A safe, supportive and caring team of professionals to aid recovery from any substance addiction

OUR PURPOSE

As a private provider of residential and outpatient addiction treatment, our clinics provide a safe, confidential and supportive environment for those affected by addiction, initiating their road to recovery – one step at a time.

Through our person-centred and responsive approach – we focus everything we do around each unique individual, helping them to make better and informed choices for now and the future.

We offer fully residential addiction treatment at The Lighthouse Clinic in Essex, complemented by our outpatient, therapy and consultation clinics in London and Birmingham, ensuring comprehensive care wherever you are in your addiction recovery journey.

Our Vision and values

Positive

Person-centred

Responsive

Safe

Our Step By Step Recovery team of professionals

Danielle Byatt

Treatment Director & Co-founder

Verna Hawes

Family Recovery Coach

Charlotte Neave

Hospitality Team

Dr Nik Mann MBChB MRCS MRCGP

Private GP

Rachel Marshall MSc, RGN, V300

Nurse Prescriber

Dr Okon Frankson Umoh

Consultant Psychiatrist

Caragh Arthur MSc BSc MCIPD PGCert

Director of Operations

Admissions Coordinator

Alongside our personalised treatment  and therapy programme, we offer:

Fully Residential

Around-the-clock care

Medical detox unit (Essex)

Extended family support

Aftercare support service

Nutritious food cooked  by our chefs

Person-centred, medically supervised care

Highly experienced team

Just like our outpatient and residential treatment, our addiction aftercare programme is also individually designed to support and maintain lasting recovery. We continue working with each and every one of our clients even after they complete their programme, in order to give them ongoing support designed to help each client maintain their recovery.

What makes our residential clinic different?

The Lighthouse Clinic in Essex provides clients with a safe, supportive and comfortable environment, the perfect setting for those who are finally ready to find recovery from addiction.

Our holistic and person-centred rehabilitation approach includes both traditional and alternative methods of addiction treatment, helping clients to heal from their experiences and learn to live as the best version of themselves.

Part of our programme includes:

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT)
Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT)
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Mindfulness
Relapse Prevention

We know that no two people are the same, which is why no single treatment approach can be expected to work for everyone. Instead, our dedicated team of therapists work hard to adjust each person’s treatment plan according to what’s most relevant to them.

Our residential facilities

At Step By Step Recovery, we have taken care of every detail to ensure that your stay with us is as comfortable as possible. We offer a very high standard of accommodation and living at an affordable price. Everything at our residential Lighthouse rehab is freshly renovated to the highest modern specification, and includes the following facilities. We currently have rehab facilities in Essex and consultation clinics in London. In terms of the facilities in Essex we have the following…

10 beds in total bedrooms of varying cost.
3 twin rooms for same sex sharers with own ensuite facilities.
3 private single rooms with easy access to shared bathroom and shower facilities.
1 luxury private single room with ensuite facilities of shower and toilet.

All bedrooms are decorated to a high standard and have a high specification of furniture included; they are bright, light, airy and very comfortable

Our testimonials

I spent just over five weeks at the Lighthouse to start my recovery journey from alcohol addiction. I had been in another residential treatment centre previously, but without success. The staff at the Lighthouse worked hard with me to address reasons for my relapse and also encouraged me to embrace my recovery with positivity rather than the shame I felt. Together we worked out a programme going forward to achieve ongoing sobriety. I follow that programme today and I’ve been sober for months. I feel very confident for prolonged success too. This achievement, I never thought possible. The support from the Lighthouse staff is unwavering. I couldn’t recommend this centre highly enough. The food is amazing, the therapy sessions are excellent and the centre (outside therapy hours) is relaxed with much love and laughter. A few of my fellow residents are now very dear friends!

CMcL, Google Review, 2025

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