Built to raise the standard of mental health treatment.

We wanted a place where we could bring together the best minds and interventions to create something new, better, and at the leading edge of the field. In this we have succeeded.

The Beach Cottage has been full or near full since its inception, welcoming clients from across North America and around the world. We help them and their families address, understand and manage mental health disorders.

We approach mental health as an opportunity for change, a time to start new, and we are both optimistic and pragmatic in how we work. We see success every day. That is simply the truth of our program: it works, and it continues to work as long as the client embraces it and allows us to deliver superior clinical care.

We are conducting outcome studies, creating new tools to assess families, clients and their aftercare, and synthesizing the latest understanding of systems and cognitive science into the treatment of mental health. We are also committed to serving our local communities, reaching out to families and integrating outside mental health partners such as NAMI.

What You Can Expect From Our Program

We are highly credentialed, highly skilled and unwaveringly committed to providing a clinically rigorous program. Every client can expect:

• A comprehensive initial assessment covering mental health precursors, family history, trauma, developmental impacts and symptomatology
• Intervention and integration of the family system, with assessment and treatment recommendations
• An individually assigned primary psychologist with expertise in your symptoms
• Couples and family therapy through education, process work and experiential family therapy
• Medical assessment and strong medical management of any and all medical issues
• Psychiatric assessment, metabolic testing and treatment of any co-occurring disorders
• Assessment for and treatment of trauma with specific trauma-related interventions
• Individual access to DBT, EMDR, Brainspotting and other evidence-based treatment modalities indicated by your assessment
• Recreational therapies that elevate your connection with nature and the environment
• Access to peer communities and outside support groups

Healing Beyond the Therapy Room

Our research, and that of many treatment professionals, shows that many activities of life are useful in the healing of the body and the brain. With this in mind we offer many interesting and creative activities:

• Meditation and yoga
• Expressive arts therapy
• Creative writing and journaling
• Fitness training
• Culinary arts
• Nutrition counseling
• Ocean adventure: surfing, swimming and kayaking
• Adventure and wilderness therapy, including mountain climbing
• Academic and vocational support

We are routinely adding to and adjusting this list to challenge and motivate our clients at our luxury Malibu mental health treatment center.

A Responsibility We Take Seriously

We take the trust you give us very seriously. The challenge of mental health deserves careful, intelligent responses, and we put our entire focus on making sure this is done as well as it can be done. We invite you to participate in this success with us.

The Beach Cottage at Seasons in Malibu is licensed by the California Department of Social Services, certified by the Department of Health Care Services and accredited by CARF International.