Our Story

We’re passionate about redefining the recovery experience allowing you to live life uninterrupted.

With years of experience supporting individuals and families, we recognised a gap in traditional approaches to recovery. We wanted to create something different—something accessible, empowering, and tailored to real-life needs.

We love what we do, and building REHABIT has been a dream shaped by compassion, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to the people we serve. Recovery is deeply personal, and that’s why we spend time crafting evidence-based tools, personalised programs, and flexible pathways that truly meet people where they are.

Our goal is simple: to empower you to reclaim your life while living it uninterrupted. Whether you’re taking your first steps or looking for support to stay on track, REHABIT offers a space to grow, heal, and thrive—on your terms.

Let’s walk this journey together.

Meet Ilka – Founder of REHABIT

Our Vision and Mission

Mission: To redefine recovery by making it accessible, empowering, and sustainable—because true recovery happens when you can live life uninterrupted.

Vision: A world where recovery is accessible to all, empowering individuals to build fulfilling lives through connection, resilience, and self-determined goals.

Your Recovery Team

Expertise Meets Experience: Our team blends clinical knowledge and real-life insights for holistic recovery support.

At REHABIT, we believe recovery is best supported by a team that combines professional expertise with lived experience. That’s why our team is made up of a unique mix of DAPAANZ-accredited Mental Health and Addiction Practitioners and Peer Support Specialists who have walked their own recovery journey. This collaboration ensures that you receive both evidence-based care and the understanding, guidance, and connection that comes from real-life experience.

Our Values

REHABIT isn’t just a name—it’s a set of principles that guide our team in delivering a recovery experience that’s empowering, accessible, and transformative.

Resilience: We help you build the strength to overcome challenges and sustain recovery long-term through our expertly developed ACT, CBT, and DBT exercises, one-on-one therapy sessions, and by staying committed to your personalised treatment plan.

Holistic Care: We address every aspect of your life—mental, physical, emotional, and social—to ensure comprehensive recovery. Through our comprehensive assessment, we identify challenges and take inventory of your available recovery capital, creating a clear path to lasting change.

Empathy: We meet you with understanding, compassion, and support, wherever you are in your journey. Our team includes Peer Support Specialists with lived experience, ensuring you’re guided by those who truly understand.

Accountability: We foster a sense of ownership and commitment to help you achieve your goals through a comprehensive, in-depth treatment plan, structured exercises, and daily group therapy sessions that keep you engaged and on track.

Balance: We integrate recovery into your life, allowing you to heal while maintaining work, family, and personal commitments. Our technology ensures our app is accessible anywhere, anytime, on all your devices, making recovery seamless and convenient.

Integrity: We uphold the highest standards of care, professionalism, and trust in every interaction. Guided by New Zealand’s robust frameworks and legislations—such as the HPCA Act, the Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers' Rights, and Dapaanz standards—our team operates with transparency, cultural competence, and ethical excellence. This ensures your recovery journey is safe, equitable, and aligned with best practices.

Transformation: We empower you to reclaim your life and create meaningful, lasting change. Our comprehensive services—including the Balancing the Circle assessment, ad hoc therapy sessions, family therapy, and 28-day program—provide the tools and support you need to achieve a healthier, more fulfilling future.

A message from our founder

Recovery is deeply personal. REHABIT is more than a professional mission for me. As a mental health and addiction practitioner, I’ve seen how addiction impacts not only individuals but also the families and communities around them.

But my passion for this work stems from my own life experience. I witnessed my sister’s courageous battle with drug and alcohol addiction. I saw her strength and determination, but also the disruption caused by traditional recovery methods. She was pulled away from her life, her loved ones, and the routines that gave her purpose—all to navigate a recovery process that often felt disconnected from reality.

Recovery isn’t about escaping your life—it’s about reclaiming it, one step at a time, with the people and routines that make it meaningful.

- Ilka Cave Founder of Rehabit

This inspired me to create REHABIT—a program designed to seamlessly integrate recovery into the fabric of daily life, not separate you from loved ones, your career and all you hold dear.

This insight inspired me to create REHABIT—a program designed to meet people where they are, weaving recovery into the fabric of their daily routines to make it empowering, accessible, and sustainable.

Our Mission is simple yet transformative. To help people reclaim their life whilst living uninterrupted.

Whether you’re seeking support for yourself or someone you care about, REHABIT is here to guide you toward lasting change—one that aligns with the life you want to lead. Because recovery isn’t about leaving behind the people, places, and routines that matter most; it’s about rediscovering and transforming them.

REHABIT Giving Back

Recovery should be accessible to everyone. Through our sponsorship program, we’re helping to make that a reality.

At REHABIT, we believe that financial barriers should never stand in the way of someone’s recovery. That’s why we’re proud to offer sponsorship opportunities for clients who are unable to afford our full program cost. Through this initiative, we aim to provide life-changing support to those who need it most.

How It Works:

Submit a Motivation Letter: Share your story and why REHABIT is the right path for your recovery journey.
Assessment Process: Each application is carefully reviewed by our team, ensuring we allocate sponsorships where they can make the greatest impact.
Access to Recovery: Selected clients will receive access to our 28-day online recovery program at a significantly reduced cost, allowing them to contribute toward their recovery journey while receiving financial support.

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