Serenity Vista Announces Move to a New Facility
We have been blessed for over 10 years becoming well established in Panama in a great Boquete location. The new home and surrounding gardens provide more space and amenities better suited for Serenity Vista’s continued growth in a magnificently beautiful, tranquil setting. Read the announement here.
Serenity Vista Has A New Home! Published Mar 10, 2023
Serenity Vista Receives Special Recognition as it Marks 10 Years in Panama
Serenity Vista marks 10 successful years in Panama. Recognized as “a five-star rehab that resembles a resort rather than an alcohol and drug recovery center. Its location, staff, and world-class rehab program have helped hundreds of clients end the cycle of alcohol and drug abuse over the past 10 years.” Read the press release here.
Serenity Vista Provides A World-Class Rehab Program to International Clients Seeking to Transform Their Lives in Beautiful Panama, Published Aug 25, 2022
Serenity Vista in Panama Awarded ‘Best Rehab in the Caribbean’ by Worlds Best Rehab Magazine
Worlds Best Rehab Magazine, the definitive guide for International Rehab and Treatment facilities, has awarded the magazine’s highest accolade to Serenity Vista Panama for it is outstanding and transformative work with clients and exceptional success rate over many years. Read the press release here.
Serenity Vista Prestigious Award, Psychreg. Feb 22, 2021
John Derry Talks Addiction
Listen to a podcast of a radio inteview of John Derry of Serenity Vista. John discusses his passion for helping people recover from addiction, how Serenity Vista came about, and the unique treatment approach and high success rates of Serenity Vista in Boquete, Panama.
Serenity Vista Panama: John Derry Talks Addiction, Podcast of Interview Feb 12, 2021: 21.03.2021
World Class Private Alcohol & Drug Rehab Addiction Treatment Center
The mountainous highland region of Boquete, famous for rainbows, flowers, birds, and coffee, is home of Serenity Vista, a World-Class Private Alcohol & Drug Rehab Addiction Treatment Center. For the past 8 years, Serenity Vista has helped numerous people from all over the world to recover from alcoholism and other forms of addiction. Read the article here.
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Restaurant & Tourism Magazine, Nov 26, 2020
One Benefit of COVID-19 on Addiction Treatment
Typically, the 45, 70 or 90 day programs of Serenity Vista private rehab accepts a maximum of 6 guests with a high degree of individual attention and customization. However, due to COVID-19, as part of their current biosafety protocol, the center is now treating a new normal of 3 concurrent guests. This means that each person gets even more intensive individualization and the success rates are consequently extremely high. Read the article here.
PRLog Press Release, October 5, 2020
One of the World’s Top Private Rehabs is Located in Panama
Serenity Vista is featured with illustrations of what makes Serenity Vista stand out as a world leading top private alcohol and drug rehab. Located in Panama of Central America, Serenity Vista offers world class english speaking residential addiction treatment with unique features that attracts guests from across the world. Read the article here.
The Visitor / El Visitante 2019; 25, 13: 18-19
John Derry’s Road to Retreat
This feature article tells the story of John Derry, founder of Serenity Vista. John and his wife Jane set sail on an adventure that would change their lives forever. Read about their exciting journey to starting Serenity Vista and the amazing work done there. Read the full article.
Roads to Retreats Feature Article, January 20, 2019
Serenity Vista Leads Addiction Treatment Field in Accepting Bitcoin
Serenity Vista announces the acceptance of bitcoin as a payment option for alcohol & drug rehab. Bitcoin offers advantages of privacy, security, fast transactions, convenience and low transaction fees. This initiative is consistent with Serenity Vista’s commitment to continually strive to providing the optimal recovery experience for their guests. Read the full article.
Fighting Addictions in Panama
Serenity Vista, located in the mountain town of Boquete, Chiriqui province is a private rehabilitation retreat for in-depth spiritual exploration and transformation, affordable drug rehab and alcohol treatment center.
Their private international retreat and drug rehabilitation programs can help drug addiction, alcoholism…read the full article.
Panama: The Visitor, 2018-10-11 12:16:43, October 11, 2018
Opioid Crisis – Serenity Vista Offers a Comprehensive, Unique Healing Solution
Right now in the United States, 90 people are dying per day from opioid overdose. While this is newsworthy and dramatic, 240 people die daily from alcohol abuse and 1300 die from nicotine related causes. The problem is much larger than the current focus on opiates. Serenity Vista Addiction Recovery Retreat in Panama is making a difference for the much broader issue of addiction. Read more…
North American Report, November 4, 2017
Serenity Vista Evaluation with 4 Star Rating
Read The Fix’s comprehensive evaluation and 4 star review of Serenity Vista. Excerpts of this extensive review include:
“Recover in tropical paradise at this non-institutional, non-medical, 12-step program which offers private, individualized, and affordable luxury treatment.”
“Serenity Vista offers luxury treatment and surroundings at an affordable price.”
“They use an integrative, multi-modal approach: 12-step, spiritual, holistic and clinical. Clients receive individualized attention and privacy during their stay.”
“The program sounds in some respects like it mirrors the physical paradise in which it exists.”
“Most, but not all, of the alumni we surveyed have stayed sober since their stay at Serenity Vista.”
“Most were extremely happy with the experience: ‘Having been in treatment years before I can say these people are really, really special and would recommend this facility to all who are serious about getting honest about their past and present in a non-judgmental way.’ And, ‘I left a different and changed person with a good concept of living sober and how to maintain it with self care.’ “
Serenity Vista Review, The Fix, June 10, 2017
Canadians Making a Difference
Read Geordie Seed’s article on Serenity Vista published in Panama News. Excerpts below:
“I had the good fortune to spend time with this genuine and sincere couple to learn about the oasis they call Serenity Vista.”
“The recovery program includes exercise, such as yoga, spa visits and weekly off premises outdoor excursions and dinners in town as a group.”
“Their holistic and multi-dimensional program is designed to heal the individual, not simply remove one addiction.”
“It became clear to me that their guests who achieve complete sobriety, will be well on their way toward a more meaningful and fulfilling life.”
Serenity Vista Rated One of Top Ten Rehabs in the World
Serenity Vista is was independently rated among the top ten rehabs in the world. Following are a few excerpts:
“Of all places, the Republic of Panama boasts one of the Top Ten private treatment facilities in the world.”
“Serenity Vista with its roots coming from Canada has world class professionals and facilities.”
“Serenity Vista offers a modern approach to recovery and incorporates health and wellness in its approach to a full recovery.”
This distinction places Serenity Vista among the ranks of well established world leaders in addiction treatment including the Betty Ford Center and The Caron Foundation.
Spring Highlights, 2016, Serenity Vista Newsletter
Serenity Vista, I Wish I Would Have Known Before
Lee Zeltzer, Editor, Boquete Panama Guide, interviewed and reviews Serenity Vista Addiction Recovery Rehab of Boquete. Zeltzer describes Serenity Vista as “a serene bed and breakfast at the base of Jaramillo in Boquete, Panama…. willing to accept no more than six guests (their word) at a time. They strive to help them identify their emotional issues and get their lives onto a more positive track.” He goes on to recommend Serenity Vista: ” If you find yourself either needing a retreat as a guest or having a loved one who needs some time to reassemble a life, this is probably worth a try.” Zeltzer makes a strong endorsement: “I can state without equivocation that I wish I had known this type of resource was available to me…. I wish my loved one had this available as an option in the past.“
Interview, Jun 8, 2015, Boquete, Panama
Panamanian Luxury Drug Rehab Offers Expat Program
Panama’s Serenity Vista Residential Addiction Treatment Center has announced a new drug and alcohol rehab program aimed at accommodating the unique needs of American and Canadian Expats including professionals, retirees, immigrants and international travelers. Read the full press release here.
Serenity Vista Offers Cutting Edge Nicotine Cessation
Along with a continuing change in public policy and business practices diminishing the places people can smoke in public, there is also another change around smoking that is coming down the line: the awareness that nicotine addiction is a chronic disease, an addiction, and that successfully quitting smoking, for many, cannot necessarily be accomplished by sheer force of will alone.
The Benefits of Traveling Far Away for Drug Rehab Treatment
Everyday thousands of men and women hop on a plane and fly many miles away from home in order to check into a residential or inpatient drug & alcohol rehab center. They literally set aside everything of value in their lives in order to address this life-shattering malady currently going on in their world. So why is this? Why would they send the kids to grandma’s house for 60 or 90 days while they fly 3,000 miles away for treatment? Why would they take a whole semester off from college and do such a thing? Why would they take a medical leave of absence from work to embark on such a journey? Read more…
Sooper Articles, Jul 1, 2013 – BOQUETE, Panama
Addiction Rehab in Panama Announces Benzo Treatment Program
The luxuriously appointed, surprisingly affordable addiction & alcoholism treatment located along the majestic hills of Boquete, Panama within the Chiriqui Province, announced recently an entirely new rehab track designed for those seeking help with chemical dependency to benzodiazepines. Created specifically for men & women addicted to such antianxiety or anxiolytic sedative drugs as Xanax (Zanax), alprazolam…read more…
Drug Rehab Center Announces Enhanced Men’s Treatment Program
Serenity Vista Treatment Center of Boquete, Panama, a co-ed program, is now offering enhanced men’s treatment services which aim to further improve the overall rate of success within an industry plagued by relapse. And while Serenity Vista is known worldwide as performing far above most other treatment facilities in terms of low rate of relapse, there’s always room for improvement in this field…more
Enhanced Smoking Cessation Program Announced
Having become known as one of the world’s least expensive luxury drug rehab treatment center, the Boquete, Panama rehab is now providing one of the most intensive and highly successful tobacco-smoking cessation programs industry wide. Serenity Vista Treatment Center, a private rehab facility in Boquete, Panama, introduces this new luxury and surprisingly low-cost program on the heels of what has become a major setback for the vast majority of recovering drug addicts and alcoholics worldwide.
Smoking Cessation to be Treated Like Other Addictions
Smoking tobacco is the deadliest of all addictions, yet designated smoking areas are still the norm at most addiction treatment centers around the world. Serenity Vista in Boquete, Panama, is taking the bold step of breaking this tradition, announcing today that it is taking the often unpopular position of deciding to treat the use of nicotine the same as other drug addictions…more
Serenity Vista Panama Endorses Consumer Review Site
Serenity Vista Addiction Rehab-Treatment Center in Boquete, Panama – Priding themselves as one of the most affordable luxury drug and alcohol treatment centers worldwide, Serenity Vista of Boquete, Panama has announced taking proactive measures in response to the ever-growing nature of rampant and unmonitored online consumer reviews and complaints so uniquely prevalent within the addiction & alcoholism treatment industries…more
New Drug Rehab Destination: Panama Welcomes Serenity Vista
When one of Canada’s leading drug rehabs looked for a new home better aligned to their expanded holistic vision of healing, Panama offered the perfect venue. Serenity Vista, now nestled in the mountain highlands of Boquete, land of eternal spring, offers rehab guests unparalled infusion of natural serenity that is transformational….more
