Evidence-based substance abuse treatment across a national network, with care for teens and adults.
Addiction rarely stands alone. It’s usually tangled up with trauma, mental health, and the pressures of a person’s stage of life. Discovery Behavioral Health delivers substance abuse treatment that accounts for all of it, for adolescents and adults, across a national network of specialized programs.
Addiction rarely stands alone; it’s usually tangled up with trauma, mental health, and the particular pressures of a person’s stage of life. Discovery Behavioral Health delivers substance abuse treatment that accounts for all of it, for adolescents and adults alike, across a national network of specialized programs.
This guide covers DBH’s approach, its dedicated teen and adolescent substance abuse treatment, and how adult care is routed to the right brand.
What a teen needs from treatment isn’t the same as what an adult needs. That’s why DBH tailors care to the person, with distinct approaches for adolescents and adults.
| Population | Focus | Where Care Is Delivered |
|---|---|---|
| Adolescents and teens | Developmental needs, school, family, and co-occurring mental health | Discovery Mood & Anxiety Program, alongside mental health treatment |
| Adults | Substance use and dual diagnosis treatment | Discovery Addiction Services, including Cliffside Malibu |
Adolescent substance abuse treatment isn’t adult rehab scaled down. Teens face distinct triggers, like peer pressure, academic stress, identity development, and early trauma, and their brains are still developing. DBH’s approach for teens addresses the whole picture, pairing evidence-based therapy with family involvement and treatment for co-occurring mental health conditions.
Age-specific care brings together peers of a similar age, family involvement, and clinicians experienced in working with teens, so treatment fits where a young person is developmentally.
For adults, DBH delivers care through Discovery Addiction Services, with locations including Brookdale (Pennsylvania), Cliffside Malibu and Cliffside West LA (California), Casa Palmera (near San Diego), PaRC (Houston), New Hope Ranch (near Austin), Pinelands Recovery Center (Medford, NJ), and Prosperity Wellness Center (Tacoma, WA).
These programs provide substance use and dual diagnosis treatment with the same measurement-based standard.
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Research has shown that real solutions to substance abuse lie in solid, evidence-based treatment. Our approach combines one-on-one psychotherapy, group therapy, family support, and evidence-based holistic treatments.
Effective substance use treatment addresses the pain or trauma that can contribute to addiction. We help patients recognize these triggers, build new coping skills, and begin repairing relationships affected by substance use.
In meeting patients where they are, DBH works to remove the shame that so often surrounds substance use disorders by emphasizing positive psychology, a strengths-based approach to recovery.
Our clinical professionals use a variety of evidence-based approaches to support healing. Full-time DBH addiction researchers continually evaluate new treatment applications, so patients have access to proven and innovative techniques.
| Therapy or Approach | Role |
|---|---|
| Motivational interviewing and Stages of Change | Build and sustain motivation to change |
| CBT, DBT, and ACT | Reframe thoughts, regulate emotions, and build acceptance |
| Trauma-informed care, EMDR, and somatic experience | Address underlying trauma that can drive substance use |
| 12-step programs and positive psychology | Peer support and a strengths-based mindset |
| Neurofeedback and biofeedback | Support nervous system regulation |
| Psychodrama and CSAT support | Explore emotions through action and address co-occurring sex addiction |
| Medication-assisted treatment (when needed) | Ease withdrawal and cravings under medical care |
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DBH offers a full continuum of care, including residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and online treatment, so care can step down as a person stabilizes. Every patient also gets a full year of post-discharge support through Discovery365.
DBH programs are preferred providers with most major insurance companies and offer in-network, out-of-network, and private pay options.
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Yes. For teens, DBH treats substance use alongside co-occurring mental health conditions, with care built around developmental needs and family involvement.
Adolescent substance abuse treatment is age-specific care that addresses teens’ unique triggers, peer and academic pressures, and still-developing brains, pairing evidence-based therapy with family involvement and treatment for co-occurring mental health conditions.
Adult substance use care is delivered through Discovery Addiction Services, with locations including Cliffside Malibu, Cliffside West LA, Casa Palmera, Brookdale, PaRC, New Hope Ranch, Pinelands Recovery Center, and Prosperity Wellness Center.
DBH uses motivational interviewing, CBT, DBT, ACT, trauma-informed care, EMDR, somatic experience, 12-step programs, neurofeedback, biofeedback, and medication-assisted treatment when needed.
Yes. Effective substance abuse treatment addresses the pain or trauma underlying addiction and treats co-occurring mental health conditions alongside the substance use.
DBH offers residential, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and online treatment, so care can step down as a person stabilizes, plus a year of post-discharge support through Discovery365.
Age-specific care brings together peers of a similar age, family involvement, and clinicians experienced in working with teens, so treatment fits where a young person is developmentally.
DBH programs are preferred providers with most major insurance companies and offer in-network, out-of-network, and private pay options. Call our team to check your coverage.
Specialized care for teens and adults across a national network.