

South Bay Regional Recovery Center - McAlister Institute
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
Provider's Policy
Our admissions team will work with you to explore the right payment options based on your needs, ensuring you get the best possible treatment.
South Bay Regional Recovery Center - McAlister Institute
South Bay Regional Recovery Center - McAlister Institute
About South Bay Regional Recovery Center - McAlister Institute
McAlister Institute, established in 1977, is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing affordable, high-quality substance abuse treatment and recovery services. South Bay Regional Recovery Center (SBRRC) is one of their many outpatient programs and is located in Chula Vista, California. With over 40 years of experience, the organization serves more than 13,000 individuals annually through a comprehensive continuum of care tailored to the needs of individuals, families, and communities affected by substance abuse.
Receive Tailored Support
The organization offers 24 programs encompassing prevention, outreach, intervention, outpatient treatment, residential care, aftercare, and sober living. Services include individual and group counseling, treatment planning, vocational training, mental health services, and specialized programs for women, adolescents, and individuals with justice involvement.
Accessible Support
McAlister Institute accepts Medi-Cal and assists individuals who are Medi-Cal eligible, ensuring accessibility to their programs. They also provide intervention services, including family consultation and ongoing support, to help loved ones receive professional assistance for substance abuse and co-occurring mental health issues.
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.

Insurance Accepted
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Levels of Care
Your Care Options
Specializations
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Who We Treat
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Motivational Interviewing
Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.
Online Therapy
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Relapse Prevention Counseling
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.