AToN Center

Here is Wonderful Heartfelt revewiew just posted to Google by a recent resident. Thanks for sharing your experience 🙏

I cannot recommend AToN Center highly enough. Jim and Patricia founded AToN for deeply personal reasons,
and their commitment to creating a supportive, evidence-based, individualized, empowering, and holistic treatment
experience definitely shows. From the moment I arrived, I felt safe and supported, and I was treated with dignity and
respect. The program emphasizes treating addiction alongside issues such as trauma, anxiety, depression, and other
mental health conditions rather than focusing solely on substance use. AToN Center embraces the notions that shame
does not promote recovery and a single modality does not successfully meet the needs of every individual who is seeking
recovery. AToN is unique in providing individual sessions with licensed mental health providers daily (Monday-Friday),
which can include EMDR and IFS/parts work. The family session helped my husband and me move toward healing our
relationship. In addition to having group and individual therapy sessions, we had the option of holistic sessions including
massage therapy, yoga, personal training, acupuncture, mindfulness/meditation, sound bath, hiking, and (most importantly
;) pickleball. The grounds are absolutely beautiful, and the chef-prepared meals are delicious and made with care (so much
so that I gained 5 pounds haha). Most of the staff seem to have been touched by addiction, and their compassion, curiosity,
and encouragement shine through. As a mental health professional, meeting and connecting with other professionals who
struggle with addiction and trauma was such a validating experience. Because of horror stories I had heard about other
residential treatment centers, I was frightened to go to AToN, but now I couldn't be more grateful (including that my
insurance covered treatment). If only this program was available in every state; the world would be a much better place.
JR
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AToN Center At AToN Center, we offer tailored treatment designed to address each individual's unique needs, blending comprehensive treatment with a holistic approach. Located in San Diego, CA, AToN stands as a beacon of hope for individuals seeking recovery.

There are experiences that change the texture of your life — and then there is Aton. I came here not knowing quite what to expect. I am leaving a different person. Not a repaired version of who I was. Someone new. Someone I actually recognize.

I have been in all sorts of expensive therapy for twenty years, yet I have never worked with clinicians and staff members of this caliber. The excellence here is real, but what makes it rare is that it lives alongside genuine, unhurried care. It sort of felt revolutionary to discover that people like this exist.

The clinical breadth is extraordinary — EMDR, IFS, CBT, DBT, ACT, hypnotherapy, and hybrid methodologies that meet you exactly where you are and help chart your own path forward.

The group sessions deserve their own mention. Capped at six people, they never feel like group therapy in the way you might dread or see in the movies. Each session presents real tools you can actually see yourself using in the the real world, neurobiological explanations of the brain-body connection, Melinda's amazing jokes, and honest conversation about what it actually means to recover, not simply abstain.

But Aton understands something most treatment centers don't: healing is not only a mental act. The holistic modalities — massage, acupuncture, personal training, physical therapy, private yoga, and hypnotherapy — are not amenities. They are medicine. And they invite you to receive all of it in a luxurious residential estate setting with lushly landscaped grounds that are, frankly, breathtaking.

And the food — I am a committed, health-conscious eater, and Aton's epicurean program is world-class. Not a single lunch or dinner repeated. Breakfasts that feel abundant. And all dietary needs or preferences accommodated.

I came to Aton to work on myself. What I didn't expect was to fall into a relationship with myself — and leave with self-love for the first time. That is not a small thing. That is everything.

If you are considering Aton: go. Let these people love you and remind you that you are everything!. Whatever version of you arrives, something truer, new, and exceptional is waiting on the other side.

Joel Dixon

From the client's point view:
“Wonderful program. I felt like I was at a fancy wellness retreat rather than a rehab. the environment promoting being able to find joy in life and surroundings was foundational to being able to move forward and hope for future life improvement. The vetting process for this place must be top notch because the co residents attitude and comradery were a great asset to this facility.”

Mother’s Day @ AToN

57th ANNUAL ASAM Conference, Dr Leslie Sanders was representing AToN Center, .

Baby Shower for Liz! Congrats from the AToN family!