Beit T’Shuvah is a residential rehabilitation center for chemically dependent men and women seeking holistic substance abuse treatment. With an emphasis on spirituality as a means of overcoming addiction, Beit T’Shuvah utilizes a multifaceted faith-based approach to recovery. Principles of the Jewish faith are incorporated with evidence-based and holistic practices such as theater arts, band, and choir, producing a unique approach to lasting sobriety.
ABOUT BEIT T’SHUVAH
Originally founded in 1987 as a transitional home for Jewish inmates, Beit T’Shuvah operates today as a comprehensive behavioral health center. The state-licensed nonprofit works with adult men and women seeking treatment for substance misuse and process addictions such as gambling and sex.
Care options include residential treatment, extended residential treatment, day treatment, and aftercare. Beit T’Shuvah is also one of 562 treatment facilities (39.3 percent) in California to offer intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Most Beit T’Shuvah clients begin with primary residential treatment, which lasts between 90 to 120 days, before transitioning to day patient or extended residential treatment. Upon completion of residential treatment, clients may choose to enter the organization’s transitional housing program. For those who prefer to reside at home, IOP may be the ideal route to recovery. Regardless of their treatment track, all clients are encouraged to attend regularly held alumni events and meetings.
While heavily faith-based, programming employs evidence-based and holistic practices. Clients can expect a curriculum guided by 12-step principles and highly scheduled days of individual, group, and spiritual counseling and educational workshops.
In addition to working with clients, Beit T’Shuvah offers a comprehensive family program.
Family Participation: 4/5 stars
Eleven individuals polled by Best-rehabs.com on treatment effectiveness offered generally positive reviews.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
According to Beit T’Shuvah’s website, the treatment team includes psychotherapists, certified alcohol and drug counselors (CADCs), and spiritual counselors. Though information on the staff-to-client ration was not available on the facility’s website, one individual polled by Best-rehabs.com, B.S., noted that “It is sometimes hard to get appointments with a psychiatrist.”
Based in West Los Angeles, Calif, Beit T’Shuvah is a Joint Commission accredited organization, which make up only 11.7 percent of treatment facilities in the state.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
Beit T’Shuvah houses men and women separately in double-occupancy rooms with attached bathrooms. With 135 beds, the facility can accommodate far more clients than the national median of 32 residential clients. On campus, there’s a sanctuary for religious services, a gym with weights, a career center, a recording studio, as well as a communal kitchen and dining room. As a Jewish organization, Beit T’Shuvah allows for observance of the weekly Sabbath and all Jewish holidays.
Clients enrolled in the transitional living program reside in nearby houses or apartments, all of which are within walking distance to the main facility.
Enrollees of residential and IOP tracks can also take advantage of the center’s Mind and Body Fitness program, which offers yoga, meditation, marathon training, art therapy, and more.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
The six alumni polled by Best-rehabs.com gave mostly positive reports on the center’s staff, programming, and counseling options.
An anonymous survey respondent appreciated the center’s “non-punitive flexible and individual” approach, while Rhonda, another five-star reviewer, called Beit T’Shuvah the only long term treatment facility that gets to the core of the individual person and work on the issues at hand.”
I.R. highlighted that the center admits all clients, not just those who are Jewish, a point seconded by Peter, a five-star Google reviewer: “As a non Jewish, Asian American, I suffered from an addiction for gambling…By receiving the wonderful and caring treatment from BTS, I gained my dignity and freedom from the disease that I suffered for 25 years of my life.”
Reviews from alumni on secondary sources tended to be extremely positive. Of the 25 total alumni reviews on Google, the facility received an overall rating of 4.4 out of five stars. Six reviewers on Yelp, gave Beit T’Shuvah generally positive reviews as well with an overall average of 4.5 out of five stars. The facility also received exceedingly positive reviews overall on Facebook with an average rating of 4.8 out of five stars from 144 respondents. Beit T’Shuvah staff may manage reviews on the facility’s official Facebook page.
Criticisms of the center were minimal, but included insufficient medical care and favoritism amongst staff members.
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
As of this writing, four loved ones surveyed by Best-rehabs.com shared positive assessments and recommended the facility to others. Debbie, whose daughter attended treatment here, referred to the center as a “caring well structured and thoroughly professional place.”
Stefanie, another loved one, highlighted the wide range of counseling options available to clients: “They offer spiritual counseling, equine therapy, surf therapy, yoga, PTSD counseling, family counseling, family groups…Beit T’Shuvah never turns anyone away based on the fact they can’t pay,” she wrote. She noted, however, that the center’s food “isn’t that good,” and that scheduling an appointment to see a psychiatrist can be challenging.
WHAT STAFF SAY
The single staff member polled by Best-rehabs.com, B.S., celebrated Beit T’Shuvah’s large community atmosphere and spiritual program though they note that the center suffered from “arbitrary, unpredictable non-transparent (crazy-making) deicison making.” B.S. also noted : “Unfortunately chaos reigns; if you can negotiate between the lines, many folks get help, if not, they get run over.”
FINANCING
Beit T’Shuvah works with most PPO insurance plans, including Blue Shield, Covered California, Health Net, and LA Care PASC-SEIU according to its website. Sliding scale payment options may also be available, though Medicare, Medicaid, and Medi-Cal are not accepted here. Seven individuals polled by Best-rehabs.com as of this date gave overall positive reviews of the facility’s affordability.
Affordability: 4.4/5 stars
[1] GoogleReviews
[2] Yelp
[3] Facebook