Two things decide whether addiction treatment lasts: whether it is backed by real clinical evidence, and whether it treats the whole person rather than the diagnosis. Fortify Wellness is built on both. Our approach pairs proven, research-backed therapies with holistic practices that rebuild daily life, and runs them together through our PHP, IOP, and outpatient programs rather than as separate tracks. The result is care that treats the addiction, the mental health underneath it, and the life a person is trying to return to.
Most programs lean hard one way. Some are clinical and sterile; others are all wellness and no rigor. Fortify Wellness runs two coordinated sides of a single plan.
Neither works as well alone. Clinical therapy without the lifestyle change rarely holds; wellness practices without clinical treatment rarely reach the root. Put together, each makes the other more effective.
In behavioral health, “evidence-based” is not a slogan. It means a therapy has been studied, measured, and shown to help people with a specific problem, rather than being used because it is familiar or easy to deliver. That distinction matters most on a decision as serious as treatment, where unproven methods cost time a person in crisis does not have.
Every therapy in our clinical program is there because research supports it for addiction, mental health, or both. Cognitive behavioral therapy has one of the strongest evidence bases in the field for substance use and the anxiety and depression that often accompany it (APA). Our clinical modalities include:
Placement across levels of care is guided by the ASAM Criteria, the standard the field uses to match a person to the right intensity of treatment rather than a one-size recommendation.
Clinical work addresses why someone uses. Holistic care rebuilds the life that keeps them well. These practices are not an add-on at Fortify Wellness; they are built into the weekly schedule of every program level. They include yoga, breathwork, meditation and mindfulness, nutrition guidance, creative therapies, spiritual support, and healthy-routine building. Many pair directly with the clinical side: mindfulness reinforces the same skills taught in CBT and DBT, and breathwork gives people a free, portable tool for managing cravings anywhere.
Our holistic side also includes Wellbriety, a recovery path that weaves Native American cultural teachings and the Medicine Wheel together with the 12 Steps, and that speaks to the intergenerational trauma underlying substance use in many communities. It reflects a wider principle in how we work: treatment is built around a person’s identity, not a template.
Most people who come to us are not dealing with addiction alone. Anxiety, depression, trauma, and sleep problems travel alongside substance use, and each can pull a person back toward it. Our approach assumes this from the start: psychiatric care and trauma therapy are part of the clinical core, not a referral somewhere else, so a person’s mental health and their drug or alcohol use are handled by the same team at once.
The point of running both sides under one team is that they inform each other. A trauma that surfaces in EMDR is something the same person can keep steady through with breathwork that evening. The emotion-regulation skills built in DBT are practiced in yoga and mindfulness the same week. Nutrition and routine stabilize the mood and energy that make therapy possible in the first place. Nothing is treated in isolation, because in a person’s life none of it is isolated.
The same approach runs through all three outpatient levels, scaled to how much support a person needs. From our Granada Hills location, serving adults across the San Fernando Valley and the greater Los Angeles area:
A person can move between levels as their needs change, and the approach stays consistent even as the intensity steps down.
Plenty of programs list therapies on a page. Fewer run them as a coordinated whole, match placement to a recognized standard like ASAM, and treat holistic practice as part of the clinical plan rather than a separate wellness extra. For someone who has been through treatment that handled only one piece, this is the difference between a program that manages a crisis and one that builds a life that does not need the substance.
If you are deciding where to begin, the approach matters more than the brochure. We are glad to walk through how our evidence-based and holistic care would fit your situation, and to verify your insurance before you commit to anything, usually within about a day. Call (818) 918-9564 or request an insurance check to start.
It combines evidence-based clinical therapies with holistic, whole-person practices, delivered together through PHP, IOP, and outpatient programs and matched to each person using the ASAM Criteria.
It means every therapy used has research supporting it for addiction or mental health, such as CBT, DBT, EMDR, and Moral Reconation Therapy, rather than unproven methods.
No. Holistic practices complement clinical therapy at Fortify Wellness; they are built into the program schedule alongside evidence-based care, not offered instead of it.
Yes. Our approach is designed for co-occurring conditions, with psychiatric care and trauma therapy coordinated with addiction treatment under one team.
Placement is guided by the ASAM Criteria, a recognized standard for matching the intensity of treatment to a person’s clinical needs.
Wellbriety is a recovery approach that blends Native American cultural teachings and the Medicine Wheel with the 12 Steps, included in our holistic programming.
