Athena NaranjoIOP Program in Ventura, CA
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Genesis Programs is an outpatient substance use disorder treatment center located in Ventura County, California, serving Camarillo, Oxnard, Thousand Oaks, and Ventura. Founded in 1993, the organization provides outpatient and intensive outpatient programs for individuals struggling with alcohol and drug addiction. The practice treats the whole person using an integrated model customized to meet individual needs. Treatment includes education, individual counseling, group therapy, and family counseling. Genesis Programs emphasizes that successful completion of treatment is determined by achievement of individual goals rather than an arbitrary number of sessions, and recognizes that recovery happens outside of treatment, making the foundation laid in treatment essential.
Credentials
Clinical Director
Role
IOP Program
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Evidence-based approaches
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.
Family systems
Family Systems work. Brings the people closest to you into the recovery picture, since urges and relationships rarely live in separate boxes.
Brief intervention
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
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.
Contingency management/motivational incentives
Contingency Management. Evidence-based reinforcement approach: small, immediate, tangible rewards for verified abstinence and engagement. Strongest evidence base of any non-medication intervention for stimulant + gambling disorder.
Community reinforcement plus vouchers
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing. A collaborative conversation that strengthens your own reasons for change rather than arguing you into it.
Matrix model
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
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.
Substance use disorder counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Trauma-related counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
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.
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.
What this facility offers
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