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Cliffside Malibu Drug Rehab Program Details

Cliffside Malibu is a residential drug rehab, alcohol rehab center and extended care facility for adults suffering from alcoholism, drug addiction, eating disorders, depression, and other co-occurring disorders. Our drug treatment philosophy incorporates a variety of clinical components to create a comprehensive and effective addiction treatment program. The components of alcohol and drug rehab include detox, individual therapy, group therapy, depression treatment, and alternative medicine. Our drug rehab program values and utilizes many philosophies to individualize our treatment plans and improve individual outcomes.

Drug Rehab Center

The clinical components and addiction recovery activities offered by Cliffside Malibu drug rehab center are specifically related to drug rehabilitation philosophy as well as the goals and objectives of the drug rehab program. Once residents have been accepted to the drug rehab center (and detoxed when necessary), they are assigned to a primary therapist who manages their care during the entire course of their treatment. Cliffside Malibu offers each patient an individualized clinical program that includes individual therapy, cognitive-behavioral groups, process groups, and a family program. Cliffside Malibu also offers various activities to support recovery such as experiential groups, yoga and outdoor activities. Group sessions are conducted onsite and also available in the community (transportation is provided). Along with these clinical activities, Cliffside Malibu meets the daily needs of patients enrolled in the drug rehab center including gourmet meals, laundry service, transportation, scheduling of appointments, Internet access and special requests (where appropriate).

Drug Rehab Program Goals and Objectives

Drug Rehab Program Goals and Objectives
  • Determine appropriateness for treatment for each resident
  • Detox affected residents, when necessary
  • Evaluate individuals for substance use disorders and any co-occurring (dual diagnosis) disorders
  • Offer each patient an individual drug rehabilitation plan which maximizes comfort and the potential for success
  • Provide treatment for residents' families through our three day family program
  • Develop an aftercare plan which supports the program's philosophies and objectives

The Importance of Comfort
Because some aspects of drug rehab and alcohol rehab can be distinctly uncomfortable, Cliffside drug treatment center makes a special effort to make everything else as comfortable as possible. Residents are not being punished for their addictions, and are treated with the respect and luxury that they deserve. We offer many recreational activities such as hiking and beach walks. Spa treatments such as facials and manicure/pedicures are made available. We know a little comfort goes a long way on the path to recovery.

Cliffside Malibu Alcohol Rehab has counselors waiting to help you. Call us toll free 24 hours a day: 800-501-1988.


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Cliffside Malibu drug rehab centers are located in Los Angeles County north of Zuma Beach and overlooks the Pacific Ocean. Unlike many other drug rehabs in California, Cliffside Malibu drug rehab is far removed from the noise and other intrusions that Pacific Coast Highway brings. Occupying almost two acres, Cliffside drug rehabilitation center features privacy, beautiful architecture and decoration, and modern amenities such as plasma TVs and wireless Internet access - making it the perfect setting for primary treatment and/or extended care.

For more information, or to set up a tour, please call us toll free at 800-501-1988.



Testimonials From Our Drug Rehab Residents And Alumni Drug rehab success stories

Hi Georgina,

Drug Rehab in style with freshly prepared meals.

Just a quick note to thank you for the wonderful experience at Cliffside. Had I made a list of everything I hoped to receive from my spiritual retreat, I would have sold myself short because it was much more than I expected. Meeting with Billy and Georgina was great, and really helped me integrate the steps into the process of grief. The groups (especially with Flo and Billy) were wonderful as well.

Of course, it was so good to see you again - I looked for you as I was leaving yesterday around 10:15am but couldn't find you so I decided to send this email along instead. You were right about the therapeudic body work - Dr. Eric was great, and I really appreciate being able to experience that before I had to leave. The cuisine at Cliffside is incredible Georgina - I am still in awe of how beautifully prepared and delicious every meal was.

I intend to make a spiritual retreat to Cliffside every six months or so - I hope that's ok. If there's ever anything I can do to be of service, please let me know. You and your staff (as well as the residents, both times) have enriched my life and expanded my spiritual program more than you will ever know. Thank you seems inadequate for all I received. I do thank you - let me know how I may be of service - I really mean it! With love, gratitude and affection,

[name witheld to insure privacy]




Drug and Alcohol Rehab Admissions Information Admissions Info

At Cliffside Malibu, we offer two comprehensive alcohol and drug rehab programs - primary drug rehab and extended care - to assist our clients in achieving lasting sobriety. Each of our new clients participates in a medical and mental health screening by our staff physician, a clinical therapist and a psychiatrist. These screenings help you and your therapist design a unique drug rehabilitation plan that reflects the needs identified during this evaluation process. A drug rehab plan identifies specific challenges you and your therapist believe should be addressed during your stay at Cliffside Malibu, while it also provides a tool for measuring progress.

Primary Drug Rehab Facility Admission Guidelines
We welcome individuals who satisfy the following requirements:

  • You are over 18 years of age
  • You are chemically dependent upon drugs/alcohol
  • You are able to perform a reasonable level of self-care, including, eating, grooming and maintaining orderliness in your living quarters
  • You express motivation and a willingness to live in a drug rehab facility environment and pursue a sober life.

Extended Care Admission Guidelines

  • Your are over 18 years of age
  • You are currently sober - no longer chemically dependent on drugs/alcohol
  • You are willing to follow a drug rehabilitation plan developed by you and your therapist.



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Latest Articles

To encourage and to facilitate healing

November 5th, 2008

You’ll learn a lot about yourself and your loved ones in the course of an addiction intervention. It won’t all be pretty, and it certainly won’t all be peaceful. But no process of engagement could ever be more important. The truth is that addiction interventions save lives. In the end, it’s hard to imagine how any bottom line could ever be more important than that one.

The best addiction intervention is the one that communicates its message to an addict in loving and supportive terms. The point of the intervention process is not to insult or demean—it’s to encourage, and to facilitate healing. The only effective addiction intervention is the one that ends with an addict’s seeking help from a professional rehab facility. If you can achieve that much, you’ll have accomplished everything you set out to do.

Addiction Counseling And Recovery

November 4th, 2008

You can expect your first day of alcohol rehabilitation to be among the most difficult of your entire life. Even the most exclusive luxury alcohol rehab in Malibu can’t spare you from the initial shock of sobriety, or the sheer rigor of your treatment program. Alcohol rehabilitation can only succeed if it’s difficult. If you’re going to get better, in other words, you’re going to have to work for it.

There will be moments at which you want to quit—let there be no mistake about that. No one makes it through an alcohol rehabilitation program without suffering a few bouts of despair, or doubt, or both. The key, of course, lies in your ability to overcome the challenges. It won’t be easy. But with the right help and enough determination, you really can get where you need to go.

The delicate process of rehab

October 31st, 2008

No one should ever “settle” for an inferior substance abuse rehab center. Substance abuse rehabilitation is an enormously delicate process, one that can only succeed if it’s administered by people who know exactly what they’re doing. To “settle” for an inferior substance abuse rehab center, then, is to doom oneself to failure in the healing process. Given the stakes, that sort of outcome is simply unacceptable.

The good news is that there really are competent substance abuse rehab centers in Malibu and Los Angeles. The catch is that they’re few and far between—and that the onus is on you to distinguish the good from the bad. For your own sake, don’t wait any longer to start learning what you need to learn to make an informed substance abuse rehab center decision. In the end, nothing you do will ever be more important.

Help For Eating Disorders

October 22nd, 2008

So you think you need eating disorder treatment. But you’re too ashamed too admit it to your friends, and too scared to admit it to yourself. Don’t worry. You aren’t alone. Most eating disorder victims wrestle with the decision to seek treatment. Some of them never act. Some of them make the right choice. The difference, both for eating disorder victims and the people they care about, is more important than any in the world.

The good news is that successful eating disorder treatment can help you get back to living life the way it ought to be lived. The only catch is that you have to be strong enough to reach out to professional caregivers. The day your enroll in an eating disorder treatment center will be the day you start reclaiming all the hope and dignity your disease has stripped away. Don’t wait any longer to find that out for yourself.

The way healing happens

October 20th, 2008

The drug rehabilitation center that’s “right” for you is the one that recognizes you as a unique individual with unique individual needs. Unfortunately, many of the most high-priced drug rehabilitation facilities in Los Angeles make the mistake of offering one-size-fits-all treatment programs, as if what worked for one addict could somehow work for every addict. But that’s not the way healing happens. If you’re going to get better, it’s going to have to be in a way that’s meaningful to you and no one else. A drug rehabilitation center that can’t help you do that doesn’t deserve to take care of you at all.

It’s hard to overstate the importance of your drug rehab center decision. The right drug rehabilitation program will quite literally change your life. You owe it yourself, and to the people you care about, to get all the help you need on the road to recovery. It starts with finding a drug rehabilitation clinic that cares about you as you actually are. Here’s hoping you can muster the courage to learn that truth for yourself.

The most accomplished intervention specialists in Los Angeles

October 17th, 2008

Few individuals have so great an impact on the rehabilitation process as an expert intervention specialist. Interventions, after all, are absolutely essential to addiction recovery, because only through an intervention can an addict be made to see the truth about himself and his problems. That recognition, in turn, is best facilitated by someone who knows exactly how to manage the process—which is why the right intervention specialist can make all the difference in the world.

The obvious catch here is that even the most accomplished intervention specialist in Los Angeles can’t help a client who fails to seek help. If the addict you care about is going to get better, it’s going to be because you make the right decision, by soliciting professional intervention services from an exclusive rehab facility. In the end, there’s simply too much at stake for you to make any other choice.

Dual Diagnosis-vital to the healing process

October 15th, 2008

Addiction and depression are often fundamentally interrelated diseases. Many depression victims turn to drugs as a means of escape; many drug addicts suffer from depression. It should probably go without saying, then, that drug recovery must always entail intensive depression treatment whenever it’s necessary. And that, in a nutshell, is why dual diagnosis techniques can be so vital to the healing process.

Dual diagnosis is a strategy by which drug treatment experts evaluate a patient’s substance dependency in conjunction with his or her mental health. That evaluation provides the foundation for a holistic drug treatment program, one that aims to heal a patient from the inside-out. For many drug addicts, successful dual diagnosis can mean the difference between the success and failure of the rehabilitation process. It’s hard to imagine that any consideration could ever be more important than that one.

How To Define An Opiate Addiction

October 14th, 2008

Opiates rehab is an arduous undertaking. Whoever you are, however tough you believe yourself to be, your opiates rehabilitation experience will demand every last ounce of your resolve. The corollary, of course, is that you’re going to need plenty of support if you intend to complete the process successfully. The good news is that the right opiates rehab center really can help you master your demons. The catch is that opiates rehab must and can only begin with a personal decision.

Even the most exclusive opiates rehab facility in California can’t help an addict who refuses to walk through the front door. If you’re going to get better, then, it’s going to be because you muster the courage to take the first step, by admitting you have a problem that you can’t solve on your own. Successful opiates rehab will help you remember why you ever believed life to be a thing worth living. In the end, it’s hard to imagine how anything could ever be more important than that.

Beating Alcoholism

October 13th, 2008

Alcohol abuse can happen to anyone. Alcoholics are rich and poor, black and white, pillars of society and down-on-their-luck nobodies. The point, of course, is that alcoholism is a disease, and like all diseases it strikes without regard to the personal status of its victims. Whoever you are, then, alcohol abuse can happen to you. And when it does, your only recourse is professional alcohol abuse rehab.

Nobody beats alcoholism without alcohol rehab. However “in-control” you believe yourself to be, you won’t be strong to overcome alcohol abuse on your own. The good news is that there’s plenty of help out there. The catch is that you have to have the courage to seek it. For your own sake, don’t wait another day to finally make the right choice.

The stigma attached to drug abuse

October 8th, 2008

Many patients hesitate before making the decision to seek drug addiction treatment. It’s not hard to see why, given the stigma attached to drug abuse in most corners of polite society. But that stigma doesn’t make drug addiction any more the fault of its victims—and it certainly doesn’t make drug addiction treatment any less important.

Drug dependency is never a choice. Addicts don’t decide to be addicts, in the same sense that cancer victims don’t decide to be cancer victims. On the contrary, addiction is a disease, and like any disease it can only be overcome with the help of trained medical experts. Drug addiction treatment, then, is absolutely vital to any addict’s prospects for long-term recovery. If you’re going to get better, it’s going to be because you get the right kind of help from the right kind of caregivers. The day you enroll in a professional drug addiction treatment facility will be the day you start rediscovering life as you used to live it, before addiction stripped you of your hope and joy and dignity. It’s hard to imagine how anything could ever be more important than that.