Changes Treatment Center
Changes Treatment Center provides a partial hospitalization program Newport Beach adults attend from our center in Costa Mesa, just over the city line and only minutes away. PHP treatment Newport Beach residents get here is the most intensive level of outpatient care: full treatment days, five days a week, with every evening back home. Because we’re the next city over, getting serious help doesn’t mean uprooting anything, you’re in treatment during the day and back in Newport Beach by evening, no long drive, no residential stay. We work with major insurance plans and verify benefits in about 15 minutes.
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The closest PHP through Changes is in Costa Mesa at 2787 Bristol Street, just minutes from Newport Beach. We treat adults from Newport Beach and across coastal Orange County, and most people start within a few days of verifying benefits.
Our center sits in Costa Mesa’s South Coast Metro area, a short drive from Newport Beach up Newport Boulevard or Bristol Street. Call (949) 807-2008 or use the directions link on this page to map the exact route from your neighborhood.
Yes. Our PHP is built for adults 18 and older dealing with addiction and co-occurring mental health conditions. If you are looking for adolescent care, we are not the right fit.
Yes. Our PHP treats substance use together with co-occurring conditions like anxiety, depression, and trauma, rather than one at a time. Psychiatry and medication management are part of the program when your plan calls for them.
PHP is the higher level at about 20 to 30 hours a week, while IOP runs about 9 to 15. If you need daily structure, PHP fits; if you can stay steady with fewer hours and keep working, IOP may be the place to start. We help you decide on your first call.
Most major plans cover PHP, and what you owe comes down to your deductible and coinsurance. We verify your specific benefits in about 15 minutes and explain the cost before you commit, and private-pay options are available too.
Most people begin within a few days of verifying insurance. Call (949) 807-2008 or send the verification form and the team will build a schedule around your plan.
PHP is the right level of care for adults who need daily clinical structure but not a 24-hour residential stay. Newport Beach residents usually arrive here one of three ways: stepping down from detox or residential care and still needing intensive daily support, finding weekly therapy or IOP hasn’t been enough to stay steady, or facing a substance problem that’s wound together with anxiety, depression or trauma.
Newport Beach is one of the communities covered by our partial hospitalization program throughout Orange County, and at this level the decision is really about intensity, whether you need full days of structure now or you’re stable enough for a lighter step down. One thing that makes PHP workable for Newport Beach residents in particular is how close it is: the most intensive care short of residential, run from the next city over. For a lot of people, the fact that it’s barely a drive is what turns “I should probably get help” into actually starting.
A PHP day runs several hours, five days a week, built from an individualized plan your clinician sets at the first assessment. Each day combines group therapy, which carries most of the clinical work and the peer support research links to better outcomes, individual therapy for focused time on what’s actually driving your use, and skills sessions on the practical side: handling triggers, regulating emotions, and building routines that hold up outside the treatment room.
The program builds as it goes. The first days are about stabilizing and getting honest about what needs to change; the middle works on the patterns underneath the use; and the later stretch turns heavily to relapse prevention, your warning signs, your high-risk situations, and a concrete plan for each. Because you’re home in Newport Beach every evening, you apply what you learn in your real environment that same night and bring it back the next morning, so your team adjusts the plan continuously rather than once a week. That daily rhythm is the core advantage of PHP over any less frequent level of care.
We treat the full range of substance use disorders at the PHP level, alcohol, opioids (including fentanyl and prescription painkillers), stimulants like methamphetamine and cocaine, benzodiazepines, and dependence on marijuana, 7-OH and kratom products. Many people are managing more than one at once, and the plan is built around the complete pattern rather than a single drug.
Mental health is treated inside the same program, not referred out. Our mental health PHP Newport Beach 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 the drinking or drug use while leaving the anxiety or depression underneath it untouched is how recovery quietly slips. Treating both together, every day, is what makes it hold.
Our PHP runs on evidence-based methods, each with a specific job. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the foundation, surfacing the thoughts and patterns behind use and building responses you can apply day to day. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches emotional regulation and distress tolerance, the skills that keep a hard moment from becoming a relapse. Motivational Interviewing works with the ambivalence that’s normal early on and strengthens your own reasons to change. Trauma-informed care runs beneath all of it. Relapse-prevention planning threads through the whole program and into your step-down.
For the full detail on how these fit together across a week at the PHP level, see our main Partial Hospitalization Program overview.
PHP is full days, five days a week; IOP is 9 to 15 hours a week, for when you’re stable enough to add work and family back in. Many clients step down from one to the other as they progress, keeping the same team throughout. See IOP in Newport Beach for the step-down, or let the assessment decide which level fits now.
Before anything else, you’ll know what it costs. What you pay for PHP depends on your plan’s deductible, your copay for outpatient behavioral health, how many weeks your team recommends, and whether prior authorization is needed, which we handle for you. We work with major insurance plans, verify your benefits free in about 15 minutes, and offer private pay if your coverage doesn’t fit. See insurance and payment options.
Our center is at 2787 Bristol Street in Costa Mesa, right across the line from Newport Beach, usually under 15 minutes depending on where you start. Of all the cities we serve, Newport Beach has the shortest trip, the two cities border each other, so for most residents this is genuinely a quick drive rather than a commute. At the PHP level, where you’re coming in five days a week, that closeness is a real advantage. Parking is on site.
Getting started takes three steps: verify insurance (free, about 15 minutes), speak with a specialist who confirms the right level of care, and begin, most clients start within a few days. If detox is needed first, we coordinate it through licensed partners. See the full admissions process.
We’re an outpatient center serving Newport Beach adults from right next door in Costa Mesa. For a lot of people, the appeal is the quiet convenience of it: intensive, daily clinical care that folds into your life instead of interrupting it. You come in, do the real work of recovery, and you’re home the same evening, no long absence to explain, no life put on hold. Removing those practical obstacles matters more than it sounds, because in recovery the sooner someone starts, the better the odds it holds.
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.
Ready when you are. Call (949) 807-2008 or verify your insurance in about 15 minutes, and our team will build a PHP schedule around your plan and the trip from Newport Beach.
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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This assessment is not a medical diagnosis, but it can help you determine whether alcohol may be having a greater impact on your life than you realize.
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A Self-Assessment for Family Members and Friends
Watching someone you love change because of alcohol can be confusing and heartbreaking. You may find yourself questioning what you’re seeing, wondering if you’re overreacting, or hoping things will get better on their own.
This assessment is designed to help you reflect on the behaviors you’ve noticed. It isn’t a diagnosis, but it may help you determine whether it’s time to seek guidance or support.
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When we are struggling with deep stress, anxious thoughts, or a low mood, it is incredibly natural to look for immediate relief. Sometimes, we turn to alcohol or other substances just to quiet our minds, get some sleep, or feel normal for a night.
This short self-assessment is designed to help you pause and look at how these two parts of your life might be influencing each other. It is entirely anonymous and takes less than two minutes.
It’s common for habits to slowly shift over time, especially during stressful seasons. Often, we find ourselves using a substance to cope, unwind, or get through the day, only to realize it is starting to take up more space in our routine, thoughts, or relationships than we’d like.
This quick, 10-question check-in is a quiet space to reflect honestly on how your use is impacting your life. It is entirely anonymous, completely free of clinical judgment, and takes less than two minutes.
We all experience days when we feel down, exhausted, or just completely unmotivated. But when those heavy feelings start lingering, it can be hard to tell if you’re just going through a rough patch or if it’s something more.
This quick, confidential check-in is designed to help you pause and reflect on how you’ve actually been feeling lately. It is completely anonymous, entirely non-judgmental, and takes less than two minutes.
Is your evening glass of wine a harmless habit, or is it starting to catch up with you? It’s not always easy to tell where “social drinking” ends and “too much” begins.
Take this quick, 2-minute quiz to check in on your relationship with alcohol and get clear, personalized insights.
