterns. During treatment, you’ll examine common thought distortions, identify learned negative behaviors, and develop the skills necessary to consciously choose a different reaction to each situation.
Creative Arts Therapy
In Florida, creative arts therapy is a holistic therapy that is widely used in addiction treatment alongside other treatment approaches. During treatment, the art therapist may ask you to draw specific things related to recovery, help you interpret your feelings, and guide you in building toward new habits.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical behavioral therapy in Florida gives you tools to learn new behaviors to improve and change your life. During treatment, you’ll unlearn unwanted thoughts and behaviors, practice and reinforce positive coping strategies, and empower yourself to create the life you want.
Family Therapy
Family therapy sessions help loved ones understand addiction and dual-diagnosis needs, supporting communication and healing alongside a client’s residential or outpatient treatment at Pearl of the Sea Retreat.
Group Therapy
Group sessions at Pearl of the Sea Retreat give adult men and women a peer setting to process recovery challenges together, supporting connection and shared accountability during treatment.
Individual Therapy
One-on-one counseling sessions at this St. Augustine retreat address personal history, addiction patterns, and mental health needs, forming a core part of the residential and outpatient programming.
Recreational Therapy
Receiving recreational therapy in Florida helps you develop the ability to cooperate, manage stress, and create a better life for yourself. During treatment, the recreational therapist will have specific activities and games that will challenge you, require teamwork, and allow you to build confidence in your ability to succeed.
Trauma Therapy
Trauma-focused counseling addresses PTSD and related conditions often underlying substance use, integrated into the coastal St. Augustine retreat’s broader dual-diagnosis treatment approach.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Pearl of the Sea Retreat uses CBT to help clients in St. Augustine identify thought patterns tied to substance use, building coping strategies for triggers encountered during and after residential treatment.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
DBT at Pearl of the Sea Retreat supports emotional regulation and distress tolerance for clients managing addiction alongside co-occurring conditions such as depression, anxiety, or bipolar disorder.
Art Therapy
Art therapy offers a creative, non-verbal outlet for processing emotions tied to addiction and trauma, complementing the clinical counseling offered at this St. Johns County retreat-style facility.
Yoga
Yoga sessions at Pearl of the Sea Retreat support physical and emotional grounding, offered as part of a holistic approach alongside traditional counseling for substance use and mental health conditions.
Meditation
Meditation practice is incorporated into programming to help clients build mindfulness skills, reduce stress, and support recovery from alcohol, opioid, or other substance use disorders.
Motivational Interviewing
Motivational interviewing techniques help clients at Pearl of the Sea Retreat strengthen personal commitment to recovery from alcoholism, opioid addiction, or other substance use during treatment.
12-Step
Pearl of the Sea Retreat incorporates 12-Step principles into its treatment approach, giving clients in St. Augustine a structured, peer-supported framework for ongoing addiction recovery.
Animal Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
Fitness Therapy