Ascend Healthcare

4346 Empress Ave EncinoCA 91436

About Ascend Healthcare – Los Angeles

Ascend Healthcare, in Encino, California, provides trauma-informed residential addiction recovery services for adolescents. They specialize in dual diagnosis care using an integrative treatment approach that combines 12 step-focused modalities with intensive individual, group, and family counseling and evidence-based complementary therapies.

Ascend Healthcare is a trauma-informed inpatient drug and alcohol rehab for adolescents and families in Encino, California. They offer crisis intervention, telehealth care, short and long-term residential treatment, and aftercare planning and support, including dedicated services for persons with co-occurring addiction and mental illness.

Their residential program allows teens to focus on their recovery in a highly structured and supportive environment featuring premium amenities, including hiking trails, a swimming pool, and fitness and recreational facilities. Clients receive medical and mental health assessments, personalized care planning, and comprehensive case management. They also engage in intensive individual, group, and family counseling drawing on proven modalities, including CBT and DBT. The program promotes clients’ sustained sobriety and successful reintegration into their home, school, and community through robust, age-specific recovery education addressing topics such as coping, self-care, communication, emotional regulation, and relapse prevention. The program hosts an accredited onsite day school for both academic and vocational training. A wide array of evidence-based complementary therapies is available, including animal therapy, expressive arts therapy, meditation and mindfulness training, and fitness and nutrition therapy. EMDR therapy is available for trauma survivors. The program emphasizes family education and engagement as a cornerstone of clients’ lasting recovery.

Their aftercare services ensure a complete continuum of care aligned with clients’ evolving needs and may include 12 step program facilitation and transitional support for clients stepping down to outpatient treatment.

Ascend Healthcare is state licensed, certified by LegitScript, and accredited by NATSAP and The Joint Commission. They accept private insurance and self-pay.

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Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

12-Step

12 step programs such as Alcoholics or Narcotics Anonymous are support group style programs for individuals who are experiencing alcohol or substance use disorder. At Evoke they use a holistic model of addiction care that includes using 12 step programs. These programs are an integral part of most relapse prevention plans and provide continued support and accountability that support sobriety.

Aftercare Support

Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Sober Living Homes

Sober Living Houses (SLHs), aka sober homes or halfway houses, are safe, substance-free, supportive living facilities for those recovering from substance abuse. Ideal for those who've just been through inpatient or outpatient treatment, SLHs are supervised environments with rules that support sobriety, such as curfews, shared chores, and therapeutic meetings. Residents are also often trained on life skills and coping skills to make it easier to transition into society. SLHs also provide a strong sense of community that can lead to the kind of deep and lasting connections with other sober individuals that supports a new, healthy lifestyle.

Treatments

Programs

Adult Program

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

Young Adult Program

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Staff

Effie Goldberg

Effie Goldberg

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Joseph Essas

Joseph Essas

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Brittany Cohen

Brittany Cohen

Vice President

Allison Welsh

Allison Welsh

Executive Clinical Director

Laura Hubbard

Laura Hubbard

Director of Nursing

Margaret Hartmann

Margaret Hartmann

Director of Clinical Operations

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