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Start Up Recovery
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Treatment Focus
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.
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 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.
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.
Private Pay
You pay directly for treatment out of pocket. This approach can offer enhanced privacy and flexibility, without involving insurance. Exact costs vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for specific details.
Start Up Recovery
Start Up Recovery
About Start Up Recovery
At Start Up Recovery and Wellness, each client’s recovery is approached with the same vigor the founders brought to launching startups and turning around companies. They welcome a diverse clientele—executives, artists, athletes, empty nesters, and young adults—who are ready not only to pursue lifelong recovery from addiction or mental health crises, but also to rekindle passions and reconnect with their authentic selves.
Receive Personalized Clinical Services
Start Up redefines clinical care with a deeply personalized, integrative approach. After an in-depth, in-person assessment, each client receives a tailored plan that may include psychiatry, psychotherapy, addiction therapy, and group sessions designed to uncover root causes, strengthen resilience, develop skills, and foster transformation. This collaborative model ensures clients receive the highest standard of care—one that adapts to their needs while supporting lasting emotional, psychological, and spiritual growth.
Elevate Recovery With East + West + Tech
At Start Up Recovery and Wellness, each client’s personalized plan combines Eastern practices, Western modalities, and biohacking. Eastern practices such as acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, reiki, and Qi Gong harmonize with Western approaches like psychiatry, individual therapy, somatic therapy, and family therapy. Holistic techniques—including chiropractic care, lymphatic massage, and functional medicine—work alongside biohacking strategies like bioresonance, electromagnetic, and red light therapy. Together, these modalities restore balance, develop resilience, and lay a foundation for long-term transformation.
Experience Upscale Living in Santa Monica
Clients put their recovery skills into practice in a supportive community navigating sobriety together in Start Up’s fully furnished home or apartments in one of Southern California’s most sought-after neighborhoods. Both settings feature modern amenities, spacious living areas, secure access, housekeeping, and gym memberships. Just three blocks from the beach, the home includes a personal chef who provides organic meals. Transportation is included to ensure all clients have seamless access to the Wellness Center for treatment.
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Executive Treatment
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
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.
Start Up Recovery
Pricing and Program Length
Estimated Center Costs
The cost listed here (Private Pay Only: $15,000-$75,000), is an estimate of program cost. Center price 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.
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Meet Your Care Team
Gregg Champion
Partner
Jeffrey Vann
Partner
Patricia Meyers
Partner
Margot Chambers
Wellness Director
LAC
Dr. Jack Kuo
Director of Psychiatric Services
MD
Phil Kholos
Mind-Body Therapist and Director of Bioresonance Technologies
Sarah Sack
Therapist
ACSW
Kyle Mcgill
Case Manager
Jacob Goldsboro
Operations Manager
Michele Limoges
Lead Resident Advocate
Micko Ortiz
Executive Chef
Hadas Zies
COO, START UP RECOVERY & WELLNESS
EMBA
Nousha Salimi
Integrative Nutritionist, Holistic Health Coach & Wellness Consultant
Dr. Mina Pashayi
Holistic Chiropractor, Functional Medicine Practitioner
Blair Cobb
Breathwork Teacher, Reiki Master & Holistic Wellness Advocate
Gina Buccola
Family Recovery Coach, Certified Trauma Specialist
Nikola Parque
Sound Healing Facilitator, Reiki Practitioner & Wellness Artisan
Edward Ormandy
Advanced Reiki Practitioner & Holistic Healing Facilitator
Aliza "Ali" Rubin
Certified Pilates Instructor and Movement Specialist
Indra Kelly
Energetic Realignment Practitioner & Transformational Intuitive Guide
Heather Donavon
Sound Therapy Artist, Vocal Healer & Wellness Educator
Emily Beliveau
Medical Qigong Practitioner, Life Coach & Intuitive Healer
Your Care Options
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Wellness
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
Who We Treat
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.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Treatment Services
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.
Transitional Living
After rehab, some people stay in a transitional living situation before returning home. These programs offer structure, education, and community support.
Sober Living
These structured living environments help people transition out of rehab. Residents have more freedom than they do during rehab, but still follow certain rules.
Approaches
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Wellness
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
Conditions We Treat
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
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.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Languages
Care Designed for Your Needs
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Executive Program
Addiction and mental health treatment for executives typically involves high discretion, greater technology access, and more private, 1-on-1 care.
Off-Site Amenities
Learn More About the Center
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Why Sobriety Improves Your Professional Life
Read how becoming sober helps change the trajectory of one’s entire outlook and drive toward any goal.
Mentor Network
Find out more about Start Up’s professional mentors from over 50 different industries.
The Recovery Playbook Podcast
Hear stories from an impressive sober community including TedX speakers, entrepreneurs, and entertainment executives.
What people are saying
Treatment
4.8
Accommodations
5.0
Food & Nutrition
4.9
Value
4.7
Pros
- Beautiful Location (18)
- Luxurious Accommodations (17)
- Personalized (16)
- Gourmet & Nutritious Food (16)
Cons
- Poor Cell Service (3)
Anonymous
Treatment in 2022 • (90 days) • Reviewed 03/11/24
Former Client
Jake
Treatment in 2022 • (180+ days) • Reviewed 03/03/24
Former Client
Rachel Miller
Treatment in 2022 • (180+ days ) • Reviewed 03/04/24
Former Client
•Designer
•Miami Beach
Anonymous
Treatment in 2023 • (90 days) • Reviewed 03/02/24
Former Client
•Executive
S. Neil
Treatment in 2021 • (90 days) • Reviewed 03/01/24
Former Client
•Finance
