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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.
Please note: Some of the footage in Start Up Recovery's video shows images of their previous location in the Pacific Palisades, which was impacted by the 2025 wildfires. The services and programming shown remain of similar quality at their Santa Monica location.
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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.
Pricing and Program Length
Estimated Center Costs
The cost listed here (Private Pay Only: $20,000-$105,000), 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.
Luxury rehab centers offer a unique blend of luxurious amenities and high-quality treatment. From private suites to gourmet dining, personal trainers to spa treatments, these facilities provide a high level of comfort and discretion.
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
Levels of Care
Your Care Options
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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.
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.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
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.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
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.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Approaches
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Wellness
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
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.
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.
Cryotherapy
Stepping into a chamber of extreme cold floods the bloodstream with nutrients and endorphins, helping reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
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.
Conditions We Treat
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Burnout
Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.
Chronic Pain Management
Long-term physical pain can have an affect on mental health. Without support, it can also impact your daily life and even lead to addiction.
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.
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.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Languages
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.
Executive Program
Addiction and mental health treatment for executives typically involves high discretion, greater technology access, and more private, 1-on-1 care.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Off-Site Activities
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
