I attended Newport Institute's Bayview location during the summer of 2024. I was experiencing…read moresevere depression and suicidal ideations at the time I admitted. While here, I appreciated my sessions with my counselor and therapists. I was able to connect with the clinicians in the unique ways a residential setting allows for, and I grew to trust them with things I'd never previously opened up about. I also enjoyed many of the activities including art therapy, adventure therapy, swimming in the beautiful pool, acupuncture and cupping, horticulture group, and the clinical groups. I made connections with the staff and residential manager as well. Over the course of my time here, Newport became a home. In its safety, I processed my traumas and gained self confidence. I am doing well today because of my experience here. With all of that being said, this place was not perfect. The food was awful, and as someone with ARFID, I often went hungry. They made accommodations for me but took their time in obtaining food I was able to eat. Some of the staff were not the best fit for the job, causing us as clients to feel un-cared for while certain people were on shift. This location was short a therapist while I was there, and gaps were filled virtually, which was very challenging for me. Overall, I would highly recommend this location based on my experience. However, I am aware that the company is currently experiencing some structural changes that may impact its current quality of care. If you choose to pursue treatment here, I hope it is still as healing for you as it was for me a year ago.

I attended Newport bay view in the summer of 2025 and I had an amazing experience! I felt like as…read moresoon as I got their I was able to make connections with the clients and also the staff. Newport Bayview has amazing therapists, some amazing CC's that you can really bond with, they also have a school session time that is very amazing especially if u were doing college classes like me. The food was good from time to time but they always would accommodate for you if you had any allergies or any dislikes. The house is beautiful and you get to go on fun group outings as well! Newport was the first residential I have ever gone to and it was one of the best experiences when making a leap into recovery with my mental health and addiction. Since leaving Newport I have also been able to stay sober and have noticed a change in my happiness as well! I have also been out of their care for over 3 months now and to this day I still talk about all of the fun experiences I had while being their, all of the staff that i miss and just how well they treated me. Newport Bayview was hard going to at first but I don't regret my stay at all, 10/10 would recommend

Bayside Marin is an excellent treatment center, I'd rate it #2 in northern California…read more At first, I didn't want to go here, mainly because of negative reviews and hearsay from an acquaintance, and corporate ownership. But I quickly changed my mind. I came here devestated by a very traumatic year of my life, in as much of a mental health crisis as I was in a substance one. Throughout the length of my stay, I was treated with understanding, patience and compassion. The bulk of their program is cookie cutter evidence based, but high quality. The employees at Bayside really care about their work, and their clients, and because of this it didn't have a corporate feel, even though they're owned by Acadia. What made this stay extra special for me was the therapy and one on one conversations I had with staff. I had the honor and privilege of working with the best therapist I've ever seen. When there's a true match with therapy it can be magical, spiritual. I have transformed into a better version of myself because of the one on one work with my therapist, whose intelligence, wit, patience, and compassion helped me to rise above and shine, despite facing some extremely challenging triggers in residential this time. When you can't fully care about yourself, sometimes you can borrow someone else's faith in you until you're able to care about yourself a little more. By the end of my stay, I felt more confident and centered than I had in a long time. I also wanted to say, the tech supervisor helped guide me psychologically and spiritually as I faced various challenges at Bayside, and helped revive my interest in spirituality, meditation and awakening. I had the best spiritual and psychological support I could have asked for, which I thought would be impossible after being at Olympia House in 2022. (Both are good rehabs with their unique strengths and weaknesses. I learned a lot at both, but they're not directly comparable, OH is a little more unique in terms of approach and programming. Bayside was extra meaningful because of the particular therapist I worked with, the behavioral technician supervisor I mentioned and the particular clients I bonded with. They actually listen to client feedback and I watched them make numerous improvements over the three months I was there. With that said, there is room for further improvement. Clients are shuffled over to the main campus from detox with very little explanation of where to go and when, which leaves freshly detoxed clients confused, angry, and feeling disrespected. I've been told they're working on fixing this problem. Scheduling glitches do happen, but that's true of any medium or large rehab. They do their best. And also, sometimes communication can be a little complicated between departments. No place is perfect. Gorgeous campus. Food was great. I was told this was a rehab for rich people who valued aesthetics over content, but that's not what I found here. They have some incredible talent working for them and client socioeconomic backgrounds are mixed. 2026 update: I've had to return to Bayside and things have only gotten better, taking my review from 4 stars to 5. A lot of mediocre therapists have left, replaced by excellent ones, and they have made subtle but noticable improvements to the programming. I'm SO grateful for Bayside Marin, one of the finest treatment centers in northern California and perhaps the country. Last. I would encourage people, strongly, to ask to change their therapist if the initial assignment isn't a match. I did, and it made all the difference in my stay.

Everything went well! From the moment I set foot on the campus, I was treated with the utmost…read morecare, respect, kindness, a true sense of warmth that I was in the right place. The excellence of care, coupled with the seasoned staff, care givers, medical staff, therapists, maintenance, were top notch! And the food they provided, I left a good 10-15 pounds heavier. You will not go hungry! Swimming, nature walks, yoga, art therapy, meditation, even karaoke, etc were an added bonus. I feel so grateful to have spent 4 months at this amazingly, beautiful, serene community. And it doesn't stop when you "graduate". They provide an alumni meeting weekly to follow up, where you can keep in touch with other clients you had grown & started a road to recovery with. I feel blessed I was able to receive the help that changed my life. Thank you BSM Blessings, Kristi K.

Karen Motan is exactly what everyone has said, compassionate and intuitive. Her understanding of…read morepeople and her active listening technique makes you realize she understands what you need. She has very practical experience in life and that always builds my confidence when it comes to a therapist. She's experienced and provides real feedback and shows genuine interest. I think there is nothing's better than feeling like you can speak to someone and they help you make changes in your life instead of talking to someone who you feel like you're just updating every week. In therapy, you want to make progress not a life long commitment to attending therapy and I believe she understands that and her motivation is in making people feel good and productive.

Karen is such an awesome therapist. She listens and provides actionable feedback to strengthen…read morecommunication. She's patient and thoughtful in her responses. All of our sessions were over Zoom (thanks to Covid), but nonetheless she made the environment feel safe, open, and connected, as if she were right there with you. Talking to her is like talking to an unbiased trusted friend. She makes all parties involved feel respected and heard. She doesn't take sides, but finds a way to make everyone feel like they have valid concerns and gives communication strategies to help navigate through tough conversations or hot buttons in a relationship. She's the first therapist I've ever worked with who has given actionable tools to use in everyday situations, instead of just listening and saying she'll see me next week. If you show up open and ready to work to see results, I have no doubt you'll be thrilled with your experience. I HIGHLY recommend her!

They were there when I could not take care of myself. I learned about the 12 step programs, and…read moreother alternatives to keep me sober after my stay. And the open sleeping rooms was actually a benefit for me. We would crack jokes, talk about whatever happened that day, it built a kind of bond. But make sure you get a bed on the wall!

The Vine has done a lot for the community of Marin and dealt with many people that no one else…read morewould. This really is the last house on the block, when you end up here it's not like you want to be there. The staff deals with these characters with class and dignity. It's a very high stress job but they show up day after day, sometimes all night, to try to teach full grown adults how to live. Without getting hooked up with the people and services I received from The Vine I would not have three and a half years sober today. And it's not like I behaved when I went there, they dealt with a kid. I am of service there now by going to the alumni meeting and telling the residents how my life has improved as a result of my sobriety. I have a lot of love for my Helen Vine family and y'know it's not a perfect place but it's much better than the rest. People are pretty spoiled when they go there and complain, they should go check out Cherry Hill before they start talking. It's heavenly. The amount of meetings and healing there is opportunity to get there surpasses many others. If you want sobriety you gotta chase it like you chased the bottle and they make it possible there to find what you need to succeed. I know many others that got their start at Helen Vine and have far exceeded expectations and are now contributing members of society. I pay back what I have gotten here by paying it forward, and have a lifelong debt and ceaseless gratitude for what I have received. That's all for now.

I read the response to my review by "Robin Joy B." and I appreciate her response, however I have a…read morereply to that. While I understand you were busy during the summer with people on a wait list and trying to get them with a therapist, what I didn't like was that no one called me to give me any updates as to when someone would call me. Every time they gave me an approximate date, that date would go by and no one would get back to me. Then I would call again, and get no response. Finally someone called me back and said "based on my review (I assume on Yelp) they have decided I should go somewhere else for therapy". All I was ever asking for was that someone keep me posted on the timeline for expecting to be assigned a therapist. I was told one thing, and then that changed to another time, and then that date passed. When a prospective therapy client is in urgent need of help, that is no way to treat them (by rejection). I may have been impatient, but also I think CIP should improve its communication with its prospective clients. After all the cost share fee (mine was $45) is still alot of money if you pay weekly. I think CIP is very unprofessional, and cares more about their organization and their interns and staff than about the people they serve, who they also charge for services

Do you have a crappy health plan? I was paying through the nose (more than $800 per month) for a…read morehealth plan that I didn't even know was crappy. Then the s**t hit the fan and I learned that talk therapy appointments were doled out like gold. I could get in to see someone once every 6 weeks or so, but weekly? Only if I wanted to call with my weekly crisis and beg to see a therapist du jour, retelling the whole ugly story anew each week until, whoops, time's up! Sometimes in the midst of a storm there's a calm moment and you can see clearly enough to say "I'm sorry you went through all of that schooling only to work for an organization that thinks it's acceptable for you to provide appointments once every six weeks to people in crisis." Then you listen to the dead silence on the other end of the line and then you act. CIP was there for me when I needed them. My initial call was met by an intake counselor with an ear for listening. She then set up the weekly appointments I felt were necessary. It's not a perfect situation: As others have noted, these are therapists-in-training. All sessions are audio taped (with your prior consent) and reviewed after the fact by a licensed therapist who then discusses what they hear with your trainee. On the plus side however, you actually may benefit by having both a licensed therapist and a trainee working to help you (albeit, the licensed therapist is in the shadows, never to be seen by you). You also benefit by getting actual weekly therapy appointments with the same therapist in training. Further, you get all of this on a sliding scale which is based on your personal income and circumstances. There's some paperwork to complete but it's not onerous and prices seemed reasonable (I was paying $65 per session). I'm happy that I don't have a current need for CIP's services but I'm not foolish enough to think that I might never need them again. They perform a great service for the community and I hope they'll still be performing it again, when the need arises.

My child has a diagnosis that requires skill and care, Paradigm has neither of those. My daughter…read morewas given an administrative discharged after less than two weeks. In those 12 days she did not shower, brush her teeth, and staff claimed she had an eating disorder, was self harming, and was a risk of walking away. Upon admittance I tried to explain her auditory hallucinations and how they affect her behavior. She was eating outside to avoid overstimulation, has a compulsion to pick at scabs (which they deemed self harm, but did not address the wounds or encourage self care, her wounds were undressed and she was never given kind words or alternative ways to cope). The only time I heard of their concerns was an hour before they decided to discharge and transfer to a higher level of care that they claimed to have arranged which was an absolute farse. We were turned away when that facility said she was not a high risk and they did not have a bed. All of the factors the director and staff at Paradigm used to "qualify" her for a bed at this facility were not factual, just their assumptions... very bad ones. If 0 stars was an option, that is what they would get. My daughter left more at risk than when she was admitted. I was not prepared to have her home and she was not stable on medication which was the whole point of her admittance to Paradigm. It took a week to get medication started at Paradigm even though we had a plan and it's effects were not yet seen upon their discharge of her which is proof of their incompetence. Especially the way it was handled. Their skill level did not meet the needs of my daughter. My daughters psychologist was absolutely disgusted at the treatment we received by Paradigm.

She is a caring and compassionate counselor. I saw her for about a year and was able to open my…read moreviews to certain topics I was narrow minded on. She is very professional and she sets a calm environment. I would recommend her to anyone having doubts about speaking to someone about traumas .

Jennifer is phenomenal!!…read more She has really helped me discover the root of my troubles and I have made a lot of positive emotional changes in the 6 months I have been seeing her and I am so grateful. She is warm and insightful and makes me feel like I am in a safe place where I can open up. She has also helped me find my inner strength which I have needed as I learn and grow. I highly recommend Jennifer.

A very professional group practice…read more I've been impressed by their responsiveness and thoughtful response for a patient advocacy

We went here for help with a needle phobia and after 3 months of therapy with little to no…read morecommunication other than telling us things were going well. When we wanted to wind down, the therapist told us it didn't work. After doing more research on exposure therapy, it became clear to us that the therapist had no idea what she was doing and only did the laddering, or very first steps, of the treatment. It was a totally waste of money. Stay away from this place. They totally misrepresent their expertise.

Simply Lovely... this woman. I'm not going to lie at first I was skeptic & definitely wanted to…read moretest her out because I'm very cautious of wasting money. But let me tell u... it was the best 60$ ever spent! Right away she honed in on exactly what my current situation is & why I was calling. She nailed the situation & trust me its a complex relationship & she broke it down & was able to pin point what needs to be done to work it out in the best way possible. I listened & she was right. She is definitely amazing at what she does & I don't question her gifts anymore! Her vibe is humble, friendly & very professional. And when there's an emergency she is very prompt & attentive. So caring. And extremely positive I just love her! I feel fortunate to know someone that will continue to bring ease & peace of mind in my crazy journey & love life.

I got some body work , She is very talented and caring I…read morewould definitely recommend Her !

Ajaya Sommers is an incredible healer, 20 years of biodynamic cranial sacral work, core embodiment…read morework, energy medicine, aquatic bodywork and holistic coaching. She practices in Marin County and Napa County. I had two sessions with her, one on the table and one in the water. On the table it felt as if she went into my body and smoothed out all the energy. It was so deeply relaxing and transformative. In the pool she moved my body into deep relaxation. She is deeply intuitive and clear and helped guide me back to the essence of who I truly am. What better recommendation could I give than that? She's the real deal. She also teaches cranial sacral and leads retreats. Sounds amazing.

When my body has been out of sorts, I have always gone to get a massage or a chiropractor, but i…read morehave just started to discover these new practices in energy medicine and biodynamic craniosacral work and it really transforms you from the inside out... She is also teaching classes in cranial work at the world school of massage in San Francisco... i am scheduled for my first training next month... http://www.worldschoolmassage.com/our-programs/san-francisco-massage-schools-biodynamic-craniosacral-therapy-certification-program/