Eating Disorder Treatment in Santa Barbara, California

Compassion-focused, individualized residential eating disorder treatment for adults of all genders.

Alsana Santa Barbara
is here for you

166 Toro Canyon Rd
Carpinteria, CA 93013

(855)915-0213

Residential Eating Disorder Treatment in Santa Barbara, CA

Alsana Santa Barbara’s residential eating disorder treatment program offers a soft landing for adults who can benefit from the structured support of inpatient eating disorder care. Our compassion-focused approach to eating disorder care is built on the foundation of Alsana’s Adaptive Care Model®, which delivers whole-person, individualized care for adult clients struggling with eating disorders.

Our Alsana Santa Barbara team is committed to clinical, excellence and cultivating a safe, affirming treatment environment in which clients of all genders can thrive and recover from:

Residential Program Features

  • Home environment
  • 24 hour care, including on-site nursing
  • 1 hour per week with Registered Dietitian
  • 2 individual sessions/week with Primary Therapist
  • 1 supportive other session/week
  • 1 psychiatry session/week
  • Up to 6 group sessions/day
  • Medical touchpoints as needed
  • Weekly virtual family and supportive other support groups

Residential Program Features

  • Home environment
  • 24 hour care, including on-site nursing
  • 1 hour per week with Registered Dietitian
  • 2 individual sessions/week with Primary Therapist
  • 1 supportive other session/week
  • 1 psychiatry session/week
  • Up to 6 group sessions/day
  • Medical touchpoints as needed
  • Weekly virtual family and supportive other support groups

PHP/IOP Treatment

Santa Barbara, CA

The location has been renovated and updated to fully provide for your healing journey and comfort. We’ve brought together a welcoming team of experienced eating disorder professionals who are committed to your care.

Birmingham

Santa Barbara Eating Disorder Treatment Programs

We want you to succeed and we know the first step is often the hardest. At Alsana in Santa Barbara, California we offer three levels of care that are essential to recovery success. The ability to step up or down throughout treatment is always an open option.

Meet Our Alsana Santa Barbara Care Team

Our clients come first and are the center of our universe. We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, affirming treatment environment where you can focus on healing.

Linda Gorostieta, MSN, RN

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Linda Gorostieta, MSN, RN

As the Regional Director of Nursing for California, Linda is responsible for overseeing the nursing teams, as well as the delivery, and quality of nursing care at all California residential and outpatient facilities. Linda works collaboratively with the National Nursing Director, and the clinical multidisciplinary team to ensure the utmost quality of care is delivered to our clients. 

Linda earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Nurse Leadership from The University of San Francisco. Before coming to Alsana, Linda has worked in acute care in the Bay Area in Labor and Delivery, and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. In her free time, Linda enjoys local Santa Barbara beaches, watching scary movies, scouring antique stores, and pizza. 

Linda is most passionate about family, helping others, and all things mental health. Linda finds fulfillment in making others smile and helping solve problems. 

Linda’s background also includes working as a legal assistant in San Francisco before deciding to become a nurse.

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In Their Own Words

Let Alsana help you write your own story of hope and healing. Alsana Santa Barbara would like to be your eating recovery community.

  • The staff at Alsana proved to be extremely talented in the art and the skill of not colluding with my eating disorder while...

    also not treating me as if  I was an eating disorder. They treated me like the real, whole person that I had lost sight of. They have an ability to hold nuance gently and they aren’t afraid to wade into the hardest waters, which is so much more helpful than receiving treatment that is guided by a rigid manual. There is an unbelievable amount of safety at Alsana because of this and my gratitude is crazy high!
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    Sydney
    Sydney
  • As I began to apply the knowledge I gained from Alsana into my daily life, I found that my anxiety, guilt, shame ...

    and self-criticism steadily faded like a candle flickering on its last legs. I found authentic joy in things I used to reprimand myself for doing. I took, and continue to take pride in the progress I made and continue to make. Most importantly, I am now capable of self-acceptance and self-love whether I succeed, fail or anything in between.
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    Paul
    Paul
  • Before coming to Alsana, I had never had a treatment experience in which the “how” and “why” of the eating ...

    disorder were addressed. This has proven to be essential in my treatment at Alsana and also in my daily life as a member of society. Alsana providers led me through so much illuminating self-reflection about topics that I had never before considered relevant to my treatment, recovery, or self in general. Alsana staff appreciate and treat the individual, and I felt this in and outside of therapy sessions. They always humored my random geography facts and propensity to trail glitter wherever I went. 🙂 Ultimately, my treatment experience at Alsana taught me how to be a shamelessly authentic individual, and it gave me a sense of safety to explore what it means to be myself.
    With so much love,
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    Kate
    Kate

PHP/IOP Treatment
Program

Santa Barbara, CA

Our Alsana Santa Barbara day treatment facility is conveniently located to provide seamless care for clients transitioning out of our residential program. PHP/IOP levels of care are well-suited to support individuals ready to hone their recovery skills with more autonomy. Our team is happy to assist clients in securing recovery-minded housing nearby.

Our Alsana Santa Barbara day treatment facility is conveniently located to provide seamless care for clients transitioning out of our residential program. PHP/IOP levels of care are well-suited to support individuals ready to hone their recovery skills with more autonomy. Our team is happy to assist clients in securing recovery-minded housing nearby.

Adaptive Care
Model®

Our Adaptive Care Model® reflects our integrative approach to eating disorder treatment. We focus on the total health and well-being of each client by empowering these areas: medical, therapeutic, nutrition, movement, and relational practices.

Alsana leadership and treatment teams work collaboratively to develop, train, and create consistency within all of our clinics. Within this framework, we put the client first, offering the client essential tools as well as support to achieve a fully-recovered life.

Alsana's Adaptive Care Model for eating disorder recovery
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Medical Treatment

We heal bodies and minds.

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Nutrition

We believe in and practice all-inclusive nutrition.

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Movement

We support movement for every body.

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Therapeutic

We cultivate compassion.

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We are accepting of all lived experiences.

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Alsana Santa Barbara is a preferred in-network provider for all major insurance companies.

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Monterey, CA

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St. Louis, MO

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Thousand Oaks, CA

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Westlake Village, CA

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