Changes Treatment Center
Beyond Therapy at Changes Treatment Center is an experiential program, led by Clarke Brogger, that takes recovery outside the treatment room. Each week, clients engage in grounding, exercise-based activities like hiking, art, and team challenges. These experiences build trust, resilience, and connection, complementing the clinical work you do in therapy.
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Beyond Therapy is an experiential program at Changes, led by Clarke Brogger, that takes recovery outside the treatment room. Each week, clients take part in grounding, exercise-based activities like hiking, art, and team challenges that build trust, resilience, and connection.
Activities include hiking local trails, creating art along the coastline, team challenges like building kites, and outings to museums, the zoo, and quiet spots in nature. Each is chosen to build a specific recovery skill in a real environment.
No. Beyond Therapy complements clinical care rather than replacing it. It gives the insight and skills built in therapy a real-world place to take root, working alongside your PHP or IOP treatment.
It is for adults in treatment at Changes who want to expand recovery beyond structured sessions, especially those who learn by doing or benefit from movement, nature, and shared experience.
Beyond Therapy is part of the treatment experience at Changes, and coverage depends on your specific plan. Changes works with most major insurance providers and verifies your benefits in about 15 minutes, free and confidential. Private-pay options are available if needed.
Beyond Therapy is an experiential program at Changes built on a simple idea: recovery is not just something you talk about, it is something you live. Each week, clients step outside the treatment room to take part in grounding, process-oriented, and exercise-based experiences in real environments. Led by Clarke Brogger, these outings are intentionally designed to build the skills recovery depends on, in settings where those skills actually get used.
The program exists because some of the most important work in recovery cannot happen sitting in a chair. Regulating emotions, communicating under pressure, trusting other people, and finding joy again are things you learn by doing, not just by discussing. Beyond Therapy creates the situations where that learning happens, then connects it back to the clinical care that anchors your treatment.
Beyond Therapy takes many forms across the weeks, all chosen for what they teach rather than just what they are. Clients might hike local trails, create art along the coastline, or navigate team-based challenges like building kites. Other outings reach into the wider community, from museums and the zoo to quiet moments in nature.
Each activity is designed with intention. Hiking a trail is grounding and physical, building resilience through effort. Creating art along the coast opens a different, non-verbal way to process what recovery brings up. Team challenges like building a kite force communication and cooperation, the same skills that rebuild relationships in everyday life. Even a quiet outing in nature or a visit to a museum or the zoo does real work, creating lasting positive memories that reinforce recovery in a way a traditional setting cannot.
Experiential activities support recovery because they let you practice new skills in real environments rather than only describing them. Learning to regulate your emotions matters most when something actually triggers them, and a real setting, a challenging hike, a group task that is not going to plan, gives you the chance to practice that regulation in the moment, with support close by.
These experiences also rebuild things addiction often takes away. Shared challenges strengthen communication and trust, which are frequently damaged by years of substance use. Physical movement and time outdoors support both emotional and physical well-being at once. And the simple experience of rediscovering joy, of having a genuinely good day in recovery, is itself powerful, because it shows that a life without substances is not a life without meaning or fun.
None of this replaces clinical treatment. Beyond Therapy is designed to complement your clinical care, giving the insight and skills built in therapy a real-world place to take root. That connection is what makes the experiences more than just outings; it is what turns them into part of recovery.
There is also a lasting effect that is easy to underestimate. The memories built on these outings, a hike finished, a kite that finally flew, an afternoon that felt genuinely good, stay with people. In early recovery, when so much of the past is tied to substance use, having a bank of positive, sober experiences to draw on matters. It reshapes what recovery feels like, from something you are giving up into something you are building. That shift, from loss to gain, is part of what helps recovery hold over the long term.
Beyond Therapy is for adults in treatment at Changes who want to expand their recovery beyond structured sessions. It is a good fit for people who learn by doing, who benefit from movement and time outdoors, or who want to rebuild connection and confidence through shared experience.
Beyond Therapy complements the clinical care at Changes. It runs alongside the therapy and structured treatment in our PHP and IOP programs, adding an experiential layer that reinforces the same goals from outside the treatment room. The result is recovery that is practiced in real environments, not confined to a single space.
Changes Treatment Center works with most major insurance providers, and we verify benefits on any plan in about 15 minutes. Beyond Therapy is part of the treatment experience at Changes, and coverage for your care depends on your specific plan.
Verification is free and carries no obligation. If you do not have coverage that works, we offer private-pay options and will talk through the most realistic path on a confidential call.
Orange County recorded an estimated 490 accidental overdose deaths in 2023, and its opioid overdose death rate nearly tripled between 2017 and 2021, according to the Orange County Health Care Agency. Recovery that engages the whole person, body and mind, is part of what helps people build a life that lasts beyond a program. Beyond Therapy uses the coastline, trails, and community of Orange County to do exactly that. Changes Treatment Center is at 2787 Bristol Street in Costa Mesa.
The local setting is part of what makes the program work: the trails, the coast, and the community outings are all close at hand. Insurance verification takes about 15 minutes, and our team can explain how Beyond Therapy fits with your program.
Eric Chaghouri, MD, is the Medical Director at Changes Treatment Center and reviews the clinical content on this page. Dr. Chaghouri is a board-certified psychiatrist who specializes in addiction and forensic psychiatry.
Experience recovery beyond the treatment room. If you want a program that builds resilience and connection through real experiences, ask our team how Beyond Therapy fits with your treatment. Call (949) 807-2008 or verify your insurance online.
Recovery is more than stopping a behavior, it’s about rediscovering who you are. At Changes, we provide a supportive space where individuals can rebuild confidence, gain clarity, and move forward with purpose through personalized care.
We focus on strengthening identity, encouraging presence, and supporting overall well-being. By addressing self-sabotage and fostering community, we help turn intention into lasting change, walking with you every step of the way.
Our licensed professionals bring years of expertise in addiction and mental health treatment.
We customize treatment for every client to ensure long term success.
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