Addiction

What’s There To Know About Addiction Medications Combined with Recovery Therapy?

When you decide to enter a treatment program for addiction recovery, there will be numerous service offerings available. For example, there are inpatient programs that require patients to live on site, as well as outpatient programs that allow people to live at home while attending appointments at a facility. Regardless of which setting you choose, […]

by Sam Dekin

How Exactly Does Yoga Help in the Recovery Process?

Addiction treatment often involves a combination of medications and behavioral interventions, such as individual and group counseling. While these can be effective for improving coping skills, helping patients get through withdrawal, and overcoming underlying issues contributing to addiction, it’s also important to develop healthy habits to assist with relapse prevention and ongoing recovery. Adjunctive interventions […]

by Sam Dekin

When Is It Time For An Intervention?

When your child lives with a mental health or substance abuse problem, you are undoubtedly worried about their well-being, but you might not know how or when to help. Maybe you doubt yourself, worried that you’re overreacting in response to behavior that is just a phase, or represents normal teenage experimentation. If your teen’s mental […]

by Sam Dekin

Addiction

How Does Substance Abuse Lead to the Spread of HIV/AIDS?

It’s no secret that drug and alcohol misuse have a negative impact on health. In fact, one of the diagnostic criteria for a substance use disorder, which is the clinical term for an addiction, is continuing to use drugs or alcohol, even when they contribute to health problems. Ongoing substance abuse can lead to a […]

by Sam Dekin

Does Having More Than One DUI Mean I Am An Alcoholic?

December is recognized as National Impaired Driving Prevention Month, in an effort to call attention to the dangers of driving while under the influence of alcohol. According to the National Safety Council, 38% of traffic fatalities around the Christmas holiday involved alcohol-impaired driving, as of 2019. Historically, traffic fatalities involving alcohol have usually been more […]

by Sam Dekin

How Losing a Parent Correlates to Substance Use Disorder and Suicide-Related Behavior

The death of a parent is a devastating loss that can lead to intense feelings of grief. While some people will develop strong coping skills to help them manage the loss of a parent, others may struggle with prolonged or complicated grief. In some cases, losing a parent can lead to lasting damage to mental […]

by Sam Dekin

Creating Consciousness: Addressing The Substance Abuse Problem in Los Angeles

National Substance Abuse Prevention Month is celebrated each year in October to honor those in recovery and remember those who have lost their lives to addiction and to call attention to prevention resources since early prevention and intervention reduces the risk that a person will develop serious, chronic substance abuse problems. This October, as we […]

by Sam Dekin

Celebrating National Minority Mental Health Month

Each year in July, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services celebrates National Minority Mental Health Month to reduce the stigma that minority communities face when seeking care for mental health. This year, perhaps more than ever, it is critical that policy makers and mental health experts draw attention to mental health issues facing […]

by Sam Dekin

Addiction

Experts Say Screen Time is Just as Addictive as Opioids

Screen time has become a part of daily life for many of us, especially in the aftermath of the pandemic, when there’s a virtual option for everything, from doctor’s appointments to college classes. While some screen time may be unavoidable or even helpful, the truth is that some people may be engaging in a harmful […]

by Sam Dekin

California Sober vs. Sober Sober: The Consequences of Semi-Sobriety

As 2021 came to a close, singer Demi Lovato spoke out about the problem with being “California sober.” In a December article in USA Today, Lovato explained that while she continued to use alcohol and marijuana after a nearly fatal overdose in 2018, she eventually came to the realization that she needed to become entirely […]

by Sam Dekin

Our Locations

Two outpatient facilities serving the Central Coast and greater Los Angeles.

Santa Barbara

Our flagship Santa Barbara location is conveniently located off the 101 Freeway near East Beach, serving the Santa Barbara community as well as Ventura, Oxnard and Thousand Oaks.

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Los Angeles

Our Los Angeles facility sits on Venice Boulevard between Marina Del Rey and Culver City, a few miles from Venice and Santa Monica with easy access to the 405 and 10.

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What Our Alumni Say

Such a beautiful and special place of healing. The staff genuinely cares about every client, and helps them find their way back to living a life worth living. Sober. Happy.

—Heather M.
They’re one of the few drug treatment programs that genuinely cares. They help people change their lives, build a solid foundation and maintain long-term sobriety.

—Jared C.
Top notch program. The staff/treatment team is professional and caring. They treat you with respect and show that they actually really care. I would recommend this program to anyone.

—Jordan W.
The team is top notch! And the facility is amazing. It feels far more inviting that other outpatient programs I’ve seen and the clinical team is friendly and really knows what they are doing!

—Thomas A.

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Mission Harbor is dedicated to treating Santa Barbara County and Los Angeles County with specialized mental and behavioral health programs in a convenient outpatient environment.