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Serving La Jolla (San Diego) and the world
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Practical Recovery is a boutique practice serving clients with high standards. Many addiction treatment facilities place business first, and practice second. Business is easier and more profitable with fixed lengths of stay, one-size-fits-all group-oriented programs, and under-qualified, low-paid staff as the primary service providers, but quality care suffers. We are owned and operated by psychologists and other health professionals, and know how to place clinical care first. Addiction is a practical problem requiring practical solutions. Every road to recovery is different. "What would work for you?"
Practical Recovery provides extraordinary value. Only the finest residential addiction treatment facilities approach our quality of care. They cost over twice as much. After you have identified facilities of interest to you, call us for a point-by-point comparison. Our business costs are low. We have long-standing referral sources, excellent word-of-mouth advertising, and a highly efficient clinical operation. Your fees go almost entirely to providing your care. Traditional addiction treatment providers usually ignore us. Now that you are reading our website we are no longer the “secret” they would prefer us to be!
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Treatment-in-Residence
The intensity of residential treatment, but with complete flexibility. All private rooms. Ideal for individuals with complex lives or time restrictions. If you think you need the “containment” of a secluded facility, how ready to change are you? Our Treatment-in-Residence option allows you to have what is often an ideal course of treatment. After your initial stay (typically several weeks), return home to test out your new behaviors, but return here for booster sessions (days to weeks) as needed. Receive a free session with Dr. Horvath if you complete our Treatment Planner and attend intensive treatment here (some restrictions apply):
Treatment-in-Residence Alcohol and Addiction Treatment Planner
For clients who elect to live there, our residence offers community support, family-style meals, and a peaceful and restorative environment. It is a therapeutic experience in itself.
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Outpatient
Primarily for San Diego residents: Any level of treatment intensity, assessments, housecalls, phone sessions, out-of-state DUI’s.
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Collaborative addiction treatment with Practical Recovery includes:
- Six primary focuses: craving, motivation, problem-solving, relationships, lifestyle balance, and meaning in life (based on your own ultimate values and beliefs)
- Unlimited one-on-one sessions (including couples and family sessions; groups available but not required)
- The finest professional staff in the industry (choose whom you want to see)
- The broadest array of services, including holistic services (choose which services you want)
- Completely flexible scheduling
- Services for all related issues ("dual diagnosis," including trauma, anxiety, depression, eating-related disorders, bipolar disorder, attention-related disorders, and relationship problems)
- The option of bringing your entire family for individual, couple and family work
Practical Recovery was founded in 1985 by Dr. Tom Horvath, author of Sex, Drugs, Gambling & Chocolate: A Workbook for Overcoming Addictions, President 1995-2008 of SMART Recovery (smartrecovery.org) and President 1999-2000 of the American Psychological Association’s Division on Addictions (apa.org, Division 50), the world’s largest organization of addiction psychologists.
Take one self-empowering step to a life worth living. Call us today to discuss your unique situation. We are very different than traditional alcohol and addiction treatment. We view addiction as a practical problem requiring practical solutions. Be prepared to think about recovery in radically new ways!
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