Center for Discovery Lakewood

About Center for Discovery Lakewood – Lakewood, California

Center for Discovery – Lakewood is a drug rehab and facility located in Lakewood, California. The center offers treatment for alcohol and substance addictions, eating disorders, and co-occurring mental and behavioral health disorders. Center for Discovery provides residential inpatient treatment, a partial hospitalization program (PHP), an intensive outpatient program (IOP), dual diagnosis treatment, case management, and aftercare. Treatment is available for adults, young adults, teenagers, and children 10 years and older. Specialized programs are available for gender-specific groups and Veterans. Telehealth is available. Programs may be available in English, Spanish, Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, Italian, Portuguese, and Russian.

At Center for Discovery, inpatient clients undergo a personalized evaluation and receive a customized treatment plan. Programs include group and individual counseling for 5-6 hours per day, nutrition education, relapse-prevention strategies, and life-skills development. Treatment methods include cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) models. Case management teams are available 24/7. Up to 24 clients can stay at the facility at any time, including gender-specific and age-specific housing.

Partial hospitalization treatment takes place 6-7 hours per day, 5-6 days per week. Clients undergo counseling, family therapy, medication and nutrition management, and education to prevent relapse. PHP can be adult or adolescent-oriented and can include snacks with meal supervision. The PHP is available only during the day.

Center for Discovery’s intensive outpatient program hosts 3-hour sessions, 3-6 days per week. Clients receive group and individual counseling, peer support, snacks with meal supervision, and life-skills development to support their daily routines. Evening and weekend programs are available.

Center for Discovery provides aftercare through its Discovery app. The app allows clients and families to network with case management teams, track their progress, and participate in updates and webinars. Alumni events are also provided. Center for Discovery may make referrals to outside facilities for specialized care.

Center for Discovery – Lakewood is certified by the California Department of Health Care Services.

Center for Discovery – Lakewood is in-network with many insurance providers, including Beacon, Blue Shield, Cigna, First Choice Health, Humana, Kaiser Permanente, Magellan Health, Sharp, and Wellpoint. The center also works with county and federal agencies, such as Indian Health Services. Self-pay and financing options are also available. Please check with your insurance provider for specific details concerning out-of-network coverage.

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Accepted Insurance Providers

Beacon Health Blue Cross Blue Shield CareFirst Carelon Behavioral Health Cigna Compcare Coventry Employers Health Network First Choice Health Fortified Provider Network (FPN) Health Net HMC HealthWorks Holman Group Humana IEHP Indian Health Services (IHS) Kaiser Permanente Managed Health Network (MHN) Marin County Health and Human Services Merced County Moda Health MultiPlan Networks by Design Optum Premera Sharp Health Plan UMR Unicare United States Family Health Plan (USFHP) WellPoint

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Staff & Accreditations

Our Team

Deandra Christianson, MA

President of Eating Disorder Division

Amy Costa, PsyD, LMFT, CEDS-S

Vice President of Clinical Operations

Matthew Ruble, MD

Chief Medical Officer

Jen Henretty, PhD, CEDS

Executive Director of Clinical Outcomes

Kacy Grossman, MS, RDN, LD, CEDRD-S

Director of Nutrition & Wellness, Outpatient

Abby Hamdan

VP of Operations Residential Division

Shayne Tinsley

VP of Operations Outpatient Division and Virtual Programming

Jamie Atkins-Huerta, RD, CEDRD-S

Director of Nutrition & Wellness, Residential

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