Best Alcohol and Drug Rehab CA in Phelan, CA

Hilario is a seasoned clinician with over 8 years working in treatment with a wide range of populations and treatment settings. He is a certified addictions counselor dually accredited (CADC-II/CATC-III) and soon to have his master’s in social work from Cal-State Northridge (CSUN). He has led youth programs such as juvenile drug court (JDC), the juvenile justice crime prevention act (JJCPA), and the gang intervention and prevention program (GIP). Hilario maintains ethical integrity while using his wide knowledgebase of evidenced based practices such as CBT, DBT, seeking safety, motivational interviewing, and solution focused therapy. Hilario is a master of group facilitation of all kinds including client-family groups and an excellent case manager linking clients to resources beneficial to personal life enhancement. We are privileged to have Hilario as part of the awesome team that makes Vanity Wellness Center the best out-patient treatment center in Los Angeles.

Dr. Christian Small is uniquely triple Board Certified in Psychiatry (ABPN), Addiction Medicine (ABAM), and Family Medicine (ABFM), as well as ASAM/CSAM Certified. Dr. Small is among a handful of doctors in the US who have completed additional training to acquire the skills necessary to treat full spectrum medical and psychiatric illness. His treatment philosophy is founded upon the idea of a mind-body connection, that true healing takes into account both the physical and emotional needs of our clients. Dr. Small completed his residency training at the University of California San Diego (UCSD), where he currently holds the title of Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor. He acted as an addiction psychiatrist for the Veterans Administration in La Jolla prior to co-founding Bold Health Medical Group, an outpatient clinic specializing in personalized medical, psychiatric and addiction treatment in Encinitas.

Harvard trained Drs Ronnie Frankel Blakeney and Charles Blakeney, brought Harvard’s developmental model to the identification and treatment of people trapped in mental illness and addiction. They founded, and for 20 years co-directed, Berkeley Academy for Youth Development/The Institute for Clinical-Developmental Psychology. Together they have been among the foremost leaders in the field for the past 35 years, and most recently at the Department of Education and Educational Psychology, Univ. of Fribourg, Switzerland for 10 years refining the Developmental Integrity Approach to addiction and recovery; an addiction treatment manual (One Grain of Sand); two recovery and prevention-related program evaluations; and founding and implementing the Developmental Integrity Profile that assess developmental needs and strengths and guides tailored treatment in a range of recovery programs. Drs Blakeney consulting on human development includes two years at the White House Office of Domestic Policy, two years at the California Legislature, and two years as research scientists for the Swiss Federal Office of Public Health