Center For Discovery Los Alamitos

Horrific billing. unable to get a insurance receipt after 15 phones calls and emails, especially frustrating and insensitive when you are dealing with a sick kid. Adds insult to injury. To get your in the door, they couldn’t be nicer. Once they get your money, they could care less about anything else and don’t bother returning phone calls or anything. run!

If I could give more stars, I would. From the moment I walked in on a Friday night, I was embraced with love, kindness and understanding. The staff is excellent! They are encouraging and created a safe space for me to understand and heal. I never felt shamed or judged. My treatment is winding down, not only am I thrilled with the healing progress I have made, I am a bit saddened to say good bye to the wonderful team that helped me save my life!
Thank you Center for Discovery! I am a success story!

I am very thankful to Center for Discovery for helping me get to where I am today. I may not have agreed with everything they did or the way that they did things, but if I hadn’t gone there I would definitely not be where I am today. I am one year in recovery thanks to them for helping me get on the right path. I highly recommend anyone who is struggling with an eating disorder or any other mental issue to go to Center for Discovery and get on that path of recovery. :)

I was surprised by my parents with the option of going to get help for my eating disorder and overall unhealthy lifestyle. I so badly wanted to get help, but was too ashamed. After talking to my mom I agreed to atleast talk to someone from Center for Discover about what program I would be in and what it would be like. The gal was super helpful, kind, and did not make me feel like I was the only person who suffered from what I did. She was very patient with me and overall helped out our family with the process of insurance and costs and what not. As for the actual facility I stayed at, it was a great experience. I was sent to Oceanaire, an all women’s eating disorder treatment facility, and I was terrified to go. I was told I would be there for a month and would return home after that. I ended staying there for almost 3 months, and I can honestly say I am beyond thankful for my time there. I learned so much and they helped me find myself and get over my traumas and learn to cope with issues that I was having. All the staff was super helpful and had my best interest at heart. I may have not liked all of them, but I knew they wanted what was best for me. Even after my insurance run out, the therapist I was working with arranged for me to go to another center to continue my treatment because I was not ready to come home. I highly reccomend gettign help with Center for Discovery. They truly care!

I went to Oceanaire Fremont in September 2012 for anorexia and substance abuse. It was my 4^th round of treatment. I can not recommend this program enough… It literally saved my life. I went into this program completely desperate for recovery, but very scared. The treatment team is so caring and supportive and they made me feel safe. The house is beautiful, tranquil, and serene. I was so terrified of gaining weight and eating my fear foods, and the treatment team helped me challenge those thoughts. They took me to AA meetings, even though I was the only client in the house with substance abuse issues. They taught me to live life on life’s terms, to take everything one day at a time. They really took care of me. It’s bittersweet to write this review because while I recommend this program 100 percent, I’m sad that I’ll (hopefully) never have to go back. I’ve now been in recovery for over a year and I’ve never made it this far. Oceanaire was my home when I had absolutely nothing else, this program gave me my life back, and I am so grateful I was given the opportunity to be treated at such an amazing facility.

My relationship with Center for Discovery goes between love and hate. Not because of the services they provided, but because I was a teenager sent to treatment against my will and wasn’t ready to give up my destructive lifestyles. I was sent to the inpatient treatment center in La Habra. Most of the staff were friendly and very willing to sit down with me and talk about what was going on with my day to day struggles. Also, it wasn’t that the other staff weren’t friendly, again this is from a teenager’s standpoint and I just didn’t like every single person that worked there. Overall though, CFD showed me that I am able to enjoy my life without the use of drugs, alcohol, sex, food, exercise, or any other destructive behaviors. I could have fun going to an arcade playing for silly prizes without having to be high on something or starving to enjoy myself or feel accomplished.