About Lasting Recovery

Judy Saalinger, Ph.D., MFT, CAS, and Arthur Farkas, Ph.D., founded Lasting Recovery in July, 2004.  With well over 30 years of therapeutic and clinical work in the field and many years of personal recovery from addictions, the husband and wife team recognized an opportunity for their work to have an even greater impact while addressing the unmet need for quality outpatient addiction treatment in San Diego.

 

Lasting Recovery’s History:

• July 2004 - Opened the doors to Lasting Recovery for Outpatient Treatment
• January 2005 –Certified by California Alcohol and Drug Programs
• January 2010 – Awarded CARF Accreditation  
• May 2010 –TRICARE Certified Substance Use Disorder Rehab Facility (SUDRF)

We work with individuals and families and offer hope for a healing recovery and a promising future.  We coordinate care with psychiatrists, therapists, psychologists, family and primary care physicians, facilities, attorneys, employers, universities and diversion boards through confidential, professional assistance with education, referrals, and placement services. 

 

We refer to:

• Interventionists
• Inpatient detoxification and treatment facilities
• Transitional/ sober living homes
• Psychiatrists
• Psychotherapists
• Primary care physicians

Lasting Recovery also acts as a step down level of care for patients discharging from inpatient treatment facilities, by providing half and full day partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient care, aftercare, family groups and psychotherapy to help the individual and their family implement discharge plans outlined in inpatient treatment.

 

Lasting Recovery – the very name says it all. This program is much more than about substance abuse. I have resisted change in the past but now am beginning to welcome it. The LR team’s empathy, caring, commonsense and wisdom were my lifeline. Thank you all for the gift of hope for a fulfilling, useful, and meaningful new life.
- Kathryn D.