Altadena Recovery CenterTherapist in Altadena, CA
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Altadena Recovery Center is a full-service addiction treatment center in Altadena, California, serving individuals and families throughout Altadena, Pasadena, and the greater Los Angeles area. The center operates as a 12-step based Intensive Outpatient Program dedicated to helping people recover from alcohol and drug addiction. Founded by Shirley Bennett and James Power, the organization has over 30 years of experience in alcoholism and addiction recovery services. The multidisciplinary team includes licensed counselors, certified addiction specialists, a Medical Director, and administrative staff who provide individualized, coordinated care. Services include assessment and intake, individual and group therapy, relapse prevention, chemical dependency education, case management, drug testing, and aftercare planning. The center emphasizes a safe, welcoming environment located in the peaceful foothills of Altadena, and maintains a philosophy that every person deserves access to quality treatment regardless of background or circumstances.
Role
Therapist
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Evidence-based approaches
12-step facilitation
Twelve-Step Facilitation. Helps you engage with mutual-aid fellowships (GA, AA, SMART) as a recovery community rather than a solo grind.
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Relapse prevention
Relapse Prevention. Identifies your specific high-risk situations, warning signs, and choice points. Then builds a written, rehearsed plan for each so the moment is not the first time you decide.
Activity therapy
Activity Therapy. Structured therapeutic activities, recreation, movement, hands-on tasks, used as a vehicle for connection and emotional regulation. Often paired with talk therapy in residential and group programs.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
Couples/family therapy
Family Therapy. Brings the people closest to the recovery into the room. Less about blame, more about updating the patterns that fed the cycle so the home becomes part of the recovery.
Dialectical behavior therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Pairs acceptance with change. Especially useful when emotions feel too big to ride out without acting on them.
Integrated mental and substance use disorder treatment
Integrated Treatment. Treats addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions in the same plan, rather than sequentially. Most clinically effective when both are present.
Individual psychotherapy
Individual Psychotherapy. One-to-one sessions with a licensed clinician. The standard-bearer of mental-health care; most evidence-based plans build around it.
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Telehealth Therapy. Real clinical sessions delivered over video. Same evidence base as in-person care for most conditions; meets you where you actually are instead of where the office is.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Substance use treatment
- Mental health treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
Setting
- Outpatient
Facility
- Outpatient mental health facility
Emergency services
- Crisis intervention team
- Psychiatric emergency mobile/off-site services
Payment & access
Financial help available
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Insurance acceptance is listed by the provider and can change. Call the number above to verify your specific coverage before scheduling.
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Assertive community treatment
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment
- Chronic disease/illness management
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Intensive case management
- Legal advocacy
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Supported employment
- Supported housing
- Vocational rehabilitation services
- Case management service
- Integrated primary care services
- Suicide prevention services
- Education services
Education & counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Young Adults
- Seniors
Special programs
- Young adults
- Seniors or older adults
- Veterans
- Active duty military
- Members of military families
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients with HIV or AIDS
- Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
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