Cornerstone is a family-run alcohol and drug treatment center that has been providing care for adult men and women since 1984. Located in Orange County, California, the substance abuse rehab offers a full continuum of care, including detox services, residential treatment, outpatient treatment, alternative sentencing, recovery homes, pain management services, and sober living. All programs are flexible and individualized and focus on holistic methods to treat the body, mind, and spirit. Led by a diverse and highly trained professional team, Cornerstone provides its clients with all of the tools they will need to build a solid foundation for recovery.
ABOUT CORNERSTONE OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA – TUSTIN
Cornerstone of Southern California in Tustin, one of three family-owned facilities throughout the state, has served adults and their families through multi-level drug and alcohol rehab programming since 1984. Clients typically begin the 12-step based program with medically supervised detox, after which they may progress through residential care, intensive outpatient (IOP) programming, and then finally, to gender-specific sober living homes.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Seeing addiction as a treatable, but not curable, matter, Cornerstone’s treatment philosophy focuses primarily on relapse prevention. As the facility’s webpage maintains, addiction is “a process that can be identified, interrupted and managed.”
Though Cornerstone fully endorses a residential stay for clientele with a history of addictive issues, those seeking the scheduling flexibility to accommodate their commitments to family, school, and work may enroll into the IOP track, available both mornings and evenings. Deemed “cost effective and time efficient for a quick return to work,” Cornerstone’s Short Term Outpatient Program (S.T.O.P.) is often the recommended route for employees who’ve displayed issues of substance abuse while at the workplace.
Treatment plans, tailored specifically to each client’s needs, include individual counseling, therapeutic groups, lectures, written assignments, and family programming. Throughout its different programs, Cornerstone makes use of a variety of treatment modalities including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), drama and music, amongst other holistic therapies, as well as anti-craving medications such as naltrexone and buprenorphine. Aftercare services is available at no additional charge.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
Cornerstone employs over 70 staff members, many of whom hold advanced degrees and certifications. Guided by a clinical director board-certified in addiction medicine, the treatment staff includes certified addiction specialists, therapists, case managers, and sober living home managers. When necessary, clients can also work with an alternative sentencing manager.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
The facility’s webpage depicts a home-like residence, complete with furnished bedrooms and a large, fully-equipped kitchen with a dishwasher and microwave. Each gender-specific sober living home can host up to six clients at a time, two per room, as well as one live-in manager.
Cornerstone also contracts with a certified yoga instructor, a music therapist, and a Gold’s Gym, providing clients with access to fitness equipment, group exercise classes, and an outdoor pool up to four days per week. Trips to the beach, movies, and other seasonal attractions also take place regularly.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
In their Best-rehabs.com surveys, three alumni described the facility as strong in its balanced and personalized programming. Christian, for example, called his recovery a “good overall experience,” adding: “Detox is great, classes and information were very helpful. Got to go work out.” Yet Christian also found that the facility was short-staffed and that there was “a lot of wasted time waiting around for transportation to and from meetings groups etc.”
Similarly describing his experience here as “good,” alum Daniel praised Cornerstone’s “ability to cater to each individual’s needs,” while J.P. referred to the established facility’s staff as “real people that know about addictions.” “They have been in business helping people for 30 years!! They are definitely doing it right,” J.P. exclaimed.
Elsewhere online, reviews are more mixed. To date, on Google, five reviewers’ ratings average 2.4 out of five stars. Several alumni referred to the facility as an “Insurance scam” and recommended that others not waste their money. Alfredo added: “They wanted to keep me longer than what the courts demanded.”
More positive overall ratings to date appear on Yelp and Facebook. Forty reviewers awarded 4.4 out of five stars on the facility’s Facebook page, which it can manage, and 53 reviewers on Yelp awarded an average of four out of five stars. Nicoletta gave a perfect rating and told Yelp: “They treat you with respect and help in every way they possibly, they truly care about your overall well-being. You may not understand the rules they have, but they’re in place for a reason.” DeAnne, a Facebook reviewer, similarly wrote: “The counselors are caring and empathetic but also tough.”
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
Best-rehabs.com has not received any reviews from this facility’s affiliated friends or family members.
Yet on Citehealth, where the facility received an overall rating of 4.14 stars out of five from seven reviewers, an anonymous parent raised concern over administrative issues which directly impacted their son’s care: “was in detox off heroin for 2 days, almost died(failed to contact me of this) had someone else’s insurance in there file. Horrible staff communication. Each staff member seems to have a different answer.”
WHAT STAFF SAY
Dave, one of two staff members surveyed by Best-rehabs.com to date, expressed that care at Cornerstone may have declined over the years due to mismanagement and a shift in program design. He didn’t recommend the program but rather revealed the facility in its wider historical context: “it was once a great facility it is financially prospering today off that original reputation that it had built long ago but the reputation is just from a long time ago.”
P.C., a counselor, commended the “high level of privacy and loyalty to patients.”
FINANCING
Cornerstone contracts with an extensive list of insurance providers, including Aetna, BlueCross BlueShield, Health Net, Cigna, and many more.