Avalon Malibu
About Avalon Malibu
Insurances
Aetna
BlueCross BlueShield
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Humana
Amenities
Internet Access
Internet access may help clients communicate with family, manage work obligations, or use approved digital resources. Some programs limit internet use during treatment.
Luxury
Luxury facilities may offer upgraded accommodations, privacy, dining, wellness services, or hospitality-style amenities. Users should still compare clinical services, licensing, staff credentials, and treatment fit.
Fitness Center
A fitness center may support exercise, routine, stress reduction, and overall wellness during treatment. Users should confirm available equipment, supervision, and any medical restrictions.
Gourmet Dining
Gourmet dining usually refers to upgraded meal quality or dining experience. Users should still confirm whether the center can accommodate medical, cultural, allergy, or dietary needs.
Walking Trails
Walking trails may support gentle movement, reflection, stress reduction, and time outdoors during treatment. Users should confirm accessibility, supervision, and trail location.
Outdoor Lounge
An outdoor lounge provides a designated area for rest, conversation, or supervised downtime outside. Users should confirm access rules and whether it is available year-round.
Outdoor Space
Outdoor space may include patios, courtyards, lawns, or open-air areas that support movement, reflection, and breaks from indoor programming.
Private or Shared Rooms
Facilities may offer private rooms, shared rooms, or both. Room type can affect privacy, cost, comfort, and availability, so users should confirm options before admission.
Volleyball Court
A volleyball court may support physical activity, recreation, and social connection. It is a supportive amenity and should be considered alongside clinical programming.
Ocean View
Ocean-view settings may provide a calming environment and support a more restorative residential experience. Users should confirm whether views are from rooms, common areas, or nearby property.
Swimming
Swimming may support movement, relaxation, and recreation where a pool or safe swimming area is available. This should usually be grouped with Pool / Swimming.
Accreditations
Joint Commission
Who We Treat
Men
Women
Treatments
1-on-1 Counseling
One-on-one counseling gives clients private time with a counselor or therapist to discuss substance use, mental health symptoms, goals, triggers, and recovery planning. It is commonly used throughout treatment to create a more personalized care plan.
Acupuncture
Acupuncture is a complementary therapy that involves stimulating specific points on the body. Some programs may use it as supportive care for stress, discomfort, cravings, or relaxation, but it should not be presented as a replacement for clinical addiction or mental health treatment.
Art Therapy
Art therapy uses creative activities to help clients express emotions, process experiences, and explore thoughts that may be difficult to discuss directly. It is often used as a supportive approach in mental health, trauma, and substance use treatment settings.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT helps people identify thought and behavior patterns that may contribute to substance use, anxiety, depression, or relapse risk. Programs may use it to build coping skills and practical recovery strategies.
Equine Therapy
Equine therapy uses supervised activities with horses to support emotional awareness, trust, boundaries, communication, and confidence. It is often used as an experiential support alongside counseling or trauma-informed treatment.
Experiential Therapy
Experiential therapy uses structured activities, role-play, movement, art, or outdoor experiences to help clients process emotions and practice new skills. It may be useful when clients benefit from hands-on work beyond traditional talk therapy.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
EMDR is a structured therapy often used for trauma-related symptoms and distressing memories. In treatment settings, it may support clients whose substance use or mental health symptoms are connected to traumatic experiences.
Family Therapy
Family therapy helps clients and loved ones address communication, boundaries, conflict, support systems, and the impact of substance use or mental health concerns on the household. It is an important treatment option when recovery involves family relationships.
Group Therapy
Group therapy brings clients together in a structured setting to discuss recovery, coping skills, accountability, relationships, and shared challenges. It is commonly used in addiction and mental health treatment at many levels of care.
Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapy uses guided relaxation and focused attention to support behavior change, stress reduction, or symptom management. Users should ask whether it is provided by a qualified professional and how it fits into the overall treatment plan.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy is a complementary service that may support relaxation, stress reduction, body awareness, or general wellness. It should be presented as supportive care, not as a replacement for counseling, medication, or clinical treatment.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
MAT uses approved medications with counseling or recovery support when clinically appropriate. It is especially important for opioid use disorder and may also be used for alcohol use disorder.
Motivational Interviewing
MI helps clients explore ambivalence and strengthen their own reasons for change. It is commonly used when someone is uncertain, resistant, or still building readiness for treatment or recovery.
Music Therapy
Music therapy uses music-based activities such as listening, songwriting, rhythm, or discussion to support emotional expression, coping, and connection. It may be helpful as a supportive service for trauma, mood symptoms, stress, or recovery engagement.
Narrative Therapy
Narrative therapy helps clients examine the stories they hold about themselves, their past, and their recovery. It may support people working through shame, identity, trauma, relationship stress, or long-standing negative self-beliefs.
Psychodrama Therapy
Psychodrama therapy uses role-play and guided dramatic exercises to help clients explore relationships, emotions, conflict, and past experiences. It may be used as an experiential method within broader mental health or addiction treatment.
Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counseling helps clients identify triggers, warning signs, high-risk situations, and coping strategies. It is commonly used to support ongoing recovery after detox, residential treatment, PHP, IOP, or outpatient care.
Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Experiencing is a body-oriented approach that focuses on physical sensations and nervous system regulation. It may be used as supportive trauma-informed care when provided by trained professionals.
Yoga
Yoga combines movement, breathing, and mindfulness practices that may support stress reduction, emotional regulation, sleep, and general wellness. It is best presented as a complementary recovery support rather than a standalone treatment.
Psychoeducation
Psychoeducation helps clients understand addiction, mental health symptoms, medications, coping skills, relapse warning signs, and treatment expectations. It is commonly used across many levels of care to support informed participation in treatment.
Stress Management
Stress management teaches clients practical tools to reduce emotional and physical stress, including breathing, planning, coping skills, sleep routines, and boundary-setting. It is often used to support relapse prevention and mental health stability.
Level Of Cares
Outpatient Treatment
Residential Treatment
Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Conditions
ADHD / ADD
ADHD is a neurodevelopmental condition involving patterns of inattention, impulsivity, hyperactivity, organization difficulties, or time-management challenges. It may affect school, work, relationships, daily routines, and emotional regulation. Related support may include counseling, behavioral strategies, skills-based support, medication management when appropriate, outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment.
Anger
Anger is a normal emotion that becomes a concern when it is intense, frequent, hard to control, or linked with conflict, aggression, unsafe behavior, or relationship problems. Related support may include counseling, CBT, DBT-informed skills, group therapy, family therapy, outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment when anger occurs with trauma, mood concerns, or substance use.
Anxiety
Anxiety involves excessive worry, fear, nervousness, or physical tension that can affect sleep, concentration, relationships, work, school, and daily responsibilities. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment depending on symptoms and needs.
Bipolar
Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder involving episodes of elevated or irritable mood and increased energy, along with episodes of depression. It may affect sleep, judgment, activity level, relationships, work, school, and safety. Related support may include psychiatric care, medication management, therapy, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, day treatment, residential treatment, or inpatient stabilization when needed.
Codependency
Codependency describes an unhealthy relationship pattern where a person may focus heavily on another person’s needs, emotions, or behavior while neglecting personal boundaries and wellbeing. It may affect self-esteem, relationships, decision-making, and emotional health. Related support may include counseling, family therapy, group therapy, boundary-focused support, outpatient care, or co-occurring treatment when substance use is involved in the relationship system.
Depression
Depression is a mood condition involving persistent sadness, loss of interest, low energy, hopelessness, or changes in sleep, appetite, and concentration. It may affect daily functioning, relationships, school, work, and safety. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, crisis support when needed, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment.
Eating Disorders
Eating disorders involve disturbances in eating behavior, body image, weight concerns, or food-related thoughts and behaviors. They can affect physical health, mood, concentration, relationships, and daily functioning. Related support may include therapy, nutrition support, medical monitoring, family therapy, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, day treatment, residential treatment, or inpatient care depending on severity.
Gambling
Gambling disorder involves repeated betting or wagering that continues despite financial, relationship, work, or emotional consequences. It may affect debt, trust, employment, legal issues, and family stability. Related support may include therapy, CBT, motivational interviewing, group support, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or residential care when gambling occurs with substance use or other mental health concerns.
Internet Addiction
Internet addiction is a common term for problematic or compulsive online activity that interferes with sleep, school, work, relationships, health, or daily responsibilities. Related support may include counseling, CBT, family therapy, group therapy, outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment when internet use overlaps with anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, or substance use.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders involve long-term patterns in thoughts, emotions, behavior, identity, or relationships that cause distress or problems in functioning. They may affect relationships, work, boundaries, emotion regulation, and safety. Related support may include therapy, DBT-informed care, counseling, group therapy, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or residential treatment depending on severity and co-occurring needs.
Pornography Addiction
Pornography addiction is a common term for repetitive pornography use that feels difficult to control and contributes to distress, secrecy, relationship conflict, work problems, or daily-life impairment. Related support may include therapy, counseling, group support, relationship-focused therapy, outpatient care, or structured treatment when pornography use overlaps with compulsive sexual behavior, trauma, anxiety, depression, or substance use.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD is a trauma-related condition that may involve intrusive memories, nightmares, avoidance, mood changes, sleep problems, and feeling constantly on edge. It can affect relationships, work, school, safety, and daily routines. Related support may include trauma-focused therapy, EMDR, counseling, medication management when appropriate, and structured mental health or co-occurring treatment.
Sex Addiction
Sex addiction is commonly used to describe compulsive sexual behavior involving persistent sexual thoughts, urges, or behaviors that feel difficult to control and cause distress or life problems. It may affect relationships, work, mental health, safety, and self-esteem. Related support may include therapy, counseling, group support, couples or family therapy, outpatient care, or structured treatment when co-occurring mental health or substance use concerns are present.
Shopping Addiction
Shopping addiction is a common term for compulsive buying or spending that continues despite debt, guilt, unused purchases, relationship strain, or emotional distress. It may affect finances, family stability, work, and mental health. Related support may include counseling, CBT, group support, financial-behavior support, outpatient care, or structured treatment when shopping behavior overlaps with anxiety, depression, trauma, or substance use.
Trauma
Trauma refers to emotional or psychological distress after a harmful, frightening, or overwhelming experience. It may affect mood, sleep, trust, relationships, physical comfort, and a person’s sense of safety. Related support may include trauma-informed therapy, counseling, EMDR, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, residential treatment, or co-occurring substance use support when relevant.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Alcohol use disorder can affect health, relationships, work, safety, and mental health. Treatment may include counseling, behavioral therapies, recovery support, and FDA-approved medications when clinically appropriate.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescription sedatives sometimes used for anxiety, sleep, or seizure-related conditions. Treatment may involve careful assessment, medical supervision, and support for dependence or withdrawal risk, especially when other substances are involved.
Co-Occurring Disorders
Co-occurring disorders involve both a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder. Treatment may coordinate addiction care, mental health therapy, medication management, and recovery support so both concerns are addressed together.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant that can affect the brain, heart, mood, sleep, and decision-making. Treatment commonly focuses on behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, coping skills, and support for cravings or co-occurring mental health symptoms.
Ecstasy / MDMA
MDMA, often called ecstasy or molly, is a psychoactive stimulant and hallucinogen. Treatment may address mood changes, sleep problems, cravings, risky use patterns, and co-occurring mental health concerns.
Heroin
Heroin is an opioid with a high risk of dependence, withdrawal, and overdose. Treatment often includes medications for opioid use disorder, counseling, harm-reduction education, relapse prevention, and ongoing recovery support.
Cannabis / Marijuana
Cannabis use can become problematic for some people, especially when it affects school, work, mood, motivation, relationships, or daily functioning. Treatment may include counseling, behavioral therapy, coping skills, and support for withdrawal symptoms or co-occurring mental health concerns.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a powerful stimulant that can affect sleep, mood, thinking, heart health, and behavior. Treatment commonly focuses on behavioral therapies, contingency management where available, relapse prevention, recovery support, and co-occurring mental health care.
Opioids
Opioids include heroin, fentanyl, and prescription pain medications such as oxycodone or hydrocodone. Treatment for opioid use disorder may include FDA-approved medications such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone, along with counseling and recovery support.
Prescription Drugs
Prescription drug misuse may involve opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants, or other medications used differently than prescribed. Treatment may include medical assessment, withdrawal support when needed, counseling, medication management, and relapse prevention planning.
Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation support helps people reduce or stop tobacco use. Programs may include counseling, nicotine replacement therapy, prescription medications, coping strategies, and relapse-prevention support.
Synthetic Drugs / New Psychoactive Substances
Synthetic drugs can include lab-made cannabinoids, stimulants, opioids, or hallucinogens with unpredictable strength and effects. Treatment may focus on medical stabilization, substance use counseling, relapse prevention, and mental health support when symptoms are severe or persistent.
Drug Addiction / Substance Use Disorder
Drug addiction, or substance use disorder, involves continued substance use despite harmful consequences. Treatment may include assessment, counseling, behavioral therapies, medications for some substance use disorders, relapse prevention, and recovery support.
