San Diego County Treatment Centers

Teen Challenge San Diego provides faith-based residential substance use treatment in San Diego, California. Part of the national Teen Challenge network, the program offers a long-term Christian discipleship model combining spiritual formation with life-skills development and vocational training. Teen Challenge is a nonprofit organization serving adults.

Evolve Teen Outpatient Treatment provides intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programming for adolescents ages 12–17 in Del Mar, California. Evolve specializes in evidence-based treatment for teens struggling with substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions, offering dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), family therapy, and academic support. The program is designed to allow teens to continue attending school while receiving structured treatment. Evolve accepts private insurance.

Boardwalk Recovery Center provides intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programming in San Diego's Pacific Beach neighborhood. Its clinical addiction services combine therapeutic modalities with experiential therapies, and the center maintains an insurance coverage guide to help prospective clients understand their benefits. The program accepts private insurance and military insurance.

Community Research Foundation (CRF) operates residential behavioral health programs across San Diego County, including the Advance North and Advance San Diego residential facilities, Casa Pacifica, and the Areta Crowell Wellness Recovery Center. CRF provides psychiatric residential treatment with a focus on psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery. Accepted payment includes Medi-Cal and Medicare.

Evolve Cole Ranch in Encinitas, California, is a residential treatment program for adolescents ages 12–17 with mental health conditions, substance use, and co-occurring disorders. Founded in 2014, Evolve offers industry-leading programming including dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and a neuroaffirming track for autistic teens. The center does not accept Medi-Cal or Medicaid and provides free insurance verification.

Present Moments Recovery is a CARF-accredited, DHCS-licensed provider whose detox and residential programs run at its San Marcos location, with PHP, IOP and medication-assisted treatment continuing at a Carlsbad clinic under what it describes as one connected clinical team. The provider reports more than ten years in practice, treats opioid and fentanyl use alongside co-occurring conditions, and uses naltrexone or Vivitrol where clinically appropriate. Private insurance is accepted, including Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Anthem, TRICARE and TriWest; the center states on its own site that it does not accept Medicare or Medi-Cal.

Kali West LLC provides residential treatment, detoxification in Carlsbad, California. The program accepts private insurance and military insurance.

AMFM Mental Health Treatment provides residential mental health care in Carlsbad, CA. The program specializes in treating adults with primary mental health conditions including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma, and co-occurring substance use. The program accepts private insurance.

Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program provides residential mental health treatment in San Diego, California, specializing in mood disorders and anxiety conditions for adults and adolescents. The program is part of the Center for Discovery network and offers structured residential care with psychiatric oversight. Private insurance is accepted.

TURN Behavioral Health Services, operated by Mental Health Systems, provides intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) in California. The program serves adults and adolescents with substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions, offering cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and family therapy as part of a community-based approach. TURN accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, military insurance, and state-financed coverage.

Evolve Teen Treatment Center provides residential mental health and substance use treatment for adolescents in La Mesa, California. The program offers evidence-based therapies including DBT, CBT, and family therapy in a structured, supportive environment tailored to teenage developmental needs.

Pacific Bay Recovery provides addiction treatment in San Diego, California. The program offers 24/7 admissions support with free insurance verification and a structured intake process. Treatment includes medically supervised detox and residential rehabilitation in a confidential setting.

AMFM Mental Health Treatment provides residential care for adults with mental health and co-occurring substance use disorders in Fallbrook, California. The program offers a holistic approach with individual therapy, group counseling, and wellness-based activities. Treatment addresses anxiety, depression, trauma, and substance use in a structured residential setting.

Evolve Adolescent Behavioral Health has provided teen and adolescent treatment for mental health and addiction since 2014. Its San Diego-area Dove Song location offers residential treatment, including a newly opened neuroaffirming program designed specifically for autistic teens. Evolve accepts Medicaid and private insurance. Free assessments are available by calling 1-800-665-4769. Treatment integrates evidence-based therapies including CBT and DBT in a setting designed for adolescents.

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The Third Avenue Clinic provides medically supervised detox and maintenance programs to individuals who are attempting to overcome an addiction to heroin, prescription painkillers or other drugs.

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Affordable drug and alcohol rehab and detox, for adult men and women.