Find mental health Santa Monica support through Amend Treatment’s luxury residential program in nearby Malibu.
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Finding the right mental health Santa Monica treatment option can feel difficult when weekly therapy is no longer providing enough support. At Amend Treatment, we offer a more immersive path through our luxury residential mental health program in nearby Malibu.
Our program combines individualized treatment planning, daily therapy, psychiatric support, evidence-based care, and holistic modalities within a private residential environment. We help adults experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, mood disorders, personality disorders, and other complex mental health concerns.
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Though not located in Santa Monica, Amend Treatment operates from two private homes in Malibu, offering an alternative for people seeking comprehensive care outside a traditional hospital or local outpatient setting.
Our residential mental health treatment program is dedicated to adults experiencing mental health challenges. Rather than focusing solely on immediate symptoms, we work to better understand the emotional, physical, relational, and environmental factors that influence each client’s well-being.
Treatment begins with an in-depth assessment that may include psychological testing, psychiatric evaluation, and a biopsychosocial review. From there, our clinical team develops an individualized treatment plan based on your history, symptoms, strengths, and goals.
Our approach considers six areas of wellness:
Looking at these areas together helps us build treatment around the whole person rather than reducing someone to a diagnosis.
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Luxury at Amend Treatment is about creating privacy, comfort, and space for meaningful therapeutic work. Our Wildlife House and Portshead House locations in Malibu are intentionally designed to feel calm and restorative while providing access to high-level clinical care.
Our residential environments feature peaceful surroundings, natural light, comfortable living spaces, and areas where clients can reflect or spend time outdoors. Stepping away from the demands of everyday life can give you room to focus on treatment without many of the distractions that may make healing more difficult at home.
Clinical depth remains at the center of the experience. Our multidisciplinary team brings more than 100 years of combined clinical experience and includes licensed therapists, counselors, support professionals, and psychiatric leadership.
Treatment may include:
Each service is selected based on the individual treatment plan, rather than using the same combination of therapies for every client.
Our Program
Amend Treatment specializes in working with adults experiencing complex and sometimes overlapping mental health concerns. We provide primary mental health treatment rather than requiring a substance use disorder as the reason for admission.
Our clinical team works with clients experiencing concerns such as:
Many clients come to residential treatment after finding that symptoms continue to interfere with relationships, daily responsibilities, or their sense of stability despite previous attempts at care. A structured residential setting can provide more consistent therapeutic support while helping clients explore deeper patterns contributing to their distress.
Our Approach
Our mental health therapy modalities combine evidence-based practices, experiential therapies, holistic approaches, and neuroscience-informed tools. Treatment is individualized according to your presenting concerns, trauma history, and long-term goals.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) can help clients work through traumatic memories and emotional experiences that continue to influence their present lives. It may be incorporated into treatment for trauma-related concerns, anxiety, depression, and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Some experiences are difficult to fully address through conversation alone. Experiential and somatic approaches engage the body, emotions, creativity, and nervous system to support emotional processing and regulation.
Therapies like animal-assisted therapy, meditation, yoga, and recreational therapy can be especially valuable for people who have difficulty feeling connected to themselves or recognizing how emotional experiences show up physically.
Our team may also incorporate innovative approaches such as deep transcranial magnetic stimulation, neurofeedback, and brain mapping. These tools can complement psychotherapy by supporting nervous system regulation, symptom management, and the broader goals identified in your treatment plan.
The goal isn’t to use every available therapy. We select approaches thoughtfully so treatment reflects what will be most relevant to your needs.
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Seeking residential care away from your immediate surroundings can create valuable separation from familiar stressors, routines, and expectations. For someone exploring options for mental health treatment in Santa Monica, Amend Treatment’s Malibu program offers the opportunity to remain in the greater Los Angeles area while entering a more private and immersive environment.
Clients may choose our program because they are looking for:
Traveling outside your immediate community doesn’t mean disconnecting from the people who matter to you. Family therapy and continuing care planning can help important relationships remain part of the treatment process when clinically appropriate.
Traveling from Santa Monica
Amend Treatment’s residential locations are in Malibu, west of Santa Monica along the Southern California coast. The drive from Santa Monica to Malibu is generally about 12 to 22 miles, depending on the starting point and destination, and often takes roughly 20 to 40 minutes in normal traffic.
This proximity allows Santa Monica residents to create some physical distance from everyday stressors without traveling far from their families, existing providers, or support systems in West Los Angeles.
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Our Resources
Santa Monica residents can also access community-based mental health and substance use resources before, after, or alongside appropriate professional treatment. Local options include:
These community resources can provide valuable support, while residential treatment may be appropriate when someone needs a more structured and immersive level of mental health care.
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When your mental health is affecting multiple areas of your life, you may need more support than you can receive through occasional therapy sessions alone. Residential treatment can provide the time, structure, and clinical attention necessary to better understand what you’re experiencing and begin making meaningful changes.
At Amend Treatment, we combine personalized mental health care with a private, luxury residential setting in Malibu. Our goal is to help you stabilize symptoms, explore underlying concerns, reconnect with yourself, and build a foundation for lasting mental and emotional wellness.
If you’re searching for mental health care near Santa Monica and believe a more immersive level of support could help, contact us today. Our admissions team can speak with you confidentially about Amend Treatment and whether residential care may be appropriate for your needs.
Helping Clients Everyday
Our client testimonials offer a window into the real-life impact of treatment at Amend Malibu. Our clients share what it’s like to engage in the process, build trust with our providers, and see the potential for meaningful change.
Insurance Options
Amend is redefining what mental health treatment looks like with a team of highly experienced and licensed healthcare professionals focused solely on you and your recovery. While insurance may only partially cover your stay at Amend, our team is ready to discuss available private pay options with you. Please note that Amend does not accept Medicare, Medicaid, Kaiser, HMO, or EPO plans. We only accept plans with out of network benefits (PPO).
Start Your Healing Journey
Recovery begins the moment you are truly seen and supported. Whether you are managing complex trauma, depression, or co-occurring disorders, we provide the expert clinical guidance and serene environment necessary to reclaim your future.
Your journey toward healing starts with a confidential conversation. Please fill out the form, and our admissions team will reach out to discuss how we can support your recovery.
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