Start Up Recovery

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Substance Use and Mental Health

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.

Treatment and Housing

Primary Level of Care

5.0
(31)
Private Pay

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 is a cash-pay facility where recovery is approached with the same vigor the founders applied to launch startups and turn around companies. Their locations in the Pacific Palisades and Santa Monica serve executives, entrepreneurs, artists, athletes, empty nesters, and young adults on the path to self-discovery. Start Up supports clients who are ready to shift from addiction to passion, pursuing lifelong recovery and resetting their focus on purposeful living.

Elevate Recovery With East + West + Tech

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. Alongside 12-Step programming, these modalities restore balance, develop resilience, and lay a foundation for long-term transformation.

Experience Upscale, Community Living

Clients can practice their recovery skills in one of Start Up’s supportive communities. Perched above the Pacific Ocean, the Palisades estate features 7 private suites, an on-site wellness area with sauna, steam room, and cold plunge, and a 90-foot infinity pool. The 8-bedroom home in Santa Monica is 3 blocks from the beach in a walkable neighborhood. Both include chef-prepared meals, on-site recovery meetings, device access, and transportation to the wellness center for services.

Stay Connected to Support

After completing their program, clients can continue engaging with therapy and wellness services. They become part of an alumni community that values connection and mutual support, participating in engaging on- and off-site events, attending 12-Step meetings, and using Start Up’s accountability resources for personal and professional development. Start Up also offers an apartment community for independent living as part of their continuum of care.

Highlights from the Center

Highlights

These highlights are provided by and paid for by the center.

  • Bespoke With Exclusive Staff

  • Wellness Emphasis

  • Perfect for UHNWI

  • Executive Treatment

AT A GLANCE

Center Overview

Location
Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, CA 90272 View Map
Primary Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions....

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.

Typical Program Length
90+ days
Founded in 2017
9 years in business
Occupancy
16-30 beds
Conditions We Treat
Anxiety, Burnout, Chronic Pain Management, Depression +2 More
Substance Use We Treat
Alcohol, Chronic Relapse, Drug Addiction
Payment

Pricing and Program Length

Estimated Center Costs

The cost listed here (Private Pay Only: $20,000-$125,000), 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.

Santa Monica Location - per month
$20K -$55K (Housing + Additional Services / Treatment)
Pacific Palisades Location - per month
$55K -$125K (Housing + Additional Services / Treatment)
(833) 452-2077

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.

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Staff

Meet Your Care Team

Gregg Champion

Gregg Champion

Partner

Jeffrey Vann

Jeffrey Vann

Partner

Patricia Meyers

Patricia Meyers

Partner

Margot Chambers

Margot Chambers

Wellness Director

LAC

Achieve Peak Recovery With Biohacking
Achieve Peak Recovery With Biohacking
Start Up leverages advanced biohacking technologies to optimize mental and physical recovery. Biohacking addresses imbalances, reduces stress, and enhances mental clarity, as well as accelerates the body’s natural healing processes. By integrating these cutting-edge solutions, Start Up empowers clients to rebuild their lives with clarity, strength, and confidence while regaining physical vitality and well-being.
Transform Using The Recovery Playbook®
Transform Using The Recovery Playbook®
During their residency, each client learns the 12 plays of The Recovery Playbook®, the result of founder Gregg Champion’s 30+ years in recovery and thousands of hours of coaching individuals toward a fresh start in life. The Playbook equips clients with a dynamic toolset to apply toward their recovery, personal goals, and professional challenges.
Hit Career Reset With the Executive Track
Hit Career Reset With the Executive Track
Start Up offers a dedicated track for C-suite and high-profile professionals looking to push the reset button on their careers and lives. Clients rediscover balance and purpose while strengthening their effectiveness as leaders. Working closely with clients’ employers, Start Up empowers clients to return to their careers with clarity or embrace bold new directions.
Unlock Potential With a World-Class Mentor
Unlock Potential With a World-Class Mentor
Start Up’s one-of-a-kind mentor network is a cornerstone of their program. They’ve assembled a network of over 100 professionals—many of whom are recognizable names in their industries—who combine lived recovery with extraordinary success. Matched by career field, mentors offer practical and personal guidance, helping clients redefine priorities and build thriving lives in recovery and beyond.
Care Options

Levels of Care

Substance use and mental health issues can occur simultaneously or as primary conditions. Effective treatment explores how mental health conditions contribute to addiction, and vice-versa. Many rehabs treat substance use disorders and mental health conditions with personalized care plans.
Not included
Detox
Not Offered at This Center
Typically the initial stage of treatment for substance use, focusing on medically supervised management of withdrawal symptoms.
Not included
Residential
Not Offered at This Center
Residential programs for substance use and mental health with structured care and 24/7 monitoring. Treatment takes place on-site, with behavioral health professionals often providing care in group, individual, and family settings.
Included
Retreat
Specialized facilities often located in tranquil, secluded environments where patients focus intensively on their recovery. Holistic treatment programs blend physical, mental, and sometimes spiritual healing processes for overall wellness and recovery.
Included
Sober Living
Transitional housing designed to support individuals recovering from substance use disorders offering a safe, supportive and structured environment for practicing long-term sobriety, while reintegrating back into daily living.
Not included
Outpatient
Not Offered at This Center
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Outpatient care typically offers a range of therapies and medical interventions individuals can attend alongside daily life.
Not included
Virtual & In-Home Care
Not Offered at This Center
The delivery of therapeutic services utilizing technology such as video conferencing, online messaging or phone calls, allowing for flexibility, comfort and increased access to care.
Treatment

Your Care Options

Specializations

Alcohol

Alcohol

Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Pet Friendly

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

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

Holistic

A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.

Allow Cell Phones
Individual Treatment

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

Professionals

Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.

Wellness

Wellness

Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.

Who We Treat

Men
Women
Executives

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

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

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

Professionals

Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.

UHNW Clients & Families

Approaches

Holistic

Holistic

A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.

Individual Treatment

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

Personalized Treatment

The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.

Wellness

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

1-on-1 Counseling

Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.

Acupuncture
Art Therapy

Art Therapy

Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cryotherapy

Cryotherapy

Stepping into a chamber of extreme cold floods the bloodstream with nutrients and endorphins, helping reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Equine Therapy

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

Experiential Therapy

With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.

Expressive Arts

Expressive Arts

Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.

Languages

English

Conditions We Treat

Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.

Burnout

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

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

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

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

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

Alcohol

Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Chronic Relapse

Chronic Relapse

Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.

Drug Addiction

Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.

Aftercare

Drug Screening
Family Follow-up Counseling
Support Meetings
Aftercare App
Alumni Events & Get-Togethers
Follow-up Sessions (in-person)
Mentoring and Peer support
Experience

Care Designed for Your Needs

Personal Amenities

Air-Conditioned Rooms
En Suite Bathroom
Allow Cell Phones
Private Rooms

Amenities

Beach Access
Airport Transfers
Wellness Center
Gardens
Personal Chef
Sauna
Walking Trails
Pool
Luxury

Special Considerations

Pet Friendly

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

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

Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.

AA/NA Meetings
Martial Arts
Massage
Movies
Swimming
Pilates

Off-Site Activities

Bowling
Beach Walks
Swimming
Horseback Riding
Movies
Sightseeing
Hiking
Tennis
Boxing
Frequently Asked Questions

Further Research

While costs may vary due to program length and insurance benefits, it typically costs Private Pay Only: $20,000-$125,000.
The following therapies are included: acupuncture, mindfulness-based cognitive therapy and more.
Pacific Palisades, California, United States.
The typical length is 90+ days.
Start Up Recovery provides retreat, sober living and more.

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