Transcend Recovery Community

I currently live at transcend and love it. Early recovery can be tough and transcend makes it easier thru their great staff and program. The transcend Seaside house has shown me that I can have fun in sobriety. The staff at the transcend seaside house has worked very hard with me to not only show me how to be a self starter but have been helpful when I’ve been struggling. The location is beautiful and being in the heart of Santa Monica allows for plenty of activities. I would definitely recommend transcend.

I currently live at transcend and have been for several months. During my tour I fell in love with the facilities, the view of seaside house is amazing and one of the houses is a great house if only they would update the facility. My bath tub looks amazing but has been broken for God knows how long, another thing is broken but to protect my identity (so that I won’t suffer reproductions of this review) I will not say, the ice machine only halfway works.
Some of the staff members that I talked to about what it’s like here explained to me that there are chores, and within 30 days your restricted to only going out with level 2 (or above) and staff members. Once a resident I found out only some people «level up» within 30 days and there are loopholes that you will have to go through in order to get off restriction, (it took me several months). Some of the staff are really genuine but most of the staff are «clock watchers» and just doing it for the paychecks only doing the bare minimum, there hearts are really not dedicated to help educate the «guest» aka residents. In the intake contract it specially states that the residents are «guests» and that «transcend rules are subject to change at anytime» and oftentimes they do without notice. On my day off work I was forced to cook for the entire residents and staff for Sunday dinner when advertised transcend provides dinner. Staff will not allow you to eat past 11pm. I was also unaware before hand that there will be Sunday «double scrub» that has to be done almost immediately after «guest» wakes up barely giving anyone time to eat breakfast. Overall there seems to be a lot that changes without guest’s consideration and a lot of the house’s staff making rules up as they go. Today I have been asked to do my Sunday double scrub 3 times and on the 3^rd time I was in the middle of a nap due to me having a major migraine, out of the several months that I have stayed at Transcend no one has had to repeat a double scrub. There’s a lot of underground favoritism going on for instance I have heard and witnessed one staff member say «I’ll give you an easy chore if you get me a pack cigarettes.» Also there has not been a fun activity in 4 months. Overall there’s a lack of respect that is being shown to the residents and are treated oftentimes less than human (concerning waking us up to respecting residents time). I had to cancel a personal trainer appointment and a psychologist appointment cause it wasn’t convenient for the drivers.
With that said I have attempted to express these concerns to Ashar however the «chain of command» has prevented me from expressing these options in a threatening manner. I’m sure it’s not Ashar or the office staff that run transcend allowing this to happen but the staff members below the «higher ups» from knowing what actually goes on outside of putting their best faces forward for their bosses. The parents are unaware due to the exploitation of the mistrust they have for their addict family member in transcend. It’s easy for a parent to believe in a phone call from a «professional» but hard to trust the word of the addict family member. So with that said I would want a few things to tighten up on the staff end, and a few things to improve including the staff’s attitude towards the residents and fair structure between every resident before I would recommend it to anyone.

I stayed in the Travis Street men’s home for a month.
Transcend helped me prove to myself that I can stay off drugs. However, there are opportunities for improvement…
The house staff is uneducated, typically possessing only high school diplomas and no certifications in drug abuse. There is also a huge problem with residents turning to constant smoking of cigarettes and vaporizers as their vice, now that drugs and alcohol are unavailable to them.
They should have a no smoking house and should hire trained and educated house staff.

The mentoring program that Transcend offers is such an integral part of the recovery process. I have utilized this service over the years, referring clients I have worked with, and I’m very pleased with the care and support they provide! They do a great job of matching the client with the «right» mentor.
I did request a particular mentor for one of my clients once, but he was not available. The person they assigned did great, but I would have liked to hand pick myself.

The best recovery community in Southern California. Staff is accessible, compassionate, and really cares. I’ve known a lot of people who have gone through here and they have saved many of my friends. They not only help clients get sober, they provide the support and tools to help those who are suffering create a meaningful life.

As a clinician in Los Angeles I have been impressed with Transcend Recovery Community. The individualized treatment and enthusiastic staff create a warm and effective environment for those in early recovery. I have collaborated with Rebecca who oversees the women’s houses and her professionalism and passion for great care is inspiring. I recommend Transcend completely.

I have been to several sober living events where young men approach me and shared that they believe that Transcend has either been a life line for them or changed their lives in a profound way. It was always moving to listen to their experiences with Transcend.

A close friend of mine spent 3 months living at Transcend’s women’s recovery home and then did 6 months of mentoring under Rebecca. I wanted to write this review because I just watched her celebrate 1 year of sobriety after trying to get sober for over 10 years. To say that Transcend was a life saver for her would not be overstating the impact it had on her life. I was able to visit her at the house and interacted with much of the staff who were exceedingly helpful, generous with their time and so clearly invested in the women they were helping. I watched my friend come to life while she was there and continue to grow and flourish under the mentoring program. She regularly visits the house and has made lifelong friendships with not only the other clients but the staff as well. Thank you, Transcend for the amazing work you do and for giving me my friend back and giving my friend her life back.

As a parent of a son who has struggled with addiction it was very difficult for me to realize that there was nothing I could do to help him. I thank God every day for the Transcend community that was there to help my son when I could not.

My brother went to transcend 5 years ago and has been sober since. It’s a great program and I’m thankful for it. I would definitely recommend it!