California Treatment Centers

New Directions for Veterans (NDVets) has provided comprehensive services to veterans in Los Angeles County since 1992. Founded by two formerly homeless Vietnam veterans, the organization offers substance abuse treatment, counseling, job referral and placement, money management classes, and legal and tax assistance. NDVets serves men and women veterans and their families, and is licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services. The program accepts Medicaid and Medicare.

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.

Valley Star in San Bernardino, California provides residential substance use treatment, operated by Stars Behavioral Health Group. The program accepts Medicare and state-funded insurance.

Akua Behavioral Health is a licensed addiction and mental health treatment center in Costa Mesa, California, serving adults 18 and over with gender-specific programs. Its continuum of care spans detox (average stay 5–7 days), residential treatment (average 30 days), partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and virtual programming. Akua combines evidence-based medication-assisted treatment with holistic approaches and accepts private insurance including Aetna, Humana, Health Net, Magellan, and TRICARE.

AYA Rehab Center provides residential detoxification and addiction treatment services including group therapy in Southern California. The facility offers a structured program with residential-level care and accepts private insurance.

The Riverside Latino Commission on Drugs & Alcohol operates this residential substance use location in Indio, California, part of its network across the Coachella Valley. The organization also runs Bea’s Detox Home for men, mental health services, and outpatient substance use counseling for teens at its Coachella site.

Serenity Cottages of the Desert is a men's residential addiction treatment center near Baker, California, deep in the Mojave Desert and a long way from anywhere — which is the point of the setting. Medical detox is the first stage, with medication-assisted treatment available, and the program combines conventional therapy with yoga, meditation and art therapy. Private and military insurance and self-pay are accepted, and the center works with carriers including Kaiser Permanente, Health Net, Cigna, Aetna, Blue Cross, United Healthcare and TRICARE.

Serenity Knolls Treatment Center provides residential addiction treatment in Forest Knolls, California, using the SEQUOIA Clinical Framework. The 42-bed facility offers a full continuum including detoxification, extended care, a family program, and aftercare planning. Admissions include a campus tour and professional referral pathway.

Desert Willow Wellness is a residential addiction treatment center in Palm Springs, California, providing medical detox, residential care, and dual-diagnosis treatment. The Joint Commission–accredited program accepts many PPO insurance plans but states it does not accept Medi-Cal, IEHP, Kaiser, or HMO plans.

Aspire Counseling Services LLC provides intensive outpatient treatment (IOP). It serves: men. Affiliation: The Alumni Network . The facility accepts Medicaid and private insurance.

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Metcalf Recovery Ranch is a 20-bed residential substance use treatment facility for adult men, operated by VARP, Inc. at 9826 18th Avenue in Blythe. Stays run a minimum of 30 days under a California DHCS license, in a rural desert ranch setting.

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.

Action Family Counseling provides intensive outpatient addiction and mental health treatment in Bakersfield, California. Founded in 1997 by Cary Quashen, the program is Joint Commission accredited and serves teens ages 12–17 and adults with separate treatment tracks at every level of care, including residential, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, medication-assisted treatment, and sober living. The facility accepts all major private insurance plans and is LGBTQ+ affirming.

Milestones Ranch Malibu offers residential substance use disorder treatment on a ranch campus in Malibu, California, with onsite health facilities, a chef, and recreational amenities including pickleball courts. The program emphasizes experiential therapies and exposure activities alongside clinical treatment. A free consultation is available by phone.

Monte Nido in Yorba Linda, California, provides residential eating disorder treatment for adults and adolescents. The program addresses anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, and co-occurring conditions through individualized therapy, nutritional counseling, and psychiatric support in a home-like setting. Monte Nido accepts private health insurance.

Newport Institute's Miramar campus in Santa Ana, California provides residential mental health and substance use treatment exclusively for young adults ages 18 to 35. Its gender-specific programs treat depression, anxiety, PTSD and trauma, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, adjustment disorder, eating disorders and substance use disorders through individual therapy, family therapy and group therapy. It accepts private insurance and self-pay. Newport Institute provides evidence-based, individualized care for young adults navigating mental health and co-occurring disorders. Treatment is designed to address each client’s needs while supporting the practical, relational, and emotional demands of young adulthood. A multidisciplinary care team works with clients and, when appropriate, their families to strengthen coping skills, healthy connection, and stability. Depending on the location, a continuum of care may be available. Program availability and levels of care vary by location.

Momentum for Health provides residential and outpatient substance use and mental health treatment in San Jose, California. Serving Santa Clara County, the nonprofit program offers a full continuum including detox, residential, PHP, and IOP with integrated dual-diagnosis care. Momentum accepts Medi-Cal, Medicare, and most private insurance.