Bella Monte Recovery Center - Desert Hot Springs, California

Cameron Toyne

Bella Monte is a special place where you heal with the help of caring and highly trained professionals. The staff is remarkable - their empathy and kindness coupled with an array of amazing therapeutic protocol and combined with the resort-like ambience of the facility all add to create a special (almost magical) refuge for the client suffering from substance abuse. I cannot recommend Bella Monte more highly. I was on the precipice and the Bella Monte staff healed me with therapeutic tools and classes, amazing healthcare and diet options, and the fount of ever flowing kindness and empathy. I feel so lucky I choose Bella Monte - again, I cannot recommend it enough.

Joshua Shuck

Bella Monte is a “Magical Island” that helped saved my life! I was in a dark place in life and Bella helped me through it all. This isn’t like any other place I have ever been to. The amount of love I received from EVERY member of the staff and the counselors during a very difficult time of my life. Reminded me that life was still worth fighting for! They all went so far and above their own call of duty that even a hard headed person like myself was able to break down the walls I had wasted so much time building and get to the core of my addiction and destructive behavior. I’m now 9 months sober and slowly rebuilding my life. The fact that I’m still alive and have even have the opportunity for success is ALL OWED to everyone associated with this wonderful facility! There are too many people to thank at Bella that I won’t name them but it’s LITERALLY EVERYONE!!! I love them all sooooo much and I can’t thank them enough for taking such overwhelming great care of me!!! Just look at my view every morning, enjoying some coffee and getting ready to start the day of working on myself… BREATH TAKING!!!

Xhris Xorey

My experience was so amazing they have the best staff and the program is so helpful I love each and everyone there all the the people make you feel very welcomed I say that Bella Monte is the best detox and residential ever it's the best by far and I owe alot to Bella Monte and they check up on me once a week and I love them so much I call them once a week myself I think having a place like Bella Monte makes it much easier to recover and stay in recovery

Chelsea Lowe

Would be a great place if there wasn't predators..I was very optimistic about Bella Monte Recovery Center...It started off Great at least I thought so.. I was given medication I was told was to help detox but it made me numb and I was losing memory from the day before not remembering the nights ect... I started having flash backs thought were dreams..or nightmares.... 2 weeks of things that I didn't know even happened. I didn't have recollection of much that went on at first then when I stopped taking the meds the fog started to clear and realized that they had put me on an anti- psychotic and anti depression medication w/o my consent also was given high doses 300mg of seroquil witch is insane for my 120lb body...and who knows what else found out from a patient that a worker named Curtis was coming into my room at night. Well he tried it not knowing I skipped out on meds and he tried kissing me..I reported him but I doubt the reported got filed as they all look out for each other..one of the female patient told me she new something was wrong because i was walking around confused like a zombie and i was having sex with a male patient I thought worked there but was A (Regular) patient they have I realized the dreams were real and were flashbacks. I approached this man and he confirmed that yes we did have sex among other things but insisted it was completely consensual. I new he was telling the truth because of the flash backs.. I would never in a million years slept with this guy im 33 and happily married he is 54 and homeless idk how this could possibly happen.. after i calmed down some he proceeds to tell me i that the male worker Curtis had oral sex with me and told him he should go for it...i was beyond devastated idk what in the world was going on although i was in complete shock i still couldnt shed a tear and tho i was infuriated on the inside i had trouble expressing any emotion what so ever i was so numb to the world to feel hurt but not feel was a new feeling for me its hard to explain I couldn't remember the last time I spoke to my husband I demanded to let me use my phone witch had everything deleted from the last week or so..I called and called and he kept forwarding my calls then he finally texted and said( just let me be you made your choice and I need to get over you and I can't with you calling me)...I was so confused then some of the things started to come back my female therapist doing coke infront of me while hitting on me telling me to use my husband to get everything possible from him before leaving him!! The hypnotized trauma therapy the manipulate and courting/grooming while highly medicated i found out the male patient that I was involved with frauded my husband's bank card. Apparently I called my husband 5-6 days prior and told him he was a narcissistic pos and was feeding me drugs and was the reason for my addiction..and was leaving him..well as I'm writing this 6 months later I am home with my husband my relationship is fragile at best as I said things to him that hurt him bad not to mention the infidelity... I thank God that he took me back after this I still don't remember alot that went on there witch is probably a trauma reaction in itself alls I know is this is a place of horror not a rehab now that my feelings have come back I've been so messed up and suicidal at times I literally cry almost everyday I'm so confused as to what exactly happened I know I'm a faithful woman I wouldn't cheat on my man in a million years I didn't for over 10years of our relationship until this happened.. it's hard to except that I did something that I hardly remember and have to go thru devastated my husband to the point he hardly goes to work now he's depressed and is a change person and so hurt it hurts me so bad to see him like this and he dosen't understand what happened just as much as me I love him so much and I know for a fact that something happened to me there that caused this idk what exactly surely a combination of the things I mentioned but I 1000% hold them accountable..I am broken

liam davis

Bella Monte's treatment is unbeatable. Take it from a harsh critic who has been in and out of rehabs all year long. They took me in on doomsday, right before I nearly passed away. They saved my life. I am a walking testimony and I mean just what I say.

Clients of Bella Monte will be treated with the utmost level of love respect & dignity. Also, the living standards are impeccable. The scenery is beautiful. The housing environment is very nice and cozy. If you are admitted, all of your needs will be met.

The energy in this place is incredible. Everyone is super cool. The staff here are high-class, experienced professionals who happen to be very understanding and supportive of the difficulties we experience throughout all stages of recovery. Bella Monte makes every other rehab I have been to, seen, or heard of seem like a joke. You will be assigned a counselor who will blow your mind. They're all seasoned veterans here.

Oh by the way the food is amazing and tops just about every restaurant I have been to. All in all this place can and will get you clean, and they're just a call away, so I say go for it!

Nathan Brown

This place saved my life. Everyone there is like family. The counselor/therapists really help you find out why are using in the first place. The groups are usually pretty in depth as well. Not your typical, triggers and coping skills groups so that’s good. The techs are awesome as well. I know a few people recently stopped working there so it probably isn’t running as smoothly, but still it’s the best place for u or a loved one! Love these guys so much!

Trevor Voght

Hope you don't have to end up here, but if you do, Bella Monte is the place to be. Facility is awesome with a pool, two hot tubs, a sauna, etc. Rooms are really nice, plenty of personal space. Food is pretty kickass. Best part is easily the staff though, the counselors really care and the techs bend over backwards to help you out. You'll meet some amazing people, everyone is really great. If you need help, pick Bella Monte. Place changed my life.

William Spicknall

I had a wonderful experience at Bella. They provide all your basic needs so you can focus on getting better. Great councillors, therapists, facility, staff, food and programing. They also make sure to take clients to meetings and properly introduce them to 12 step programs. This could be the head start you or a loved one may need to get their lives back on track. I have 2 years and 2 months today and couldn't have done it without Bella Monte.