Darren Lockie

Darren came to addiction treatment in Thailand after a senior career at Microsoft Asia. He has no personal history of substance use. He led DARA Rehab on Koh Chang, then built Lanna Rehab in Chiang Mai, which makes Jintara his third Thai rehab venture, now among the country's licensed and accredited centres. He opened Jintara in January 2022 to do a smaller, calmer version of the work he had spent more than 15 years building.

Darren has been quoted in the NZ Herald, Bloomberg, CGTN, Recovery.com, and the Jakarta Post on residential addiction treatment in Asia, from his years leading Lanna Rehab. He is candid about the limits of any single rehab. In his own words, "it is very possible you will use this advice and not choose my rehab, and that is ok." If a client would be a better fit elsewhere, he says so.

Today, Darren keeps the group small, around 10 adults at a time, and screens every admission himself. He covers the cost of the Day 2 hospital workup, bloods, EKG, chest X-ray, and liver and kidney panel, at his own expense, because no one should start treatment without one. He works closely with the small Chiang Mai team on safe detox, strong medical links with Bangkok Hospital, and the kind of straight-talking care that makes Jintara feel different from a larger centre.