Changes Treatment Center
Changes Treatment Center provides an intensive outpatient program Dana Point adults attend from our center up the coast in Costa Mesa. IOP treatment Dana Point residents get here means 9 to 15 hours of structured care a week, CBT, DBT and trauma-informed therapy, arranged around your life rather than on top of it, and handled with real discretion. It’s for people who need serious treatment for addiction or mental health but want to get it quietly, without stepping away from their work or their life. We work with major insurance plans and verify benefits in about 15 minutes.
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Changes Treatment offers a structured intensive outpatient program in Costa Mesa, about 30 to 40 minutes north of Dana Point by the 5 or Pacific Coast Highway. It is a solid option for Dana Point residents wanting outpatient care within driving distance. Use the Get Directions button to map your route.
Our Bristol Street facility in Costa Mesa is roughly 20 miles north of Dana Point, usually a 30 to 40 minute drive by the 5 or PCH depending on where you start and traffic.
Our IOP runs about 9 to 15 hours a week across several sessions, which leaves room for work and family while still providing serious clinical treatment.
IOP is confidential. You attend scheduled sessions and return home the same day, so treatment stays a private part of your routine rather than a disruption to your life.
No. Changes offers outpatient care. If you need medical detox or a higher level of care first, we will help you find it before beginning IOP with us.
We treat adults for alcohol, opioids including heroin and prescription painkillers, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other stimulants.
Most commercial plans cover outpatient treatment with prior authorization. We verify your specific benefits free in about 15 minutes, and many people begin within a day or two. Call (949) 807-2008 to start.
In a community the size of Dana Point, running into someone you know is just part of daily life, and for anyone trying to deal with an addiction or a mental-health problem quietly, that closeness can be the very thing that stops them from starting. An intensive outpatient program sidesteps that in a simple way: treatment happens up the coast in another city, a few sessions a week, with no residential stay and nothing visible in your own neighborhood. The distance that makes Dana Point feel far from everything becomes, here, the thing that keeps your treatment your own.
Dana Point is one of the communities served by our intensive outpatient program across Orange County, run from our Costa Mesa center. Because IOP is part-time rather than full days, it folds into a private life more easily than more intensive options, you attend, you go home, and the rest stays between you and your care team. For people who’ve put off getting help partly out of concern about who might find out, that discretion is often what finally makes it possible.
IOP fits adults at a particular point. Some step down into it from a partial hospitalization program or residential care, keeping momentum while returning to a normal week. Others step up because weekly therapy stopped being enough. And many start here because their situation is serious but doesn’t require full days away from work and family.
This level suits people who are stable enough to live at home safely and want treatment that respects both their time and their privacy, parents, working adults, anyone who needs serious care without it becoming visible to the people around them. If the problem turns out to need daily, full-day structure, PHP is the better starting point, and the assessment determines which level fits.
We treat the full range of substance use disorders at the IOP level, alcohol, opioids (including fentanyl and prescription painkillers), stimulants, benzodiazepines, and dependence on marijuana, 7-OH and kratom. Most people arrive managing more than one at once, and the plan covers the whole picture.
Mental health is treated in the same program, not referred out. Our mental health IOP Dana Point care addresses anxiety, depression and trauma alongside the substance use, led by a board-certified psychiatrist. The two almost always feed each other, and treating one while ignoring the other is how progress unravels. Handling both together, every week, is what makes the gains hold once treatment ends.
Every schedule starts with an assessment, because the right hours and focus depend on where you are. A typical IOP week runs 9 to 15 hours across several days: group therapy, which anchors the week and carries much of the real progress, individual sessions for focused one-on-one time, and skills work on managing triggers, regulating emotions and rebuilding routines.
The program moves with you. Many people start at the higher end of the hours and taper as they stabilize, stepping down toward standard outpatient care and aftercare without ever changing teams. Because you’re home in Dana Point every evening, you practice what you learn in your real environment and bring back what happened, so the plan keeps adjusting to your actual week.
IOP is 9 to 15 hours a week, for people stable enough to carry work and family alongside treatment. If you need more, a PHP in Dana Point runs full days, five days a week, near-residential intensity without the overnight stay. Many people step down from PHP to IOP with the same team. The assessment settles which level you need now.
Our center is at 2787 Bristol Street in Costa Mesa, up the coast from Dana Point, usually a 30-to-40-minute drive north on the 5 to the 55, or the 73, depending on traffic and where you start. It’s a real drive from the far south coast, but at the IOP level, where you’re coming in a few times a week rather than every weekday, it’s far more manageable than a daily commute, which is part of why IOP suits Dana Point residents well. There’s on-site parking, and the distance has an upside: treatment happens well outside your immediate community, which for a lot of people is exactly the privacy they want.
A common first question is how much does outpatient rehab cost, and it depends on your plan, your deductible, your copay for outpatient behavioral health, how many weeks your team recommends, and whether prior authorization is needed, which we handle. Rather than guess at the IOP cost yourself, let us verify your benefits free in about 15 minutes and tell you the real numbers before you commit, confidentially. We work with major insurance plans and offer private pay if your coverage doesn’t fit. See insurance and payment options, or begin with the admissions process. If detox is needed first, we coordinate it through licensed partners.
One short call is enough to understand your options. Reach us at (949) 807-2008 or verify your benefits online to take the first step.
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.
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.
From detox to aftercare, Changes walks with you every step of the way.
Our Costa Mesa location offers a calming, bright, and rejuvenating atmosphere.
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