Intensive Addiction Treatment with Independent Living

Intensive addiction treatment with independent living means receiving outpatient therapy in our outpatient San Diego area office while, as the name suggests, living independently. When the therapy session(s) is completed on a given day, the client leaves the office and goes about his/her ordinary business. If the client is a Visitor, he/she leaves the office and occupies him/herself as he/she sees fit until the next session(s).

Our two primary programs that offer Intensive Treatment with Independent Living are Treatment In Residence and our Visitors Program.

Treatment in Residence

Treatment-in-residence combines intensive outpatient treatment with residence in a sober living home.  The focus on treatment-in-residence is primarily on individual psychotherapy with our world-class addiction treatment team.  This program is normally 30 days or longer, but any length of stay is acceptable.  The primary reasons for choosing treatment-in-residence over residential addiction rehab are:

• Lower cost
• Greater personal freedom

Treatment in Residence for Young Adults

For young adults, the focus of the treatment can be shifted to include life coaching on basic life skills (in addition to our focuses on motivation, craving, problem-solving, relationships, lifestyle balance, and living with purpose). For many young adults the foundations for adulthood may still need development. Therefore, as needed we focus on:

• Health habits and lifestyle (including proper sleep, exercise and nutrition)
• Basic communication skills and the capacity to express and assert oneself with confidence
• Emotional self-management
• Impulse control
• Money management
• Coping with stress and change
• Personal safety, personal care, basic household skills
• Cooperation and working within families, groups and organizations.
• Remedial work in reading, writing, arithmetic and other basic academic skills,
• Coping with learning disabilities, other mental health issues

Visitors Program