Promises Treatment Centers

About the Facility

Promises Treatment Centers is a Santa Monica, California treatment facility that assists adults, LGBTQ+ persons, and the hearing impaired who are struggling with addiction. This drug rehab facility offers detox, residential treatment, intensive outpatient programs, and aftercare support.

Detox allows the client to get rid of the toxins that are in their body. Promises Treatment Centers utilize medication to mitigate withdrawal symptoms and provide a more comfortable process. Once detox is complete, the doctor goes over an individualized treatment plan with the client as they prepare for the next phase of recovery.

Residential treatment provides a supportive substance-free environment to continue recovery. Residents focus solely on recovery while they attend therapy sessions. Staff apply treatment modalities such as rational emotive behavior therapy to address emotional challenges. Clients also engage in group therapy, where they talk about their experiences and build a sense of community with others who are in recovery.

The intensive outpatient program allows the client to transition back to home life while they continue treatment at the facility. The client continues to build upon coping and life skills in individual and group therapy sessions.

Aftercare provides resources to assist with relapse prevention. This can include sober housing, continued therapy, and referrals to other programs.

Promises Treatment Centers accepts most health insurance, including self-pay options. Major insurance providers that are commonly in-network include Cigna, Humana, Beacon, Anthem, ComPsych, Magellan Health, Kaiser Permanente, Bright Health, Wellmark, HCSC, and TRICARE. Those with out of network benefits are advised to contact their insurance provider to verify their coverage.

Accreditations

Joint Commission

The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.

Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes

SAMHSA

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1992 by congress, SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on American's communities.

SAMHSA Listed: Yes

Treatment

Alcoholism

Alcoholism, or alcohol use disorder (AUD), is defined by alcohol dependence. This is a state the body reaches when it experiences withdrawal symptoms in the absence of alcohol. A person who has AUD craves alcohol and continues to drink despite adverse consequences. Because withdrawing from alcohol can pose health risks, individuals with AUD should seek professional alcohol rehab in California to overcome their alcohol addiction. This process typically involves medical detox, rehabilitation, and maintenance.

Drug Addiction

Drug rehab in California teaches participants constructive ways to stay clean and sober. Treatment revolves around helping individuals stop using the substance they are addicted to and learn healthy habits to avoid relapse.

Dual Diagnosis

In California, dual-diagnosis addiction treatment programs offer comprehensive care for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Programs include medically assisted detox, intensive outpatient, outpatient, residential rehab, and partial hospitalization. Using an evidence-based approach, clinicians utilize therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy, or dialectical behavioral therapy and mindfulness to address substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health challenges. Additional services include 12-Step recovery, group therapy, family counseling, and relapse prevention to promote sustained recovery.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

California drug and alcohol rehabs also provide dual-diagnosis treatment for individuals seeking help for both mental health and substance abuse. These programs are usually offered on an inpatient or outpatient basis. You can usually expect a mental health assessment and personalized treatment plan, evidence-based therapies, like cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), experiential therapies like equine therapy, skills groups, and counseling to simultaneously address both mental health and substance abuse and drastically increase your chances of long-term sobriety.

Opioid Addiction

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Insurance and Financial

Private insurance
Self-pay options
Monthly: $25,000
Financing available

Programs

Adult program
Hearing impaired program
LGBTQ program: At Promises Treatment Centers - Wilshire Boulevard, everyone is treated with respect and compassion. This is a safe place for you and your loved ones to be authentic and vulnerable and to work through the issues that have held you back. Within an accepting space, gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, questioning or intersex clients can feel safe and supported by other clients and our treatment team, which includes LGBT staff who have an intimate understanding of the challenges that LGBT clients face in recovery.
Program for men
Program for women
Total beds: 12

Levels of Care

Medically Assisted Detox

Their medically monitored detox program includes close supervision by an independent team of detox specialists. With more than 20 years of experience managing clients’ withdrawal symptoms using the latest evidence-based approaches, their consulting physicians provide a safe and comfortable detox. This includes the use of safe and effective medications as required, acupuncture, neurofeedback and massage therapy. Their goal with detox is long-term success, not how quickly detox is over. They tailor detox to each client’s specific needs to start their recovery off right.

Inpatient

Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

12-Step

Participants engaged in 12 step programs receive intensive peer coaching (sponsorship) and community support. Spiritual development as a means of achieving psychological and emotional healing and growth is the cornerstone of 12 step recovery, but religious affiliations are not required. Meetings are free, anonymous, and open to the public, though specialized formats are available, including groups for seniors, teens, and family members. Evening, night, and day meetings are conducted year-round in most communities.

Aftercare Support

Relapse is common among those trying to overcome alcohol and drug addictions. It is often triggered by stress and exposure to people, places or events associated with past substance abuse. Chronic drinking and drug use damages regions of the brain that are involved in self-control, affecting the ability to regulate cravings and resist relapse. During relapse prevention planning, clients learn to identify specific high-risk situations and skills for coping with them, how to increase their self-care, eliminate myths regarding the effects of alcohol and drugs, manage lapses, and restructure their perceptions of the relapse process. Other goals of relapse prevention therapy are learning how to adopt a balanced lifestyle, positive behaviors and stimulus control techniques, and developing a plan for what to do to avoid relapse. The Promises Alumni Association makes available to clients and their families a variety of resources, including meetings, workshops, special events and follow-up. Our staff has access to a network of support groups and alumni to help you find the support you need after you graduate, no matter where you live.

Outpatient

Clients receiving treatment at an outpatient rehab typically do not require hospitalization or intensive supervision and support. Outpatient addiction counseling and recovery education are often offered during the morning, evening, night, and weekend, allowing clients to tailor treatment to their own schedule. Partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) programs are the most time-intensive and are designed for clients who are at an increased relapse risk and/or who need more robust therapeutic support.

Intensive Outpatient

Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) support clients’ sustained sobriety as they exit detox or step down from inpatient programs. They are also designed for clients who are at an elevated risk of relapse. Intensive outpatient treatment typically requires clients to engage in a minimum of nine hours of therapy per week, but clients may receive up to 20 therapeutic hours weekly. IOP treatment modalities often combine psychotherapy, recovery-focused life skills training, and medication assisted treatment (MAT).

Sober Living Homes

Sober living homes in California offers an intermediate sober environment that has less structure than inpatient rehab but more than typical home environments. This makes it a good option for those who have concerns about transitioning back to the “real world” after treatment. Residents can typically live at the halfway house as long as they want, if they are willing to follow house rules. These may include a curfew, chores, and maintaining a job.

24-Hour Clinical Care

At certain points in the recovery process, it's important to have support available 24/7. 24-hour clinical care offers a safe environment in which to recover from drug or alcohol addiction in peace, knowing medical detox and other treatment will happen with professionals on hand.

Intervention Services

Intervention services helps family or friends of addicts stage an intervention, which is a meeting in which loved ones share their concerns and attempt to get an addict into treatment. Professional intervention specialists can help loved ones organize, gather, and communicate with an addict. They can guide intervention participants in describing the damage the addict's behavior is causing and that outside help is necessary to address the addiction. The ideal outcome of an intervention is for the addict to go to rehab and get the help they need.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT) teaches people to recognize moods, thoughts and situations that cause drug cravings and other addictive behavior. A therapist trained in cognitive-behavioral therapy techniques helps a person avoid these triggers and replace negative thoughts and feelings with healthier ones. Since the skills learned using cognitive-behavioral therapy can last a lifetime, CBT is a powerful, evidence-based treatment for drug abuse. A 2011 study found that CBT, either alone or as an adjunct to medication, is an effective technique in the prevention of relapse. Another study found that CBT is helpful in treating bulimia. Other research shows that group and individual CBT are associated with significant and clinically meaningful reductions in adolescent substance use.

Couples Therapy

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Creative Arts Therapy

Creative expression through art therapy is not only relaxing but helps clients connect with their inner selves through the inspiration of images and their physical manifestation in artistic expression. Art therapy helps restore physical, mental and emotional well-being. Some clients in rehab who have difficulty communicating verbally may be able to use art therapy to express themselves. This type of therapy can help in resolving issues, identifying and managing feelings and behaviors, and improving awareness and self-esteem. Research has found that art therapy can be a beneficial treatment for psychiatric disorders.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), originally developed by Marsha M. Linehan, PhD, teaches people the skills to cope with stress, control emotions and improve relationships with others. DBT has proven effective in adults and adolescents with a range of psychiatric conditions and behavioral problems. Initially developed for individuals with borderline personality disorder (BPD), DBT has been adapted to several other populations with promising results. One study showed participants improve in seven of nine variables analyzed, including anxiety, depression, global psychopathology, interpersonal functioning, self-mutilation and social adjustment. Research on psychological therapies for people with BPD showed that dialectical behavioral therapy has been studied most intensively and demonstrates “statistically significant superiority” over client-centered therapy.

Equine Therapy

Equine therapy gives clients direct, regular contact with horses, which provides physical, emotional, and mental rewards. Equine therapy can decrease hostility and feelings of anger, lower stress levels, increase trust, improve self-esteem, and provide a greater sense of patience. When a horse is paired with a troubled person, a bond gradually develops between them. Horses are extremely sensitive to the feelings and emotions of humans—they will take whatever emotions or feelings that they are receiving from a human and reflect them back to the person. Once a connection has been established between animal and human, positive change is quickly promoted within the individual.

Experiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

EMDR is a therapeutic modality originally developed to help process trauma. In an EMDR session, a patient is prompted to undergo eye movements that mimic those of REM sleep. This is accomplished by watching a therapist's finger move back and forth across, or following a bar of light. The goal is repetitive sets of eye movements that help the brain reprocess memory, which can significantly reduce the intensity of remembered traumatic incidents. Associated memories can heal simultaneously, leaving patients significantly calmer, more stable, and more emotionally relaxed.

Family Therapy

Family therapy is a type of psychotherapy that is designed to help family members improve communication and resolve their conflicts. Typically this therapy is performed by a licensed therapist, clinical social worker or a psychologist. Since addiction is a family disease, it is important for other members of the family to receive treatment so that they can deal with specific issues relating to the family member’s substance abuse, mental illness or other problems. At Promises Treatment Centers - Wilshire Boulevard, they have found that about 90 percent of family members want to be involved in the treatment of their loved one. Their family therapy program is designed to help family members gain awareness and understanding, so that they can learn how to best support their loved one and themselves. Family therapy may include all or only some family members. The specific treatment plan depends on family needs. They employ two full-time family therapists who meet individually with their client to work on individual family issues and also provide education and support for the client’s significant others.

Group Therapy

Alcohol and drug addiction leads to isolation. Reconnecting addicted individuals to a group or community can help address several important recovery-related issues. In fact, clinical studies show that group therapy sessions can be equally as effective as individual therapy in promoting long-term addiction recovery. Group therapy modalities include support groups, psychoeducational groups, skills development groups, and cognitive behavioral groups, among others.

Individual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Life Skills

Promises Treatment Centers - Wilshire Boulevard allows clients to have access to newspapers and magazines, listen to the radio, call loved ones, and watch TV at appropriate times, with supervision. By utilizing a real-world perspective, Promises prepares clients for day-to-day life, such as driving past a liquor store or reading an advertisement for an alcoholic beverage. The key is that Promises teaches clients how to process feelings that may arise while exposed to these situations.

Nutrition Therapy

A balanced diet is essential to lasting recovery. Most clients are malnourished at the time of their admittance to Promises, so it is important to restore them to physical health through nutrition. Nutritional counseling helps clients learn how to make healthy food choices, which is important in achieving a healthy lifestyle. Foods that are high in nutrients can help rebuild damaged tissues and organs and improve functioning of the nervous and gastrointestinal systems. Research has also shown that a diet that is rich in protein and the right kind of carbohydrates can reduce cravings for alcohol and drugs. Food also affects our moods, so getting enough folic acid and B vitamins is essential to improving mood. Sugar and caffeine can contribute to mood swings, so it is important for those in recovery to avoid both as much as possible. Clients will learn beneficial information like this through nutritional counseling at Promises.

Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals. If you have experienced trauma or loss, Promises rehab centers offer powerful tools in the treatment of traumatic stress, such as EMDR and somatic therapy.