Ascend Healthcare

About Ascend Healthcare – Los Angeles, California

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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Effie Goldberg

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Joseph Essas

Co-Founder & Managing Director

Brittany Cohen

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Allison Welsh

Executive Clinical Director

Laura Hubbard

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Margaret Hartmann

Director of Clinical Operations

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