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.
Group Facilitators
Marco “Blitch” Vizioli, STB/MDiv, CRC, CIP, SUDCC
Group Facilitator
Blitch is an interfaith substance abuse counselor, interventionist, lay chaplain, and graduate of Sacred Theology from the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas/ Angelicum in Rome, Italy. Although a native to the New York area, he completed his undergraduate work in philosophy at the Angelicum and chose to remain in Rome for his graduate studies. His master’s thesis was entitled The Phenomenon of God in Recovery: On Grace and Addiction. For the last 25 years, Blitch has worked with addicts and alcoholics in New York City, Los Angeles, Tokyo, London, Paris, Vienna, Zurich and Rome and his clients have included monks, diplomats, sports and entertainment figures and CEOs.
Blitch is a founding member of EARS (European Association of Recovery Specialists) and a member of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains, National Association for Lay Ministry, the Association for Practical Theology, and Mystical Theology Network at Oxford.
Blitch claims that an experience of the Divine is available to any person who desires one, regardless of background.
Our Locations
Two outpatient facilities serving the Central Coast and greater Los Angeles.
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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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.