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Alta Mira Recovery
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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Provider's Policy
We are a private pay facility that works with all PPO plans that offer out-of-network benefits. We are in-network with TriWest and Kaiser Permanente. Our team is happy to assist clients in managing the reimbursement process. Medicare, Medi-Cal, and Tricare don't not reimburse for treatment at our facility.
Alta Mira Recovery
Alta Mira Recovery
About Alta Mira Recovery
Founded in 2010, Alta Mira treats clients in a historic building just minutes from the Golden Gate Bridge in Sausalito, California. Alta Mira offers medical detox, a family program, a 10-day detox and assessment service, a core residential program, and life-long continuing care. Clients receive a full-person approach to addiction rehabilitation. Their highly trained staff address neurobiological, psychological, social, physical and spiritual aspects of addiction.
Comprehensive Treatment for Lasting Success
Alta Mira uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), experiential therapy, and trauma-focused therapies. Clients receive 2 individual therapy sessions each week, plus daily group sessions. A 3-day family program welcomes family members for intensive healing. Educational classes and holistic services focus on the body and mind. Alta Mira also hosts intensive workshops addressing authenticity, spirituality, and process addictions.
Clinical Care
Alta Mira focuses on intensive, whole-person recovery. To accomplish this, they begin treatment with clinical assessments and evaluations for accurate diagnoses. Their staff of masters and doctoral-level therapists, psychiatrists, and physicians ensure that clients then receive the best treatment for their unique needs. Alta Mira also incorporates multiple paths to recovery, like holistic, evidence-based, spiritual, and experiential treatments.
Proven Outcomes
One year after treatment, more than 80% of Alta Mira clients who participated in a follow-up survey reported feeling good or excellent overall. Over 80% said they were very or somewhat satisfied with their treatment experience, and nearly 90% reported having a good or excellent relationship with their closest family members. These outcomes highlight Alta Mira’s commitment to lasting recovery and renewed family connection.
Recover in Warmth And Privacy
Alta Mira Recovery is set in a historic San Francisco Bay, with their facility dating back to 1927. Clients can pick between shared or private rooms and have the option of a private suite with a living area. Alta Mira welcomes pets for clients staying in a private room or suite. Clients can enjoy weekend outings including kayaking, group walks on the beach, touring local shops, yoga sessions, and hiking at Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
Highlights from the Center
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Holistic Approach
On-site Medical Detox
Trauma-Informed Care
Private Rooms Available
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Joint Commission Accredited
The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.
Insurance Accepted
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Joint Commission Accredited
Licensed by California DHCS
NAATP Member
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Meet Your Care Team
Maryann Rosenthal
Executive Director
Ph.D.
Karen Spedowfski
Clinical Director
PhD
Jeffrey Farber
Associate Director of Clinical Services
MSW, LCSW
Steven L. Batki
Consulting Physician: Psychiatry, Addiction Psychiatry, and Addiction Medicine
MD
Helen “Py” Driscoll
Consulting Physician: Internal Medicine and Addiction Medicine
MD
David Smith
Addiction Medicine Physician
MD
Laura Natta
Director of Neuropsychological Assessment
PhD
Your Care Options
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Detox
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Executives
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Prescription Drugs
It's possible to abuse any drug, even prescribed ones. If you crave a medication, or regularly take it more than directed, you may have an addiction.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Who We Treat
LGBTQ+
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Treatment Services
Detox
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
Intensive Outpatient Program
In an IOP, patients live at home or a sober living, but attend treatment typically 9-15 hours a week. Most programs include talk therapy, support groups, and other methods.
Outpatient
During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.
Residential
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
Approaches
Experiential
Expressive tools and therapies help patients process past situations, learn more about themselves, and find healing through action.
Family Involvement
Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
Animal Therapy
Animals can inspire trust and self-worth. In this experiential therapy, guided interactions are used to improve social skills and emotion regulation.
Couples Counseling
Partners work to improve their communication patterns, using advice from their therapist to better their relationship and make healthy changes.
Equine Therapy
Guided interactions with trained horses, their handler, and a therapist can help patients improve their self-esteem, trust, empathy, and social skills.
Experiential Therapy
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Anger
Although anger itself isn't a disorder, it can get out of hand. If this feeling interferes with your relationships and daily functioning, treatment can help.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Codependency
Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Aftercare
Care Designed for Your Needs
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Pet Friendly
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.
Clients can bring their own pet(s)
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.
Off-Site Activities
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Alta Mira’s Daily Schedule
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Accommodation Options at Alta Mira
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Common Questions for Alta Mira
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Healing Chronic Relapse
Learn more about how Alta Mira addresses chronic relapse, including long-term solutions for long-lasting success.