Inside The Priory where Katie Price will spend £5,000-a-week to get help after drink and drug binges
KATIE Price is preparing to spend 28 days in The Priory where she'll get help following her drink and drug binges.
The former glamour model is checking into the £5,000-a-week rehab facility tomorrow to battle post-traumatic stress disorder.
It's one of the most famous clinics in the world known for its A-lister client.
Stars plagued by alcohol or drug abuse, as well as eating disorders are often seen checking in to battle their demons.
Celebrity guests at The Priory include Ant McPartlin, Lily Allen, Paul Gascoigne, Kate Moss, Sinead O’Connor and Amy Winehouse.
Gail Porter famously slammed the clinic after being treated there in 2005, claiming she was compared to a car because her "engine wasn't working properly".
The facility, which also offers help in online addictions such as gambling, sex and shopping, is based in Roehampton inside a building built in 1811.
After starting out as a private home it was converted into a hospital in 1872 making it London's oldest private psychiatric hospital.
The Priory can treat up to 90 patients at a time at a cost of around £5,000 a week, depending on what therapy is needed.
Around 2,500 people a year will check in, with around 70 per cent referred by the NHS.
The Priory focuses on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, which is a type of talking therapy aiming to help people manage their problems by changing the way they think.
What is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy?
COGNITIVE Behavioural Therapy is a type of talking therapy.
It aims to help people manage their problems by changing the way they think.
The therapy is based on the concept that thoughts, feelings, physical sensations and actions are all interconnected - and negative thoughts can trap you in a vicious cycle.
During CBT sessions, the therapist will encourage their patient to break their seemingly overwhelming problems into smaller parts.
It deals wholly with current problems, rather than focusing on issues from the patient's past.
The CBT therapist will look for practical ways for the patient to improve their state of mind on a daily basis.
CBT can be used to treat a whole range of mental health conditions either instead of, or alongside, medical treatment.
Last year a watchdog warned it was failing to keep its patients safe after it was given a grade of "requires improvement" by the Care Quality Commission.
Inspectors found a shortage of nurses and a number of fixtures and fittings that suicidal patients could use to hang themselves.
There were also blind spots on wards, within the Grade II-listed building, where staff were unable to properly observe patients.
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