RESIDENTIAL TREATMENT CENTERS

 Pine Ridge maintains two residential treatment centers in Southern California.  The Lucerne Valley facility is located in the high desert approximately 20 miles east of Victorville.  It is situated on 10 acres and provides patient bungalows, a large group meeting room, laundry facilities, and a full kitchen and dining room.  The other facility in Running Springs is located in the San Bernardino Mountains at about the 6,000-foot elevation.  Each facility houses chemically dependentindividuals in accordance with the severity of their situation.

 Both facilities are easily accessible to California freeways and Ontario International Airport.  Pine Ridge provides transportation from Ontario International Airport.  In some cases, we may also provide air, rail or bus transportation for patients traveling within the  Western United States  (west of the Mississippi River). 

 Pine Ridge Treatment Centers utilizes a multidisciplinary team of professionals under the direction of Dr. Keith Simpson, a certified Addictionologist, Doctor of Public Health, a past President of the National Council on Alcoholism, and a leader in this field for over 35 years.  Each staff member is professionally certified and an active member of either Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous.   Twelve-step groups are an essential part of our programs. 

Pine Ridge residential programs also furnish assessment and treatment planning. 

Each patient takes part in an initial assessment and evaluation to determine which treatment program fits his/her needs.  From this assessment, a treatment plan is developed to guide the patient’s therapy and insure that the individual’s needs will be met. 

 EDUCATION 

Patients learn that chemical dependency is a chronic illness.  Through a series of films, lectures and prescribed readings, the patient also learns the dynamics of his/her  disease.  Skills are taught of achieving and maintaining recovery.

INDIVIDUAL THERAPY 

One-on-one counseling helps the patient see life as it really is, without the stimulus of alcohol and/or drugs.  An acceptance of the disease and the realization that recovery is possible provides hope and the knowledge that recovery will lead to a positive new lifestyle.   
 

GROUP THERAPY 

With group support, defenses that block recovery are explored.  In group therapy patients develop skills needed to achieve a life free from alcohol and drugs. 

 
FAMILY THERAPY 

Chemical Dependency is a disease that affects the entire family.  Pine Ridge offers therapy for family members as they break down the barriers of denial that insulate the patient and family from recovery.  Pine Ridge offers family education with individual, group, and joint therapy sessions. 

AN INTRODUCTION TO SELF-HELP 

The basic components of all Pine Ridge programs are the philosophies of Alcoholics and Narcotics Anonymous and Al-Anon.   At the time of completion of his/her residential stay, each patient is required to have working knowledge of these programs. 

 Continuing Care is available as part of the completion of any of the Residential Programs.  Reporting of progress is available to any qualified employer, EAP, SAP, MAP Coordinator or other approved agency.