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This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers off intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers off intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
Exis Recovery works with most major carriers which can cover 100% of treatment after deductibles and out of pocket. Our insurance experts provide a free, confidential benefit verification so you have a clear picture of the costs of treatment, if any.
Exis Recovery, nestled in West Los Angeles, is a welcoming and highly personalized treatment center dedicated to helping individuals overcome substance use and mental health challenges. They work with adults and adolescents from all walks of life, including professionals, creatives, and students, who are ready to take meaningful steps toward healing. Whether someone is struggling with addiction, anxiety, depression, trauma, or a combination of these, Exis offers outpatient treatment focused on evidence-based treatment methods.
What sets Exis apart is their Four Pillars model, focusing on rebuilding relationships, regulating emotions, finding personal meaning, and maintaining progress for the long haul. Clients also receive more 1-on-1 support including therapy, psychiatry, acupuncture, hypnotherapy, and more.
Exis blends the best of modern clinical practices like CBT, DBT, EMDR, and Brainspotting with holistic healing methods such as yoga, meditation, and nutritional support. This integrated care addresses the whole person, mind, body, and spirit, offering real hope and lasting change. At Exis Recovery, the goal is not just to treat symptoms but to help people rediscover their strength, purpose, and connection to life.
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1-on-1 Counseling
Joint Commission Accredited
Customized Treatment Plans
Doctor Level Therapists
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
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.
Center pricing can vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for more information. Recovery.com strives for price transparency so you can make an informed decision.
Elena Bagourdi
Co-Founder
MA, PhD, CCTPI-I
Polly Preventza
Co-Founder
PHD
William D Stanley
Medical Director
MD
Litos Mallare
Board Certified Psychiatrist
MD
Jacob Adal
Training Director, Licensed Psychologist
MA, PsyD
Summer Angevin
Peer Review Specialist
MA, PhD
Mike Kemmerer
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist
MA, LMFT
Sonya Fulgham
Registered Psychologist
MA, PsyD
Kelty Walker
Psychotherapist
MA, PhD
Steven Stinnett
Certified Hypnotherapist
C.HT
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Excessive, repetitive gambling causes financial and interpersonal problems. This addiction can interfere with work, friendships, and familial relationships.
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Patients who completed active military duty receive specialized treatment focused on trauma, grief, loss, and finding a new work-life balance.
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
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.
Adults with mild physical or intellectual disabilities receive treatment catered to their specific needs in a safe and clinically supportive environment.
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Not looking to the past, patients improve their present circumstances. They work toward safety without detailing traumatic events.
Patients learn specific stress management techniques, like breathing exercises and how to safely anticipate triggers.
Through narrative therapy, patients rewrite past events with a positive focus. They separate themselves from the problem to see their purpose and capabilities.
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
OCD is characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts that drive repetitive behaviors. This pattern disrupts daily life and relationships.
A person with a porn addiction is emotionally dependent on pornography to the point that it interferes with their daily life and relationships.
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.
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Programs for young adults bring teens 18+ together to discuss age-specific challenges, vocational and educational progress, and successes in treatment.
Addiction and mental health facilities with pets allow patients to interact with friendly dogs, cats, horses, and in some cases, even dolphins.
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
Patients in gender-specific groups gain the opportunity to discuss challenges unique to their gender in a comfortable, safe setting conducive to healing.
Group therapy unites LGBTQ+ patients in a safe and culturally competent setting, encouraging peer support under the expert leadership of a therapist.
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.