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Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Provider's Policy
We accept most major commercial insurance
Bella Monte Recovery Center
Bella Monte Recovery Center
About Bella Monte Recovery Center
Bella Monte Recovery Center is a sanctuary near Palm Springs where clients begin their journey toward freedom from alcohol, drugs, and co-occurring mental health disorders. Clients may start with a personalized detox program crafted by an addiction specialist before transitioning to residential care. Clients receive round-the-clock support in a structured, compassionate environment free from triggers and distractions. Their comprehensive approach, including individual and group therapy, holistic modalities, and experiential activities, addresses addiction and co-occurring disorders like anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Receive Evidence-Based and Holistic Care
Bella Monte uses evidence-based therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) to help clients understand and manage their mental health conditions. These therapies provide practical skills for coping with stress, regulating emotions, and improving relationships. In addition to traditional therapies, they offer holistic treatments such as yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practices to promote overall well-being and help clients develop healthy coping mechanisms.
Heal Trauma Safely for Deeper Recovery
Going beyond trauma-informed care, Bella Monte provides trauma work to all clients weekly. They help clients safely unfold defenses, discover what is under the surface, and primarily use eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) to achieve this.
Pursue Lasting Sobriety with Aftercare
Bella Monte takes a personalized approach to aftercare, ensuring each client’s unique needs and circumstances are addressed. Through comprehensive assessments and collaboration with reputable outpatient facilities, they provide a seamless transition from inpatient to continued care. Their team works closely with clients and outpatient providers to create tailored plans that promote continuity, accountability, and long-term recovery success.
Relax in Upscale Desert Accommodations
Bella Monte’s beautiful Spanish-style facility in the Coachella Valley offers private or shared accommodations with valley vista views. Each room features a Jacuzzi tub with natural mineral desert spring water, while the property includes a mineral pool, sauna, fire pit, and serene shared spaces designed to promote calm and relaxation. Additional amenities such as a business center, fitness center, library, recreation room, and walking trails ensure clients have a comfortable and supportive environment for their recovery journey.
Highlights from the Center
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Customized Treatment Plans
Perfect for Professionals
Trauma-Informed Care
Private Rooms Available
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
CARF Accredited
CARF stands for the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. It's an independent, non-profit organization that provides accreditation services for a variety of healthcare services. To be accredited means that the program meets their standards for quality, effectiveness, and person-centered care.
Insurance Accepted
Cash Pay Rates
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
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Meet Your Care Team

Karre Winge
Clinical Director
MS, LMFT, CADC II,

Micaela Pugliese
Administrative Director

Sabrina Cassotta
Director of Business Development

LaToya Horn
Compliance Administrator

Sarah Nolan
Medical Technician

Hannah Reade
Intern Alcohol and Drug Counselor
RADT, CADC

Robyn Smith
Intern Alcohol and Drug Counselor
RADT, CADC

Christian Small
Medical Director
MD




Levels of Care
Your Care Options
Specializations
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
Prescription Drugs
It's possible to abuse any drug, even prescribed ones. If you crave a medication, or regularly take it more than directed, you may have an addiction.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
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.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Medical
Medical addiction treatment uses approved medications to manage withdrawals and cravings, and to treat contributing mental health conditions.
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.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
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.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Languages
Conditions We Treat
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Anger
Although anger itself isn't a disorder, it can get out of hand. If this feeling interferes with your relationships and daily functioning, treatment can help.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Codependency
Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.
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.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
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.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Aftercare
Care Designed for Your Needs
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Flexible technology policies
Centers with flexible technology policies allow professionals to stay in touch with work and give patients a greater sense of connection and normalcy.
Executive Program
Addiction and mental health treatment for executives typically involves high discretion, greater technology access, and more private, 1-on-1 care.
Couples program
Using gentle clinical care, therapists guide patients and their partner through guided sessions to address issues and work towards lasting solutions.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Off-Site Activities
Off-Site Amenities
What people are saying
Treatment
4.8
Accommodations
4.5
Food & Nutrition
4.8
Value
4.8
Cameron T
Treatment in 2024 • (30 days) • Reviewed 03/21/25
Former Client
•California
Jeff M
Treatment in 2018 • (90 days) • Reviewed 10/13/21
Former Client
•Teacher
