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Villa Kali Ma Women's Recovery CentersCarlsbad, California, United States (22 Reviews)
Carlsbad, California, United States
Villa Kali Ma Women's Recovery Centers
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Insurance AcceptedInsurance AcceptedProvider's Policy
Villa Kali Ma does not accept Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare, or state-funded policies. Villa Kali Ma is an in-network provider with Healthnet, Anthem BCBS, Multiplan, Halcyon and First Health. We are currently accepting most insurance plans that have PPO or out-of-network benefits. Private Insurance Accepted.
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
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Equine Therapy
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About Villa Kali Ma Women's Recovery Centers
Villa Kali Ma offers recovery for women who struggle with substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders. They provide all levels of care: detox, inpatient, intensive outpatient, and partial hospitalization. Their treatment programs bring deep healing and transformation to women’s lives by teaching reliable, tried, and true paths to live in health and joy.
Find Wholeness with a Blended Approach
Villa Kali Ma’s signature approach to healing uses paths from East and West to guide women to look further within, beyond their biggest pain and fear, to discover their true essence. Treatment programs include individual, family, and group therapy to help clients heal their thoughts, habits, and emotions. They also provide chances to heal the body and spirit through physical wellness practices, self-discovery journeys, and connection with others and the earth.
Prevent Relapse with Aftercare & Alumni Support
Villa Kali Ma helps clients develop a toolbox of recovery practices and a realistic plan for successfully returning to daily life after treatment. They also offer weekly online alumni group sessions led by their primary therapists, as well as in-person alumni events, meetings, and workshops throughout the year.
Fully Immerse in Comfort & Serenity
Villa Kali Ma’s residential treatment center is situated in a hillside home on over an acre of land surrounded by beauty. Clients stay in private or shared guest suites with ensuite bathrooms and queen or full-size beds adorned with plush linens. Two of the rooms have ocean views, and one has its own large private patio that leads out to the labyrinth and garden. During free time, clients enjoy the tranquility of the poolside cabana, walks around the labyrinth, time in the garden, or the meditation room.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:Villa Kali Ma does not accept Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare, or state-funded policies. Villa Kali Ma is an in-network provider with Healthnet, Anthem BCBS, Multiplan, Halcyon and First Health. We are currently accepting most insurance plans that have PPO or out-of-network benefits. Private Insurance Accepted.
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Carelon Behavioral Health
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United Healthcare
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Nurture Body and Spirit
As part of Villa Kali Ma’s “whole person, whole life” philosophy, clients can participate in a wide range of modalities to address body and spirit. Their wellness offerings include neurogenic yoga, massage, acupuncture, Ayurveda, and Reiki. Spiritual treatments include equine therapy, labyrinth walking, shamanic healing, earthing therapy, journaling, and 12-Step and non-12-Step support groups.
Reclaim Joy by Resolving Trauma
Villa Kali Ma helps clients address underlying trauma, believed by more and more people in the field of recovery to be the secret ingredient that drives addiction. Clients begin to make life more livable and joyful through trauma-specific therapies like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), somatic experiencing (SE), trauma release exercises (TRE), and internal family systems therapy (IFS).
Thrive in a Supportive Outpatient Community
Villa Kali Ma’s intensive outpatient (IOP) and day treatment (PHP) programs provide powerful transformation while clients live at home or in Villa Kali Ma’s community housing. They combine psychotherapy, trauma therapies, expressive arts, and ancient healing traditions. Clients receive structured support through individual, group, and family therapy, plus wellness practices like yoga, nutrition, and body-based trauma care.
Involve Family in Recovery
Villa Kali Ma offers family therapy sessions—in person or virtually—as an effective method for long-lasting impacts on all family members. It targets the way ancient family wounds, dysfunctional dynamics, and conflict avoidance contribute to addiction rather than supporting health and recovery. In addition to family therapy, loved ones may visit during weekly scheduled visiting hours.
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Center Overview
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
Women only
Women attend treatment in a gender-specific facility, with treatment delivered in a safe, nourishing, and supportive environment for greater comfort.
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.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
Women only
Women attend treatment in a gender-specific facility, with treatment delivered in a safe, nourishing, and supportive environment for greater comfort.
Treatment Services
Day Treatment
In a PHP, patients live at home but follow an intensive schedule of treatment. Most programs require you to be on-site for about 40 hours per week.
Detox (on-site with residential)
This is often the first step of addiction treatment. For many people, it's dangerous to detox without proper medical support.
Intensive Outpatient Program
In an IOP, patients live at home or a sober living, but attend treatment typically 9-15 hours a week. Most programs include talk therapy, support groups, and other methods.
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.
Approaches
Spiritual Emphasis
Spirituality connects patients to a higher power and helps strengthen their recovery, hope, and compliance with other treatment modalities.
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Non 12 Step
Non-12-Step philosophies veer from the spiritual focus of the 12-Steps and instead treat the disease of addiction with holistic or secular modalities.
Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
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.
Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Ayurveda
One of the oldest medicine systems, Ayurveda is based on the idea that wellness lies in the mind-body-spirit balance and can be achieved through natural interventions.
Craniosacral Therapy
A practitioner uses light touch around the head, neck, and back to improve the flow of fluids in the central nervous system, relieving tension and pain.
Equine Therapy
Guided interactions with trained horses, their handler, and a therapist can help patients improve their self-esteem, trust, empathy, and social skills.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
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.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
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.
Psychedelics
Hallucinogenic drugs—like LSD—cause euphoria and increased sensory experiences. When abused, they can lead to depression and psychosis.
Aftercare
Experience
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Gender-specific groups
Patients in gender-specific groups gain the opportunity to discuss challenges unique to their gender in a comfortable, safe setting conducive to healing.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Off-Site Activities
Off-Site Amenities
Professional Staff
Ashley Amundson
Director of Operations
LPCC, LAADC, ICADC, RYT 200
Dr. Katie Hirst
Medical Director
MD
Dr. Alisha Bhatia
Naturopathic Doctor
Janice Graham
Primary Therapist
LMFT
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Testimonial
VKM is my saving grace. I learned what self-love looks and feels like. Words could never convey how grateful I am. Thank you to everyone that makes VKM a magical place.
Julie
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