ABOUT FULL SPECTRUM RECOVERY
Located amidst lush green woods in Santa Barbara, Calif., Full Spectrum Recovery offers outpatient treatment to adults, couples, adolescents, and young adults. Dual diagnosis is available, although detox services are not.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
Rather than treating addiction as a disease, the foundation of Spectrum’s treatment is based on Harm Reduction Psychotherapy, which aims to reduce or eliminate harmful or risky behavior in clients. Spectrum believes addictive disorders develop in clients due to underlying pain and trauma.
Treatment includes motivational interviewing, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and trauma-based cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Couples therapy is based on Imago Relationship Therapy and seeks to help clients become more conscious of their relationships. Therapy oriented toward adolescents and young adults is available as well.
Other treatment services include groups such as 12-step (for appropriate clients) and SMART Recovery, coaching for clients, intervention assistance, and a DrinkChoice program that helps clients reduce their drinking to moderate levels after a period of time.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
Spectrum employs therapists certified in marriage and family counseling, intervention specialists, and life coaches. The facility is directed by two therapists with Master’s in Clinical Psychology and Educational Psychology.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
One alum polled by Best-rehabs.com to date rated Spectrum five out of five stars for its treatment effectiveness. Alum L.V.N. complimented the facility’s sensible, respectful approach to issues with addiction, writing: “Very good therapists, easy to relate to and solution focused.”
On third-party sites to date, reviews are mixed. On Google, two reviewers rated Spectrum two negative reviews.[1] On the facility’s Facebook page (which the facility may curate), the facility received a perfect five-star review,[2] while on Yelp one reviewer rated the facility two out of five stars while two others rated it five stars.[3]
Negative reviewers claimed treatment was odd and costly while positive reviewers wrote that one of the directors was highly experienced and courteous. Alum Wayne on Yelp wrote that the director’s “knowledge and background in psychology and effective practices for personal liberation make him a coach and counselor of the highest order.”
FINANCING
Fees are charged per 50- and 80-minute sessions. Insurance is accepted, although the website does not state which kind. Feedback from reviewers suggested treatment is costly.
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