Boardwalk Recovery Center

About Boardwalk Recovery Center

Boardwalk Recovery Center is an outpatient addiction treatment program in the Pacific Beach neighborhood of San Diego, built for people who are ready to take the next step in early sobriety. Many of their staff are in recovery themselves, and they focus on helping clients build a stable foundation, find work, connect with the local recovery community, and develop a sense of purpose. Their core offering is an intensive outpatient program (IOP) that meets three hours a day, five days a week, while clients live in a structured sober environment. The program usually runs 6 to 12 weeks and addresses alcohol, drug, and prescription medication use alongside co-occurring concerns like mood disorders and trauma.

Each client starts with a clinical assessment and works with their therapist on an individualized plan that can also cover legal issues, finances, and daily functioning. Individual, group, and family sessions are led by master’s- and doctoral-level clinicians using approaches such as CBT, DBT, ACT, schema therapy, motivational interviewing, solution-focused brief therapy, and Seeking Safety for those dealing with PTSD and substance use. They pair this clinical work with 12-step facilitation and encourage meeting attendance, sponsorship, and service, along with mindfulness hikes, ecopsychology outdoor groups, guided meditation, and breathwork. Family therapy helps rebuild trust at home, clients without close family get help forming a supportive network, and everyone leaves with an aftercare plan and connections to nearby support groups.