California Outpatient Rehabs

Advanced Therapeutic Services runs outpatient addiction and behavioral health treatment from two Southern California sites, in Barstow and Rancho Mirage. Its clinical lineage is unusual for an outpatient program: co-founder Jim Herndon co-authored an abstract in the ASAM Journal of Addictive Diseases in 2005 finding that buprenorphine detoxification improved patient retention, and that protocol went on to be recognized nationally as a model for opiate detox. Josie Ramirez-Herndon, the founder and chief executive, has worked in behavioral health and addiction services since 1987. The program is a Blue Distinction Center by Anthem Blue Cross and holds CARF accreditation.

Feather River Tribal Health provides intensive outpatient substance use treatment in Oroville, California, serving American Indian and Alaska Native communities. The tribal health organization offers behavioral health services, substance use programming, and wellness outreach alongside its medical clinics in Oroville and Yuba City. Feather River Tribal Health accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, military insurance, and state-financed health insurance.

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Inland Behavioral and Health Services in San Bernardino is a provider of outpatient mental health services, including intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) for substance abuse for both men and women, including expectant mothers and women with children. Payment assistance may be available to fund your treatment (check with facility).

Newport Institute's Orange program treats young adults aged 18 to 35 for mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use and eating disorders, at residential, partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient levels. Treatment is built around the underlying causes of depression and anxiety — commonly unresolved childhood trauma — using approaches including attachment-based family therapy, DBT and CBT, with families involved in the work. The organization is accredited by The Joint Commission and operates centers nationwide. Private and military insurance are accepted, and coverage is verified with the admissions team before a place is offered.

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The Desert Treatment Clinic provides cutting-edge outpatient drug treatment programs, including methadone, Suboxone and Vivitrol treatment for opiate addiction.

Hathaway Recovery is a residential addiction treatment center in Claremont, California running a full continuum: medically assisted detox as the first step, then residential treatment, partial hospitalization for people who need intensive programming without living in, and an intensive outpatient program for those attending during the day from home. Trauma is the organizing idea — the program teaches that unhealthy behaviors are coping skills carried out of past pain, and it offers trauma therapy specifically for people who have served in the military, alongside family therapy and dual-diagnosis care for depression, anxiety and related conditions. Hathaway is Joint Commission accredited, ASAM qualified and credentialed, and licensed by California's DHCS in compliance with Title 9, Chapter 5. It holds an in-network TRICARE contract, and works with Aetna, Ambetter, Anthem, Blue Cross, Cigna, Humana, Kaiser Permanente and United Healthcare among others.

McAlister Institute's Vista location on West Vista Way provides intensive outpatient and outpatient substance use treatment. Founded in 1977, the nonprofit San Diego County provider operates 24 programs and accepts military insurance and state-financed health plans, with most programs also accepting Medi-Cal (Medicaid).

Anza Wellness and Recovery runs intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs in San Bernardino for substance use, mental health and dual diagnosis, on an integrated model that treats physical and mental health together. What sets it apart is what it does about housing: the center has partnered with local agencies to provide temporary housing for eligible homeless and economically disadvantaged clients for the duration of their program, and clients can combine IOP or PHP with a structured living environment. For someone whose treatment would otherwise fail for want of somewhere to sleep, that is the deciding detail.

San Bernardino County Behavioral Health runs this Apple Valley clinic as part of the county's public behavioral health system, providing outpatient and intensive outpatient treatment for substance use and mental health conditions. Services cover adult substance use disorder treatment, crisis response and community-based mental health care for residents of the High Desert. The clinic accepts Medi-Cal — California's Medicaid program — and Medicare, with state funding and military coverage also accepted.

New Directionz in Lancaster, California delivers intensive outpatient substance use treatment with dedicated youth services for ages 12–17 alongside adult programming. The center provides individual and group counseling, behavioral health treatment, drug testing, and case management, as well as parenting classes, domestic violence intervention, and anger management. Transportation and snacks are provided to youth during treatment.

WellSpace Health provides intensive outpatient substance use treatment at its J Street Community Health Center in Sacramento, California. A federally qualified health center, WellSpace Health offers integrated behavioral health and primary care services. The program accepts Medicare and military insurance, serving the greater Sacramento region through a network of community health centers.

County substance use clinic serving Indio within Riverside University Health System – Behavioral Health's treatment network. It provides outpatient and intensive outpatient care for adolescents and adults, reached through the county's 24/7 CARES line; the RUHS site currently lists the clinic at 44199 Monroe Street, Ste. A.

This is the teen substance use service of the Riverside Latino Commission on Drugs & Alcohol, at 1612 First Street in Coachella, California. It treats adolescents on an outpatient basis, so a young person keeps living at home and attending school while they are in the program, and it serves families across the Coachella Valley. Care starts with a psychological and medical assessment. What follows draws on substance education, coping-skills training, work on managing emotions and on communication, individual counseling and family counseling, with group discussion sessions tied to the educational classes. The program ends with relapse-prevention work and an aftercare plan. The site is licensed and certified by the California Department of Health Care Services under provider number 330037DN, certified through 28 February 2027. It does not provide opioid-specific treatment such as methadone or buprenorphine, and it is not a residential program — the same organization runs residential recovery homes for adults and an outpatient mental health clinic at other addresses in the valley.

The Loma Linda University Behavioral Medicine Center, part of Loma Linda University Health, provides inpatient and outpatient treatment for mental illness and substance use disorders in Redlands, CA. Its specialized programs include a Substance Use Recovery and Wellness Program, adult and youth partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs, and outpatient therapy. The center accepts Medicaid, private insurance, and military insurance including TRICARE.

Newport Academy in Orange County, California provides residential mental health and substance use treatment for adolescents ages 12–20. Founded in 2008, the program integrates clinical therapy with academic support so teens can continue their education during treatment. Treatment addresses depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use through individual, family, and group therapy. Newport Academy accepts Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, and several private insurance plans.

Sutter-Yuba Counties Behavioral Health Services in Yuba City, California provides outpatient substance use and mental health treatment. As a county-operated program, services are available to residents of Sutter and Yuba counties. The program accepts Medi-Cal, Medicare, and offers a sliding fee scale for uninsured residents.

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Medically assisted detox and Suboxone/methadone maintenance programs are the hallmark of outpatient treatment at the Santa Ana Clinic.

Advanced Therapeutic Services is an outpatient addiction and mental health treatment center in Rancho Mirage, California. It offers intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs for adults with co-occurring conditions, and lists commercial insurers including Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, Cigna, and TRICARE.