Serenity Trauma Healing Center

The creators of the original SERENITY METHOD.

Award-Winning Trauma Treatment Center in Malibu, California

Whether you are seeking treatment for trauma, including addiction, abuse, anxiety, depression, PTSD or other significant challenges, at Serenity Trauma Healing Center, we offer award-winning evidence-based trauma treatment programs in Malibu, California, and are California Department of Health Care Services and JCAHO accredited. with an individual experience for each client. These include various forms of trauma psychotherapy chosen and tailored to each person’s unique needs. Traumatic experiences, including a single life-threatening event or recurring trauma, can have a lasting impact with negative effects on your life long after the threat is gone.

Our outpatient treatment center helps adolescents and adults in Southern California through a range of therapeutic services, designed to help them reconnect with the world and restore a sense of safety. We also help deal with the physical, emotional, and psychological symptoms of trauma. These can vary greatly from one person to another, which is why a personalized treatment program is so important in bridging the connection between trauma and recovery.

Serenity is a private pay treatment center

Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

This 6-hour-a-day outpatient intensive trauma treatment program is designed for clients who have completed a drug and alcohol or eating disorder treatment program, are transitioning from a psychiatric hospital, or are simply looking for an alternative to residential treatment and wish to experience a highly individualized and structured clinical program to address the trauma. Clients enrolled in this program may commute from their residence, Air BnB, Hotel or live in a local sober living house.

Day Treatment Program

A 5-hour-a-day outpatient program custom designed for clients who have experienced traumatic events, completed a drug and alcohol or eating disorder treatment program, or are transitioning from a psychiatric hospital. If you’re simply looking for an alternative to residential treatment, we provide a highly individualized and structured clinical program to address the trauma. Clients enrolled in this program may commute from their residence, Air BnB, Hotel or live in a local sober living house.

Intensive Outpatient Program

This program provides a more flexible type of therapy for those who require fewer hours of ongoing additional psychological support, which is offered in a supportive and caring environment. It is also less intensive than the Day Treatment Program. The IOP allows clients to maintain their daily commitments while recovering from PTSD symptoms or mood/anxiety disorder.

Family Program

At Serenity Trauma Healing Center, we understand the impact that trauma and mental health disorders may have on your family. Our Family Program is designed to incorporate family members into therapy sessions. Often family members need direction and assistance to support the family member in need.

Pain Management

Pain Management is about easing the suffering of the physical pain caused by sudden and prolonged exposure to traumatic experiences and improving quality of life. Effective management of chronic pain frequently requires the coordinated efforts of an experienced management team. Our Pain Management team includes medical doctors, chiropractor, licensed psychotherapists, massage therapists, movement therapist, and muscle activation specialist.

Customized Programs

All our programs are customizable based on availability and clinical necessity.

Therapies We Offer

An advanced form of trauma therapy, Brainspotting aims to access areas of the brain that are often not at the center of our awareness. Traumatic memories often have associated eye positions. By identifying these, trauma can be diagnosed and treated with this psychotherapy approach. Other approaches to trauma treatment we use include Somatic Experiencing, which focuses on releasing survival energy to restore self-regulation, and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy which focuses on the body by integrating sensorimotor processing with cognitive and emotional processing.

Our team is also skilled in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) used in the treatment of PTSD. Using mindfulness, we can help individuals become more aware of their thoughts, emotions, body, and environment to cope with stressful situations. From advanced modern therapies such as neurofeedback therapy to the Emotional Freedom Technique to the use of visual art, breathwork, acupuncture, massage, movement, and physical fitness, our approaches address trauma healing from various angles.

We strive to help as many people recover from trauma and deal with its aftereffects. Cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT) is one approach that is often used. Our strategy, a variant known as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), helps patients build the skills needed to overcome negative thinking, develop more positive behaviors, and improve their relationships.