Chateau's Six Dimensions of Wellness
- Apr 1, 2022
- 6 min read
Updated: Oct 31, 2025
Effective recovery and long-term wellness mean looking at more than just one aspect of your life. This comprehensive approach recognizes that addiction and mental health challenges often have multiple underlying causes, all interconnected. By addressing every part of your well-being, you can build a strong foundation for lasting change and a healthier future.
What are the Six Dimensions of Wellness?
The Six Dimensions of Wellness are a holistic framework covering every aspect of a person's life: Daily Wellness, Relationship Wellness, Family Systems Wellness, Mental and Emotional Wellness, Physical Wellness, and Spiritual Wellness. This multi-dimensional approach helps identify and treat the root causes of addiction and mental health issues for a more complete recovery.
Curious to learn more about how each dimension can impact your recovery journey? Keep reading to explore how a well-rounded approach can help you uncover underlying issues, rebuild a solid foundation, and create a healthier, more fulfilling life.
At Chateau Recovery, we do not just treat one part of yourself, but your whole self. The Six Dimensions of Wellness cover every aspect of your life that could require work. In this article, we will explore why it is important to cover all of the bases, and what each dimension represents.
Chateau's Six Dimensions of Wellness: Addressing the Root Cause
Wellness is not just taking care of one part of your life that is out of sync. You need to look at every single part of your life and determine what is unhealthy and what is not working.
People are multi-dimensional, which is why Chateau Recovery takes a well-rounded approach to your care and healing.
There might be multiple parts of your life that are fueling substance use and worsening mental health. Focusing on each different dimension of wellness allows us to zero in to the underlying problems that might be holding you back from reaching your full potential.
By making sure we evaluate every part of the purpose, we make sure that nothing slips through the cracks. Taking the time to look at your life can lower your chance of relapse because an important problem could be missed in treatment.
#1: Daily Wellness
This type of wellness covers what will be most important in your daily life. The areas of your daily life that might be impacted are employment, education, finances, and housing. It can also include how you spend your day and what motivates you. When we address this part of wellness, we are looking at how things in your daily life contribute to your stress levels, mood, and substance use.
This type of wellness just covers the surface, but having a stable day-to-day can create a good foundation to dig deeper and reconstruct your life.
Often, this area of life is disorganized. You might lack the structure you need to function on a daily basis. Taking a look at this part of your life can help us determine what parts of your life need that structure.
#2: Relationship Wellness
This type of relationship is about the bonds you build with others. This covers relationships other than just romantic ones – that is a different type of wellness.
This one specifically covers your support system and the quality of your friendships. If you struggle to keep healthy friendships or do not have a reliable support network, then this type of wellness will get some focus.
It is common for people to not have the best connections. You might have toxic friends who enable your addiction, or you might have very shallow friendships and struggle to get deeper. Relational wellness takes a look at that part of your life, determining where you need to grow.
Family systems cover both your immediate family, your extended family, and how you deal with those relationships. When focusing on this type of wellness, the main focus will be on your ability to communicate with your family, how well you can enforce and maintain healthy boundaries, and how to form an interdependent bond.
This can cover your relationship with your partner or spouse, your relationship with your parents or extended family members, and your relationship with your children. This type of wellness is separate from relationship wellness because how you relate with your family might be different from how you relate with your friends or your support system outside of your family. The issues between family might be deeper than other social struggles you might have.
#4: Mental and Emotional Wellness
Substance use is directly tied to mental health. As our client, you will go through a screening process where we evaluate your mental health and the best course of treatment. Substance use is often a symptom of something much deeper.
All of our staff is trauma-informed, meaning we approach your care while considering a possible history of trauma and abuse. This part of the Six Dimensions of Wellness also helps you better understand your emotions and rebuild your self-esteem, which could both potentially halt healing, if ignored.
#5: Physical Wellness
Your mind and body are interconnected, meaning if your body is not well, then your brain will not be well. We tackle physical wellness by educating you on your brain health and about substance abuse. Since successful recovery has been linked to frequent physical activity, we also help you build the habit of daily exercise.
Another important part of this section of wellness is nutrition. Eating nutritiously has an enormous effect on your mental health. It may be tempting for you to not eat nutritiously and deny your body of important nutrients that keep you going. At Chateau, we offer nutrition education, helping you to make the right choices.
#6 Spiritual Wellness
The last type of wellness addresses how you view the bigger picture. It is important to understand that this does not mean we expect you to become religious. Spirituality and religion are not the same. It is important to also focus on spiritual wellness because seeing the bigger picture can help you accept what is not in your control, as well as give you a purpose in life.
We specifically tackle topics like mindfulness, gratitude, ego, and awareness. During this type of wellness, we challenge you to ask and answer the bigger questions in life. This type of wellness is intrinsic to your entire health. By having any type of spiritual connection, whether it be with a higher power, the entirety of humanity, or just with yourself, you can learn a lot more about yourself.
Frequently Ask Questions:
• What is the purpose of addressing all six dimensions?
Addressing all six dimensions of wellness ensures that all underlying problems that might be holding you back from reaching your full potential are identified and treated, which can lower your chance of relapse.
• How is relationship wellness different from family systems wellness?
Relationship wellness focuses on your friendships and support network outside of your family, while family systems wellness covers your relationships with your immediate and extended family.
• Does spiritual wellness require me to be religious?
No, spiritual wellness is not the same as religion. It focuses on finding a purpose, practicing mindfulness, and understanding the "bigger picture" of life, regardless of your religious beliefs.
• How does physical wellness connect to mental health?
Your mind and body are interconnected. When your physical health is not well, your brain health can also be negatively impacted. Regular physical activity and good nutrition are key to supporting both.
• What does mental and emotional wellness cover?
Mental and emotional wellness focuses on your mental health, understanding your emotions, and rebuilding your self-esteem, with a special emphasis on addressing any history of trauma or abuse.
If you or a loved one are struggling and feel ready to explore the six dimensions of wellness, we're here to help. At Chateau Health and Wellness Treatment Center, we believe in a holistic, personalized approach to recovery that addresses every part of your life. Our team is dedicated to helping you build a strong foundation for lasting change. We invite you to take the first step with us today. Please call us at (435) 222-5225 to learn more about how we can support you on your journey to healing and wholeness.
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About The Author
Ben Pearson, LCSW - Clinical Director
With 19 years of experience, Ben Pearson specializes in adolescent and family therapy, de-escalation, and high-risk interventions. As a former Clinical Director of an intensive outpatient program, he played a key role in clinical interventions and group therapy. With 15+ years in wilderness treatment and over a decade as a clinician, Ben has helped countless individuals and families navigate mental health and recovery challenges.
