








Start Up Recovery
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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Primary Level of Care
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Primary Level of Care
Private Pay
You pay directly for treatment out of pocket. This approach can offer enhanced privacy and flexibility, without involving insurance. Exact costs vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for specific details.
Start Up Recovery
Start Up Recovery
About Start Up Recovery
At Start Up Recovery and Wellness, each client’s recovery is approached with the same vigor the founders brought to launching startups and turning around companies. They welcome a diverse clientele—executives, artists, athletes, empty nesters, and young adults—who are ready not only to pursue lifelong recovery from addiction or mental health crises, but also to rekindle passions and reconnect with their authentic selves.
Receive Personalized Clinical Services
Start Up redefines clinical care with a deeply personalized, integrative approach. After an in-depth, in-person assessment, each client receives a tailored plan that may include psychiatry, psychotherapy, addiction therapy, and group sessions designed to uncover root causes, strengthen resilience, develop skills, and foster transformation. This collaborative model ensures clients receive the highest standard of care—one that adapts to their needs while supporting lasting emotional, psychological, and spiritual growth.
Elevate Recovery With East + West + Tech
At Start Up Recovery and Wellness, each client’s personalized plan combines Eastern practices, Western modalities, and biohacking. Eastern practices such as acupuncture, cupping, gua sha, reiki, and Qi Gong harmonize with Western approaches like psychiatry, individual therapy, somatic therapy, and family therapy. Holistic techniques—including chiropractic care, lymphatic massage, and functional medicine—work alongside biohacking strategies like bioresonance, electromagnetic, and red light therapy. Together, these modalities restore balance, develop resilience, and lay a foundation for long-term transformation.
Experience Upscale Living in Pacific Palisades
Clients put their recovery skills into practice in a supportive community navigating sobriety together in Start Up Recovery´s luxurious modern accommodations in one of Los Angeles’s most sought-after neighborhoods. Transportation is included to ensure all clients have seamless access to the Wellness Center for treatment.
Highlights from the Center
Highlights
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Bespoke With Exclusive Staff
Wellness Emphasis
Perfect for UHNWI
Men Only
Executive Treatment
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.
Pricing and Program Length
Estimated Center Costs
The cost listed here (Private Pay Only: $20,000-$105,000), is an estimate of program cost. Center price can vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for more information. Recovery.com strives for price transparency so you can make an informed decision.



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Meet Your Care Team

Gregg Champion
Partner

Jeffrey Vann
Partner

Patricia Meyers
Partner

Margot Chambers
Wellness Director
LAC

Dr. Jack Kuo
Director of Psychiatric Services
MD

Phil Kholos
Mind-Body Therapist and Director of Bioresonance Technologies

Sarah Sack
Therapist
ACSW

Kyle Mcgill
Case Manager

Jacob Goldsboro
Operations Manager

Michele Limoges
Lead Resident Advocate

Micko Ortiz
Executive Chef

Hadas Zies
COO, START UP RECOVERY & WELLNESS
EMBA

Nousha Salimi
Integrative Nutritionist, Holistic Health Coach & Wellness Consultant

Dr. Mina Pashayi
Holistic Chiropractor, Functional Medicine Practitioner

Blair Cobb
Breathwork Teacher, Reiki Master & Holistic Wellness Advocate

Gina Buccola
Family Recovery Coach, Certified Trauma Specialist

Nikola Parque
Sound Healing Facilitator, Reiki Practitioner & Wellness Artisan

Edward Ormandy
Advanced Reiki Practitioner & Holistic Healing Facilitator

Aliza "Ali" Rubin
Certified Pilates Instructor and Movement Specialist

Indra Kelly
Energetic Realignment Practitioner & Transformational Intuitive Guide

Heather Donavon
Sound Therapy Artist, Vocal Healer & Wellness Educator

Emily Beliveau
Medical Qigong Practitioner, Life Coach & Intuitive Healer
Your Care Options
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Pet Friendly
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.
Executives
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Wellness
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
Who We Treat
Executives
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
Midlife Adults
For adults ages 40+, treatment shifts to focus on the unique challenges, blocks, and risk factors of their age group, and unites peers in a similar community.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Treatment Services
Retreat
These curated experiences promote physical, mental, and spiritual well-being, and provide a break from the busy pace of daily life.
Sober Living
These structured living environments help people transition out of rehab. Residents have more freedom than they do during rehab, but still follow certain rules.
Approaches
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Personalized Treatment
The specific needs, histories, and conditions of individual patients receive personalized, highly relevant care throughout their recovery journey.
Wellness
Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Cryotherapy
Stepping into a chamber of extreme cold floods the bloodstream with nutrients and endorphins, helping reduce withdrawal symptoms and cravings.
Equine Therapy
Guided interactions with trained horses, their handler, and a therapist can help patients improve their self-esteem, trust, empathy, and social skills.
Experiential Therapy
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
Expressive Arts
Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Burnout
Burnout entails mental and physical exhaustion, and leads to a severe lack of fulfillment. This condition is often caused by overwork.
Chronic Pain Management
Long-term physical pain can have an affect on mental health. Without support, it can also impact your daily life and even lead to addiction.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Aftercare
Care Designed for Your Needs
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Pet Friendly
For greater comfort and healing, pet-friendly treatment centers welcome dogs and animal companions to stay with their owners while they attend treatment.
Executive Program
Addiction and mental health treatment for executives typically involves high discretion, greater technology access, and more private, 1-on-1 care.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Off-Site Activities
Learn More About the Center
The Non-Negotiable Elements for a Successful Recovery in CSQ
Learn about making a personal list of items and tasks that are essential to finding personal and professional success.
Why Sobriety Improves Your Professional Life
Read how becoming sober helps change the trajectory of one’s entire outlook and drive toward any goal.
Mentor Network
Find out more about Start Up’s professional mentors from over 50 different industries.
The Recovery Playbook Podcast
Hear stories from an impressive sober community including TedX speakers, entrepreneurs, and entertainment executives.
