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San José Province, San Jose, Costa Rica
Costa Rica Recovery
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Most of our participants opt for private pay upfront. We understand that financial flexibility is important, which is why, if you’re eligible, we may offer customized payment plans. Our admissions team will provide a transparent cost breakdown for the treatment plans you are interested in.
$10,000-$15,000/Month
$10,000-$15,000/Month
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Helps clients with addiction heal and thrive with 24/7 care, personalized therapies, and a supportive environment in a rich cultural and natural landscape.
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1-on-1 Counseling
Therapeutic Location
Wellness Emphasis
Beach Access
About Costa Rica Recovery
Costa Rica Recovery helps clients facing addiction heal in every aspect of their lives, especially those who have struggled with chronic relapse. Guided by trauma-informed therapists and clinicians in long-term recovery, their residential programs blend holistic therapies, medical support, and close-knit community care, with a smaller capacity of just 10–18 clients to ensure personalized attention. Located downtown near medical facilities, they offer cost-effective treatment abroad with quick admissions and a commitment to privacy.
Choose a Program Length That Feels Right
Costa Rica Recovery offers 30-, 60-, and 90-day residential programs to meet the individual needs and recovery goals of each client. Shorter stays focus on laying a foundation of essential recovery principles and coping strategies. Extended programs allow time to explore underlying emotional and psychological issues, and practice relapse prevention techniques. The 90-day option prepares clients for life after treatment with personalized strategies and support.
Discover Therapies That Inspire Change
Costa Rica Recovery combines the most effective, scientifically validated therapies with holistic practices to create a well-rounded recovery experience. Through one-on-one and group therapy sessions, clients learn to change negative thoughts and behaviors, regulate emotions, strengthen relationships, recognize triggers, and prevent relapse. Discharge planning connects each client to a therapist and 12-Step program near home.
Experience Comfort in an Urban Oasis
Costa Rica Recovery is located in the Rohrmoser neighborhood, where clients enjoy the amenities of city life like the short walk to the Estadio Nacional and the vibrant Parque Sabana. Clients stay in private or semi-private rooms with tasteful decor, and enjoy relaxing and socializing in the lounges and outdoor areas. The culinary team prepares balanced, delicious meals, offering a dining experience that encourages connection. After an initial 7-day blackout, clients are permitted to use their phone for 90 minutes per day.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:Most of our participants opt for private pay upfront. We understand that financial flexibility is important, which is why, if you’re eligible, we may offer customized payment plans. Our admissions team will provide a transparent cost breakdown for the treatment plans you are interested in.
Follow a Balanced Daily Routine
Costa Rica Recovery’s structured daily schedule provides a balance between therapeutic work, personal reflection, and community engagement. A typical day starts with mindfulness activities such as yoga or meditation. The day progresses with one-on-one therapy, group therapy, and holistic activities like art, fitness, and nature walks. Evenings include reflection time, relaxation, and peer support activities.
Step Away for Anonymity & Affordability
At Costa Rica Recovery, clients receive high-quality care at a more accessible investment compared to private centers in the U.S. and Canada—all while focusing fully on healing away from home. Treatment abroad not only offers distance from everyday stressors, but greater anonymity in Costa Rica Recovery’s confidential and respectful environment.
Treat Mind, Body, & Spirit
Costa Rica Recovery’s wellness areas encourage mindfulness, creativity, and physical health. Clients cultivate awareness, reduce stress, and enhance emotional balance through breathwork, yoga, Tai Chi, and Qi Gong. Fitness equipment and classes help strengthen the body and boost vitality. Art therapy offers a non-verbal outlet for emotional expression and self-discovery.
Recharge with Cultural & Nature Excursions
Costa Rica Recovery integrates the healing power of nature with therapeutic excursions to stunning beaches, rainforests, and parks. In addition to biweekly beach trips, weekends provide group activities like visiting a coffee plantation, local market, thermal hot spring, botanical garden, and hiking or bowling. Clients can also explore other activities with supervision and approval.
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Center Overview
Founded
2006
Occupancy
16-30
Languages
English
Price & Length
Month - Shared Room
$10,000
Month - Private Room
$15,000
60 or 90 Days
Discounted Rates
Estimated Center Costs
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Who We Treat
Men
Women
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
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.
Midlife Adults
For adults ages 40+, treatment shifts to focus on the unique challenges, blocks, and risk factors of their age group, and unites peers in a similar community.
Pregnant Women
Addiction and mental health treatment meets the clinical and psychological needs of pregnant women, ensuring they receive optimal care in all areas.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Address
Embajada de Cuba 100 MTRS este, M. derecha, San José, Costa Rica
Treatment Focus: Substance Use and Co-Occurring Mental Health
Treatment Focus
This center treats primary substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Treatment
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
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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.
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Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
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Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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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.
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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.
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Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
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Trauma Informed
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
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Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
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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.
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Meditation & Mindfulness
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
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Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
1-on-1 Counseling with Clinical Psychologist
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy
A type of cognitive therapy that identifies negative self-defeating thoughts and behaviors, rewriting beliefs to be positive, empowering, and present.
Mindfulness Therapy
This ancient practice can be mental, emotional, and even spiritual. In meditation, you focus your attention on the present moment without judgement.
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Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dance Therapy
This experiential therapy uses dance to improve body awareness, physical health, and social skills.
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Introduction to the 12 Step Program
Expressive Arts
Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
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Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
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Gestalt Therapy
This treatment teaches self-awareness, interrupts negative thought patterns, and gives patients insight into how their environment impacts mental health.
Horticultural Therapy
Gardening can be both meditative and inspiring. This therapy encourages social, emotional, and physical recovery.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy relieves physical and emotional tension, reduces pain, promotes relaxation, and improves emotion regulation.
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Motivational Interviewing and Enhancement Therapy (MET)
This approach is based on idea that motivation to change comes from within. Providers use a conversational framework that may help you commit to recovery.
Psychoeducation
This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.
Recreation Therapy
In recreation therapy, recovery can be joyful. Patients practice social skills and work through emotional triggers by engaging in fun activities.
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Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
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Solution Focused, Goal-Oriented Therapy
A quick goal-oriented therapy that helps patients identify their current and future goals, find out how to achieve them, and empower future problem-solving.
Somatic Experiencing
This method treats emotional trauma stored in the body. A therapist helps patients work through the physical feelings associated with emotional pain.
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Sound Therapy
Sound therapy incorporates music, sound waves, and vibrations to promote emotional and spiritual healing.
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Spiritual Care
Tending to spiritual health helps treatment become more effective, allowing patients to better cope with their emotions and rebuild their spiritual wellbeing.
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Stress Management
Patients learn specific stress management techniques, like breathing exercises and how to safely anticipate triggers.
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Tai Chi
A self-paced, graceful exercise that aligns physical and mental energy, using ancient Chinese practices for modern-day wellness.
Twelve Step Facilitation
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Group Therapy
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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Conditions We Treat
Pornography Addiction
A person with a porn addiction is emotionally dependent on pornography to the point that it interferes with their daily life and relationships.
Narcissism
Grief and Loss
Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
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.
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Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
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Burnout
Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.
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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.
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Eating Disorders
An eating disorder is a long-term pattern of unhealthy behavior relating to food. Most people with eating disorders have a distorted self-image.
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Gambling
Excessive, repetitive gambling causes financial and interpersonal problems. This addiction can interfere with work, friendships, and familial relationships.
Gaming
Compulsive gaming is most often a problem for children and teens. The disorder can affect physical health, sleep, and the ability to focus at school.
Internet Addiction
Internet addiction is common among children teens. This compulsive disorder can damage relationships, school performance, sleep habits, and physical health.
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.
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Self-Harm
The act of intentionally harming oneself, also called self-injury, is associated with mental health issues like depression.
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Sex Addiction
Compulsively seeking out sex can easily become a problem. This addiction is detrimental to relationships, physical health, and self-esteem.
Shopping Addiction
Excessive shopping and spending also known as compulsive buying disorder makes life unsustainable. It puts a strain on finances, relationships, and emotional well-being.
Stress
Stress is a natural reaction to challenges, and it can even help you adapt. However, chronic stress can cause physical and mental health issues.
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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."
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Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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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.
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Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
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Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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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.
Marijuana
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
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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.
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Synthetic Drugs
Synthetic drugs are made in a lab, unlike plant-based drugs like mushrooms. Most synthetic drugs are either stimulants or synthetic cannabinoids.
Nicotine
Ketamine
Aftercare
Follow-up Sessions (online)
Relapse Prevention Planning
Ability to Call a Counselor
Alumni Events & Get-Togethers
Outpatient Treatment
Private, Online Alumni Groups
Experience
Personal Amenities
Armchair or Sofa
Coffee Maker and Tea
En Suite Bathroom
Allow Cell Phones
Internet Access
Kitchenette
Laundry Service
Outdoor Space (connected to room)
Personal Chef
Private or Shared Rooms
TV
Amenities
Access to Nature
Fitness Center
Internet
Chef-prepared Meals
Outdoor Dining
Outdoor Lounge
Transportation Assistance
Special Considerations
Dietary Accommodations
Flexible technology policies
Centers with flexible technology policies allow professionals to stay in touch with work and give patients a greater sense of connection and normalcy.
Healthy Meals are provided
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
Wheelchair Accessible
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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AA/NA Meetings
Dance Classes
Farming, Gardening
Alternative Meetings
Games
Massage
Movies
Physical Fitness
Reading
Swimming
Off-Site Activities
Museums
AA/NA Meetings
Adventure Outings
Hot Springs
Beach Walks
River Rafting
Alternative Meetings
Hiking
Martial Arts
Sightseeing
Swimming
Water Activities
Waterfalls
Ziplining
Off-Site Amenities
Airport Transfers
Professional Staff
Scott Huseby
President & Hope Dealer-In-Chief (CEO)
Sharon Fallas Moya
Clinical Team Director
Rachel Ena Baxter
Managing Director
Laura Elizondo
Psychologist
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Testimonial
This has been one of the most positive experiences in my life. I had been through rehab before. I left sober, but I never left feeling better. What initially stood out to me most was the compassion spread out by everyone in the building. This is a place of joy and healing. You can hear the laughter and energy when you enter, and it stays with you when you leave.
Justin - Former Client
4.9Average of 9 review(s)
Accommodations
Food & Nutrition
Treatment
Value
Pros
- Supportive Aftercare (8)
- Treated With Respect (7)
- Straightforward Costs & Expectations (6)
- Smooth Transition Post-Treatment (3)
From the USA
Alcohol
DAN
Alcohol
Garrett Aguilar
Alcohol
Cocaine
Marijuana
+6
Bo
Alcohol
Cocaine
Marijuana
+1
VBM
Cocaine
Marijuana
Prescription Drugs
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