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Substance use disorders affect millions of Americans every year.
According to SAMHSA’s national survey, most people who need treatment don’t get it.
Outpatient care lets you get help while you live at home.
Drugs or alcohol may have started running your days, or you may be watching it happen to someone you love. If so, you’re probably tired, worried, and unsure where to start. Compassion Recovery Centers offers outpatient rehab in Orange County that gives you real structure and clinical care while you keep living at home.
Our center is at 23141 Moulton Pkwy, Suite 207, in Laguna Hills. You come in for scheduled treatment, then go home and sleep in your own bed. That means you can keep up with work, school, or family while you focus on getting better.
Addiction is a health condition, not a moral failing. It changes how the brain handles reward, stress, and self-control, which is why willpower alone so rarely works. Treatment gives you tools, support, and accountability. It also looks at what’s driving the use, not just the use itself.
Outpatient care fits many people who are medically stable, have a safe place to live, and want treatment that works around daily life. It can also be the next step after detox or a residential stay. If you need around-the-clock care first, our team will tell you honestly.
If you’re worried about a teenager, we also offer mental health and dual diagnosis programs for teens ages 12 to 17.
Compassion Recovery Centers is accredited by The Joint Commission and licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services (DHCS). We are in network with most insurance and Medicare plans.
Outpatient drug rehab is a set schedule of therapy sessions, groups, and check-ins with your care team. It starts with a free assessment so we understand your substance use, your physical and mental health, and what’s happening in your life. From there, your plan sets how much care you get each week and which therapies you use.
Your therapy is led by master’s-level therapists who focus on behavioral treatment for substance use disorders. Approaches we use include:
Recovery goes better when the rest of your life gets steadier too. Alongside therapy, we help you build habits around nutrition, exercise, and stress management. These are the tools you’ll keep using long after formal treatment ends.
Sleep is often rough in early recovery, and anxiety can spike when you stop using. Tell your care team if either is a struggle so you can work on it together.
Addiction affects everyone close to you. Family therapy gives your loved ones a place to understand what’s happening, repair trust, and learn how to support recovery without losing themselves. You decide how much your family takes part.
Addiction care is organized into levels, from round-the-clock inpatient care down to weekly outpatient therapy. The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Criteria help providers match you to the level that fits your needs right now. Your level can change as you get stronger.
Compassion Recovery Centers offers partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, outpatient care with ongoing aftercare, and virtual IOP. If your assessment shows you need detox or a higher level of care first, our admissions team will talk with you about next steps.
In-person care takes place at our center in Laguna Hills. Your week depends on your level of care. Under ASAM’s criteria, partial hospitalization generally means 20 or more hours of treatment a week. Intensive outpatient for adults generally means at least nine hours a week, spread across a few days. Our admissions team can walk you through our current schedule.
A typical treatment day mixes group therapy, skills work, and time with your therapist. You practice what you learn at home, at work, and with family, then bring what happened back to your next session. That back-and-forth is one of the real strengths of outpatient care.
If you can’t step away from work, ask about our evening IOP options. Evening care lets you keep your income and routine while you get treatment.
If getting to Laguna Hills is hard, you may be able to do your care through our virtual IOP. It offers live group and one-on-one therapy by secure video, with morning and evening groups for adults across California. Our team can help you decide whether in-person or virtual care makes more sense for you.
Withdrawal from some substances, especially alcohol, benzodiazepines, and opioids, can be dangerous or very hard to get through alone. Don’t try to quit these suddenly on your own. Your assessment helps show whether you need medical support for withdrawal before outpatient care. Our admissions team will talk through your options with you.
PHP, sometimes called day treatment, is the most structured level of care we offer. You spend much of the day in treatment, several days a week, then go home at night. It often fits right after detox or residential care, or when weekly therapy isn’t enough. See how our partial hospitalization program works.
IOP gives you several hours of treatment a few days a week. It works well for people stepping down from PHP. It also suits people who need more than weekly therapy but want to keep working or going to school. Our intensive outpatient program in Orange County page explains how it works.
Standard outpatient care means fewer hours each week, usually individual and group sessions that help you protect your progress. It focuses on handling real-life stress without using. Aftercare is part of our standard treatment, so you have a steady place to keep checking in after more intensive care ends. Learn more about our outpatient program.
Every substance affects the body and brain a little differently. Your plan reflects what you’ve been using and how. Here’s how our Orange County drug rehab approaches the most common ones.
Opioid addiction can start with a prescription after an injury or surgery, or with street drugs like heroin. Fentanyl is now mixed into many street drugs and fake pills, which makes any use much riskier. SAMHSA and NIDA describe medications for opioid use disorder, combined with therapy, as a standard part of care. If you want to explore medication, bring it up during your assessment. We also encourage you and your family to keep naloxone (Narcan) on hand.
Stimulants include meth, cocaine, and ADHD medications used other than as prescribed. There are no FDA-approved medications for stimulant addiction, so behavioral treatment does most of the work. NIDA points to approaches like CBT and contingency management, which rewards drug-free milestones. Our therapists use CBT to help you handle cravings and the low mood that often follows stopping.
Benzodiazepines like Xanax, Valium, and Klonopin are often prescribed for anxiety or sleep. If you’ve taken them daily for a while, don’t stop suddenly. Abrupt withdrawal can cause seizures and other serious problems. A safe plan means a slow, medically supervised taper with a prescriber, plus therapy for the anxiety or insomnia underneath.
Alcohol is legal and everywhere, which makes a problem easy to hide, even from yourself. Heavy daily drinkers can face dangerous withdrawal. Tell us honestly how much you drink so we can make sure you get through withdrawal safely before starting outpatient care.
Many people use more than one substance, like drinking while using stimulants or mixing pills with alcohol. Others quit one drug and slowly lean harder on another. We look at your whole pattern of use, so you aren’t trading one problem for a new one.
Plenty of people start drinking or using to quiet anxiety, depression, trauma, or racing thoughts. When a mental health condition and a substance use disorder happen together, it’s called a dual diagnosis, and both need care at the same time. See how our dual diagnosis treatment in Orange County works.
Not sure which level of care fits? Call (877) 414-3007 to talk with our admissions team. It’s free and confidential.
Bring the basics so your care team has an accurate picture from the start:
Because you go home each day, you don’t need to pack a bag. If you have questions about a specific item, our admissions team can help.
There’s no single answer. It depends on your needs and how you respond to care. A common path is to start in PHP, step down to IOP, then continue with outpatient support. NIDA notes that people generally do better when they stay in treatment long enough, often three months or more across all levels of care. Your team reviews your progress and adjusts the plan along the way.
Not from us without your permission. Health privacy laws, including HIPAA and a federal rule called 42 CFR Part 2, give substance use treatment records extra protection. In general, your treatment information can’t be shared with an employer or anyone else without your written consent. There are narrow exceptions, such as a medical emergency. If you need time off, you choose what to share.
Inpatient or residential rehab means living at a facility around the clock. It’s usually recommended for people who need medical monitoring, face severe withdrawal, or don’t have a safe place to live. PHP and IOP fit people who are medically stable and can stay safe at home between sessions. Your assessment helps answer this. If you need a higher level of care first, we’ll tell you.
Most health plans cover substance use treatment. The federal Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act and California’s parity law require many plans to cover addiction care on terms similar to other medical care. What you pay depends on your deductible, copays, and whether care is medically necessary. We check your benefits for free and explain your costs before you start.
Yes, if you want them to be. Family therapy is part of our program, and you decide how much your family takes part. Sessions can help loved ones understand addiction, rebuild trust, and learn how to support you. If you’re worried about someone, you can also call us to talk through next steps.
Many people do. IOP and outpatient care take only part of your week, and we offer evening IOP options for people who work during the day. PHP takes more of your day, so some people take leave from work for that stretch of treatment.
Detox needs vary a lot from person to person. Your free assessment looks at what you use, how much, and for how long, so we can tell whether you need medical support for withdrawal first. Our admissions team will explain your options and how to move into PHP or IOP when you’re ready.
Cost is one of the biggest worries people have about rehab, and it shouldn’t stay a mystery. Compassion Recovery Centers is in network with most insurance and Medicare plans. These include Aetna, Anthem, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Tricare, and Medicare. We verify your benefits for free and tell you what you’d pay before you commit to anything.
Getting started is simple. You call us or fill out the form on this page, and we check your coverage. Then you have a free assessment with our team so we can recommend the level of care that fits. From there, we help you pick a start date and a schedule that works with your life.
You don’t have to have everything figured out before you reach out. Call (877) 414-3007 to talk with our admissions team. It’s free and confidential.
You’ll always have to deliver some information during the original consultation. However, we’ll follow up during the intake to determine your physical and mental health. This includes a physical examination and a review of your provided medical records. It also involves a psychiatric assessment including a questionnaire. These allow us to determine your health, your motivation towards recovery, and to set the first steps of your recovery plan into motion.
Compassion Recovery offers an outpatient drug detox clinic in Laguna Beach. Here, you can withdraw, either in your own time or with medication assistance, in a safe and medically monitored environment. This includes medical checkups, medication to control severe symptoms, and monitoring to ensure that nothing goes wrong. Detox times vary considerably depending on the drug, your metabolism, how heavily you’re using, and even factors like weight and age.
Our Master’s level therapists are on call to deliver both individual and group therapy. We use a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, RBT, and EMDR to help you assess and move past behaviors, trauma, and emotions, so you can leave our doors stronger than ever. This combination, and specific topics covered in therapy, are tailored based on your specific needs. You’ll also attend generic therapy courses focused on substance abuse, reliance, and addiction.
While many people prefer to move through as much of treatment as possible without medication, that isn’t always the best idea. That’s why we offer personalized medication-assisted treatment programs, available where necessary, so you get the care you need to recover.
Addiction doesn’t go away when you step in the door. It doesn’t go away just because you’ve completed a program. Our program offers the tools and assistance you need to get started on your own. However, you can still relapse. We know you’ll still need help. That’s why we offer long-term aftercare and support, so you always have somewhere to go.
Compassion Recovery Centers delivers expertise, passionate medical professionals, and evidence-based care. Our rehab center in sunny Orange County, California is open for you or your loved ones, with the promise that we will do our best to help you on your way to a full recovery. Compassion Recovery is committed to offering a quality, engaging, and dignified rehab experience to everyone who steps through our doors.
Don’t wait any longer. Take the first step towards freedom from addiction. Contact us today or to get a free consultation, click here.
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