Shalom House

Shalom House
Founded2012
FounderPeter Lyndon-James
PurposeDrug rehabilitation
Location
  • Swan Valley, Western Australia
Coordinates31°48′49.4″S 115°59′03.4″E / 31.813722°S 115.984278°E / -31.813722; 115.984278 (Shalom House)
Shalom House is located in Perth
Shalom House
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Shalom House, Perth, W.A.
CEO
Peter Lyndon-James
Key people
  • Mike Price
  • Craig Dorrington
  • Stephen Wilkinson
  • Amanda Lyndon-James
Revenue (2023)
$4,165,082.00
Expenses (2023)$3,416,633.00
Staff50+
Websitewww.shalomhouse.com.au

Shalom House is an unaccredited Christian faith-based drug rehabilitation facility[1] located in the Swan Valley about 23 kilometres north of Perth in Western Australia. Operating since 2012, it claims to be the strictest rehabilitation centre in Australia[2] and utilises an ineffectual tough love model to treat residents.[1] While they have stated they are the most successful rehabilitation centre in Australia, they do not track statistics relating to the success rate of the program and rely on anecdotal evidence to support their claim. Publicly available information indicates the success rate of the program is less than 5 per cent.[3] Drug and alcohol experts have stated that the drug treatment field moved away from tough love treatments over 30 years ago due to the lack of evidence supporting them in favour of more successful, evidence-based practices.[4][5] Residents are required to attend three church services a week and the founder, Peter Lyndon-James, has stated that he converts all residents to Christianity within two days of entering the program.[6][7]

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