Mitchell T. Prager
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
leadership
Cave Creek,
Soberman's Estate
A men-only desert estate north of Phoenix that caps admissions at ten and publishes its whole roster by name.
AssessedThe clinic has a full assessment in this edition: all ten criteria scored, each with its reasoning, its sources with capture dates, and the gaps we could not close.
Rank #38The clinic's position by public score in this edition.Public score 42The sum of the ten criterion scores, from 10 to 100, using evidence anyone can check, including the clinic's own pages as self-declared statements.TiedAnother clinic has the same public score and shares this rank.
Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score., LROAS 1.0.0, edition 2026-10-01
Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score. · 42
About Soberman's Estate
Soberman's Estate admits adult men only, and that single restriction shapes both its clinical culture and how far it can be compared with the mixed-sex clinics in this ranking. It is a single-site residential treatment centre on a five-acre private property in Cave Creek, adjacent to hundreds of acres of Sonoran Desert preserve and about 30 miles north of Phoenix Sky Harbor. The clinic states a maximum of 10 clients at a time, an average census of seven, and eight private rooms with en suite bathrooms, supported by over 40 staff. The model is small group and holistic rather than solitary: a minimum of three individual therapy sessions a week with a licensed therapist, daily group work, registered nurses on site around the clock, equine and fitness programming, and an executive-chef kitchen. It was founded after the founder lost his older brother to an opioid overdose and a close friend to alcoholism, and it is aimed at professional and public-facing men.
Clinic overview
- Founded
- Two figures stand. The clinic's own anniversary post states it opened to clients on 11 March 2019. The Better Business Bureau profile records the business as started on 10 April 2017, which measures entity formation rather than opening. No single founding year is stated here.
- Capacity
- The clinic states a maximum of 10 clients at any one time, an average census of seven, and eight private rooms with en suite bathrooms. Two-bed semi-private rooms are also offered. The state facility licence register could not be retrieved to confirm the licensed capacity.
- Staff per client
- The clinic states over 40 staff members for a maximum of 10 clients. That is a full roster figure including part-time specialists, coaches and instructors, not simultaneous on-shift cover, so it is not a live ratio. UnverifiedStated by the clinic, not yet confirmed by an independent source
- Languages
- English. No other working language is published on the clinic's own site. UnverifiedStated by the clinic, not yet confirmed by an independent source
- Licence
- A behavioral health residential facility in Arizona, at substance use disorder level of care, clinically managed low intensity, so the site is not accredited for medically managed acute withdrawal. The state facility licence lookup could not be retrieved, so no licence number or register entry is confirmed here. UnverifiedStated by the clinic, not yet confirmed by an independent source
- Accreditations
- The Joint Commission publishes a Behavioral Health Care and Human Services provider locator entry for the site, organisation 607851. The locator page itself returned HTTP 403 and the entry was read through a search index, so the accreditation is recorded as partially verified. UnverifiedStated by the clinic, not yet confirmed by an independent source
- Payment and insurance
- PPO and out-of-network insurance only. The clinic states it does not accept Medicare, Medicaid or Arizona's AHCCCS, and offers payment plans arranged through its admissions director. No insurer is named on the clinic's own financial FAQ.
- Length of stay
- The clinic's FAQ states clients typically stay anywhere from three weeks to three months, with 30 days framed as the clinical baseline.
- Address
- 3010 East Cloud Road, Cave Creek, United States
Leadership
The clinic publishes its entire roster by name, photograph, role and credential on its team page, from the medical director to the yoga instructors. That is unusual at this size and is the strongest single transparency signal in the file.
Dr. Michael Vines
Medical Director, MD
medical
Dr. Thomas Gazda
Psychiatrist, MD, FAPA, FASAM
medical
Jodi Stone
Clinical Director, MA, LPC
clinical
Alin Calini
Assistant Clinical Director and Primary Therapist, LPC
clinical
Kevin Dalton
Therapist, PhD, LMSW
clinical
Graham Reilly
Clinical Therapist, LMSW
clinical
Jen Anderson
Clinical Therapist, MA, NCC, LPC
clinical
Jacob Baird
Addictions Therapist Intern
clinical
Lorraine Sanzari
Director of Nursing and Operations Manager, RN
nursing
Nora Gibbens
Registered Nurse
nursing
Lonnie Corcoran
Registered Nurse
nursing
Wendy McLaughlin
Registered Nurse
nursing
Johanna Cabuhay
Registered Nurse
nursing
Mary Deluna
Registered Nurse
nursing
Marianne Taylor
Registered Nurse
nursing
Steve Inganamort
Music Therapist
complementary
Justin Fisse
Director of Admissions and Community Outreach
admissions
Liza Howlett
Chef
kitchen
Kiana Shamoon
Chef
kitchen
No professional registration or state licence number is published for any clinician. Register lookups with the Arizona Medical Board, the Arizona Board of Behavioral Health Examiners and the Arizona State Board of Nursing could not be completed and remain open.
Videos
Treatments
Residential treatment, 30 days
30 nights, the clinic's stated baseline
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The core programme. Round-the-clock monitored care with psychiatric input and registered nursing, a minimum of three individual therapy sessions weekly with a licensed therapist, daily group process work, and a daily rotation of fitness, equine, meditation, yoga and nutrition components on a capped ten-client estate.
Extended residential, 45 to 90 nights
45 to 90 nights
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For chronic relapse, complex co-occurring presentations, and licensed professionals under monitoring agreements who need a documented longer course. The additional weeks deepen trauma and identity work and add structured return-to-practice planning and liaison with the relevant monitoring body.
Short residential, 21 nights
21 nights, the shortest stay accepted
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The shortest stay the clinic accepts, generally taken where work or family constraints are absolute. The clinic frames 30 days rather than 21 as its clinical baseline, so this reads as a concession to circumstance rather than a designed programme.
Monitored withdrawal
Clinically determined
Included at admission, not sold separately
Withdrawal management with registered nurses on site around the clock under physician oversight. Bounded by the level of care recorded by the accreditor, clinically managed low intensity, so a client needing medically managed acute detox is referred out before admission. The clinic states plainly that it does not offer detoxification or sober living.
Family services
Within the residential stay
Included in the programme
Family therapy and family education are built into the residential programme rather than sold as a separate paid week. The clinic also publishes complimentary lifetime family support after discharge.
Alumni and aftercare
Ongoing after discharge
Complimentary lifetime alumni support
Every client who completes treatment leaves with a continuing care and relapse prevention plan. Alumni services include weekly virtual and in-person recovery meetings, monthly newsletters and quarterly gathering events. The estate runs no outpatient or step-down facility of its own.
Comprehensive Evaluation Program
Not published
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A multi-disciplined assessment for impaired professionals, using psychiatric, medical, psychological and psychosocial instruments. Components listed are psychiatric evaluation, psychological assessment, psychosocial assessment, toxicology screening, co-occurring disorder assessment, nursing assessment, collateral information and an ASAM placement assessment. The report covers diagnoses, fitness for duty and level-of-care recommendations.
Prices
No public price found.
Our assessment
Ratings are uniformly high on thin volume. A uniform 5.0 across every platform on fewer than 30 reviews each warrants caution as a matter of method. Against that, the reviews are individually detailed and specific, naming programme elements, the chef and the fitness coaching; the volume is consistent with a facility treating perhaps a few hundred men across seven years at seven to ten clients a month; and no evidence of manipulation was found. No aggregate artefact, misattribution or parent-institution figure was found: every set describes this facility.
Ratings are uniformly high on thin volume. A uniform 5.0 across every platform on fewer than 30 reviews each warrants caution as a matter of method. Against that, the reviews are individually detailed and specific, naming programme elements, the chef and the fitness coaching; the volume is consistent with a facility treating perhaps a few hundred men across seven years at seven to ten clients a month; and no evidence of manipulation was found. No aggregate artefact, misattribution or parent-institution figure was found: every set describes this facility.
Local and trade coverage only, including a founder profile in a regional publication and a radio appearance. No national press feature was found. The clinic's "nationally accredited" language refers to accreditation, not to an award.
No independently adjudicated award found.
Facility
A private five-acre estate in Cave Creek, adjacent to hundreds of acres of protected Sonoran Desert and about 30 miles north of Phoenix Sky Harbor. Eight private bedrooms with en suite bathrooms, queen beds on custom mattresses, custom furnishings, smart televisions and a table and chair in each room for personal recovery work; two-bed semi-private rooms are also offered. The amenity density is unusual for the bed count: a swimming pool with a rock waterfall, a massage therapy room, a putting green, a basketball court, fitness and yoga equipment, indoor and outdoor guided meditation spaces, a labyrinth, a Zen garden, a grotto, a fire pit, gardens, a greenhouse, a chicken coop, stables and an arena for equine work, a library and a salon, plus hiking on the adjacent preserve. Airport transfers are provided. No spa facility beyond the massage room is described and the buildings are modest in scale.
Food
An executive chef works with nutritionists and dietitians on regularly updated menus, and two chefs are published by name on the team page. Meals are made from scratch and tailored to dietary preferences, the estate produces its own eggs from on-site chickens and vegetables from a greenhouse, most morning and afternoon meals are taken outdoors or in the kitchen area, dinner is served in a formal dining room, and healthy snacks are available between meals. Client reviews single out the culinary experience. Not published: a chef with a named gourmet background, and any laboratory-based dietary or micronutrient testing driving the plan.
Privacy
one to one therapy
What is established: a hard cap of ten clients with an average census of seven, eight private en suite rooms, a private five-acre property behind its own fence rather than an open campus, explicit positioning for licensed professionals and public-facing men, and no documented leak, press incident or confidentiality breach since the estate opened. What qualifies it, structurally rather than incidentally: the model is group based by design. Daily group therapy is a stated component, and the dining room, pool, spiritual groups and equine sessions are shared, so clients meet each other every day. Two-bed semi-private rooms remain an option, so single occupancy is not guaranteed at room level. Not published: any NDA policy, staff confidentiality protocol, pseudonym practice, separate-entrance or staggered-arrival arrangement, or compartmentalisation between residents beyond the statutory privacy notice.
Assessed 2026-10-01
Rank #38The clinic's position by public score in this edition.Public score 42The sum of the ten criterion scores, from 10 to 100, using evidence anyone can check, including the clinic's own pages as self-declared statements.TiedAnother clinic has the same public score and shares this rank.
Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score., LROAS 1.0.0, edition 2026-10-01
Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score. · 42
Headline basis: Public evidenceThe headline number is the public score, not the extended score., LROAS 1.0.0, edition 2026-10-01
Public-evidence total: 42
The sum of the ten criterion scores, from 10 to 100, using evidence anyone can check, including the clinic's own pages as self-declared statements. For the licence element of C2 only, it can also use an authority ruling held in our sealed evidence room. It is the only number used for the rank.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium. ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: C10.
- C1 Client separation and occupancy · 2
The clinic sells two-bed rooms alongside private ensuite rooms on one five-acre property, and group therapy runs daily. Shared bedrooms offered at any tier plus core group work place the clinic in band 2. There is no separate sole-occupancy tier and no staff member is stated to be assigned to a single client, so no uplift applies. The Arizona register confirms one licensed residential address, consistent with the clinic's description, and no contradiction deduction applies.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: low
Sources (5 cited items):- Soberman's Estate: The clinic offers private rooms and two-bed rooms on a five-acre property behind its own fence.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic states private rooms, each with an en suite bathroom.
- Soberman's Estate: Each client receives three to five hours of one-on-one therapy per week, and group therapy daily.
- azcarecheck.azdhs.gov: Place of care named as: Soberman's Estate, 3010 E. Cloud Road, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic states highly individualized treatment programs and over 40 staff members.
- C2 Clinical governance and medical cover · 6
The Arizona Department of Health Services register lists licence BH5685, Behavioral Health Residential Facility, active from 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027, and The Joint Commission lists the organisation at 3010 E Cloud Rd., Cave Creek, as accredited in Behavioral Health Care and Human Services from 1 May 2026. A physician is named as Medical Director and a psychiatrist is named on the team page. Licensing, a medical lead and one further element (accreditation) give band 6. Band 7 would need two more elements: nurses are on site around the clock but no physician night cover is stated, the clinic states it does not offer detoxification, and no named hospital route, non-psychiatric medical service or complex psychiatry programme is published.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:- The two clinic pages name different physicians as Medical Director; the role is held by a physician either way, but the attribution is unresolved.
Sources (6 cited items):- azcarecheck.azdhs.gov: The Arizona Department of Health Services register shows licence BH5685 for the facility as active from 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027.
- jointcommission.org: The Joint Commission's register lists the organisation at 3010 E Cloud Rd., Cave Creek, as accredited in Behavioral Health Care and Human Services, decision effective 1 May 2026.
- jointcommission.org: The Joint Commission Behavioral Health Care and Human Services provider locator carries an entry titled Sobermans Estate, LLC, organisation 607851, partially verified via a search index because the page returned HTTP 403.
- Soberman's Estate: The team page lists a Medical Director, MD, and a Psychiatrist, MD, FAPA, FASAM.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic names its medical director and its psychiatrist, and states that medical doctors and nurses are seen as needed.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic states plainly that it does not offer detoxification or sober living, and publishes the list of clients it does not admit.
- C3 Diagnostic depth on admission · 3
Every client has a comprehensive evaluation on admission that drives an individualised treatment plan, which counts as one diagnostic element. The detailed component list (psychiatric evaluation, psychological assessments, toxicology, ASAM placement) is published for the separate evaluation programme for professionals, not for the residential pathway. No laboratory panel, physician physical examination, physician medication review or written formulation is stated for residential clients. One element gives band 3.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Sources (3 cited items):- Soberman's Estate: Upon admission each client has a comprehensive evaluation, after which medical and clinical leadership design an individualized treatment plan for each client.
- Soberman's Estate: The evaluation programme is described as the first element of designing a personalized treatment plan for each client.
- Soberman's Estate: The separate Comprehensive Evaluation Program for impaired professionals lists psychiatric evaluation, psychological assessments, psychosocial assessment, toxicology screening, co-occurring disorder assessments, nursing assessment, collateral information and an ASAM placement assessment, with no duration or price stated.
- C4 Clinical intensity · 4
The clinic publishes three to five hours of one-to-one therapy a week with a minimum of three individual sessions, counted at the lower end, which places it in band 4. The statement of over 40 staff for a maximum of 10 clients is headcount against capacity, not a dedicated team, so the clinical team is treated as pooled. Group session length is not published, so the group share is not established; the group-share cap would not lower band 4.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Sources (4 cited items):- Soberman's Estate: Each client receives three to five hours of one-on-one therapy per week, and group therapy daily.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic states a minimum of three individual therapy sessions weekly with a licensed therapist, and registered nurses on site 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Soberman's Estate: Each client receives an individualized treatment plan designed by the medical and clinical directors, and daily activities vary; the page refers to over 20 professional staff.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic states highly individualized treatment programs and over 40 staff members.
- C5 Continuity and aftercare · 6
Five aftercare elements are met: a continuing care plan on discharge, a relapse prevention plan, an alumni programme with weekly virtual and in-person meetings, lifetime family support, and liaison with referrers and monitoring bodies. Five elements give band 6. Lifetime support is not a defined period of structured contact, and delivery by the clinic's own clinicians, post-discharge psychiatric review and a step-down facility of the clinic's own are not stated, so the band above is not reached.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:- The liaison with monitoring bodies and referrers is not tied to a specific evidence item in this set.
Sources (5 cited items):- Soberman's Estate: Every client who completes treatment is provided with a continuing care plan including alumni services, with weekly virtual and in-person recovery meetings, monthly newsletters and quarterly gathering events.
- Soberman's Estate: Each client leaves with a detailed continuum of care and relapse prevention plan.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic publishes complimentary lifetime alumni support and complimentary lifetime family support.
- Soberman's Estate: Programme described by the clinic: Alumni and aftercare
- Soberman's Estate: Programme described by the clinic: Family services
- C6 Admission integrity and commercial conduct · 5
A sweep of the clinic's domain found no self-ranking, sponsored or assistant-directed content, and /llms.txt returned 404. One positive signal counts: a published list of clients the clinic declines to admit, with onward referral for detoxification and sober living. No fixed residential price is published (pricing questions go to the admissions director), no referral-fee position is published and no voluntary-admission statement is published. A clean sweep with one positive signal gives band 5.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:- The claim of endorsement by the Arizona Medical Board is unverified; it is recorded and not scored.
Sources (4 cited items):- Soberman's Estate: The clinic publishes the clients it does not admit: those with a primary psychiatric diagnosis only, those who are suicidal, those with medical conditions requiring inpatient care, and those presenting behavioural problems such as violence or flight risk. It states it can point enquirers in the right direction for detoxification or sober living.
- Soberman's Estate: Treatment programmes are described as highly individualized for each client, and every pricing question is directed to the admissions director.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic states it is the only residential treatment center in Arizona endorsed by the Arizona Medical Board.
- clinic and group domains, web search: Search of clinic and group domains, web search. Scope: domains checked sobermansestate.com (home page, team, clinical-excellence, estate, comfortable-accommodations, private-surroundings, culinary-experience, accommodations-faq, schedule-faq, program-outcomes-faq, is-sobermans-estate-right-for-me-or-my-loved-one-faq, financial-faq, insurance.... Result: sweep recorded; outcome per the C6 V elements.
- C7 Transparency toward the client · 3
Two transparency elements are met: the privacy notice names the federal Office for Civil Rights as an external complaints route, and the clinic publishes a statement of limits (no detoxification, no sober living, declined presentations). No fee inclusions, refund, extension or early-departure terms, no licence authority or number, no legal entity, no ownership statement, no inspection result and no record retention period are published by the clinic. Two elements give band 3, with no contradiction deducted.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Sources (3 cited items):- Soberman's Estate: The notice of privacy practices routes complaints to the privacy officer and states that a complaint may also be filed with the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. Effective date March 2019. No retention period is stated.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic states plainly that it does not offer detoxification or sober living, and publishes the list of clients it does not admit.
- Soberman's Estate: The privacy policy page gives a mailing address and the estate address, and names no legal entity or registration number.
- C8 Track record and regulator standing · 5
No final regulator, court or tribunal finding against the operator was found, and the Better Business Bureau profile records no government actions. The only state register entry in the window is an annual compliance inspection of 24 October 2024 in which the regulator accepted the accreditor's report in lieu of an on-site inspection, which is not counted as a regulator inspection of the site. There is no bylined first-hand reporting from inside the facility and no second review platform with owner responses or visible negatives. No finding within 10 years and no standing element gives band 5.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: low
Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:- The 24 October 2024 inspection record is not linked as its own evidence item.
Sources (8 cited items):- bbb.org: The Better Business Bureau profile records zero customer reviews, zero complaints closed in the last three years, and no government actions.
- Soberman's Estate: An anniversary post dated February 2025 states that Soberman's Estate opened on 11 March 2019.
- azcarecheck.azdhs.gov: The Arizona Department of Health Services register shows licence BH5685 for the facility as active from 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027.
- CourtListener API type=r: Search of CourtListener API type=r. Scope: "Soberman's Estate" OR "Sobermans Estate". Result: no record found.
- general web search: Search of a general web search engine. Scope: "Soberman's Estate" lawsuit OR violation OR fine Arizona. Result: no record found.
- general web search: Search of a general web search engine. Scope: "Soberman's Estate" Cave Creek rehab news OR complaint OR investigation. Result: no record found.
- press and news search: Search of press and news search. Scope: first-hand bylined reporting from inside the facility, last 5 years. Result: no record found.
- statutory regulator records: Search of statutory regulator records. Scope: inspection history and grades of this site. Result: record found: Register not retrievable (AZ Care Check). Joint Commission survey dates not retrieved (HTTP 403)..
- C9 Environment, safety and nutrition · 5
Environment and safety counts five elements for sub-band 6: grounds and outdoor facilities, a gym and pool, a fenced five-acre site, a licensed-address record for 3010 E. Cloud Road, and a hospital emergency department at HonorHealth Sonoran Crossing Medical Center estimated at 16 minutes and 14.0 km by road. No emergency readiness, medication or risk policy is published. Nutrition counts two elements for sub-band 4, a named chef team and made-from-scratch menus, and no named nutrition professional caps nutrition at 5 without effect. The mean of 6 and 4 gives band 5.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:- The emergency department travel time is an estimate, not a clinic statement, and is not linked as its own evidence item.
- The chef team and menu statements are not linked as evidence items in this set.
Sources (5 cited items):- Soberman's Estate: The estate publishes a pool with a rock waterfall, a putting green, gardens, a grotto, a fire pit, a labyrinth, stables and an arena across five acres.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic publishes a full gym with personal training, a resort pool with jacuzzi, and a five-acre fence.
- Soberman's Estate: Six named client relations coordinators are listed on the team page.
- azcarecheck.azdhs.gov: Place of care named as: Soberman's Estate, 3010 E. Cloud Road, Cave Creek, AZ 85331
- azcarecheck.azdhs.gov: The Arizona Department of Health Services register shows licence BH5685 for the facility as active from 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027.
- C10 Clinical seniority and academic standing · 3
The facility licence is proven on the Arizona register (BH5685, active to 28 February 2027) and The Joint Commission lists the organisation as accredited, so the two named physicians, the Medical Director and a psychiatrist with psychiatry and addiction medicine board certification as claimed, count as provisionally verified. The counsellors, therapists and nurses on the team page stay unverified because the applicable Arizona provision covers physicians only, and all individual register lookups remain open. This depth gives band 3; the band above would need further verified clinicians.
ProvisionalA check was still open when the edition closed, for example a register lookup or a video not yet received, or evidence under embargo.: Clinician register lookups for this criterion were still open at the edition cut-off (see known_gaps). The points count as assessed on the evidence available; the band may change when the lookups are completed, which is resolved in a later edition.
ConfidenceHow well the evidence supports the score.: medium
Known gapsFacts the assessment needed but could not establish.:- All 16 individual register lookups were not complete at publication; the C10 band may change when they are completed.
Sources (5 cited items):- azcarecheck.azdhs.gov: The Arizona Department of Health Services register shows licence BH5685 for the facility as active from 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2027.
- jointcommission.org: The Joint Commission's register lists the organisation at 3010 E Cloud Rd., Cave Creek, as accredited in Behavioral Health Care and Human Services, decision effective 1 May 2026.
- Soberman's Estate: The team page names a Medical Director MD, a Psychiatrist MD FAPA FASAM, a Clinical Director MA LPC, an Assistant Clinical Director and Primary Therapist LPC, three further therapists, an addictions therapist intern, a Director of Nursing and Operations Manager, six registered nurses by full name, a music therapist and an acupuncturist listed by first name only.
- Soberman's Estate: The clinic states that its medical director is board certified in family practice, psychiatry and addiction medicine, and that its psychiatrist has over 20 years of clinical experience.
- Soberman's Estate: The Director of Nursing is published on her own profile page as Operations Manager, RN.
Frequently asked questions
What does a stay at Soberman's Estate cost?
Not published. The clinic gives no figure at any duration and its financial FAQ directs every cost question to its named admissions director by telephone and email. The estate accepts PPO and out-of-network insurance and offers payment plans, but not Medicare, Medicaid or Arizona's AHCCCS. No price is carried in this profile because no clinic figure and no archived source exists for one.
Where is it and what is the setting?
The estate is at 3010 East Cloud Road in Cave Creek, Arizona, about 30 miles north of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and directly adjacent to hundreds of acres of protected Sonoran Desert. It is a private five-acre property with eight private en suite bedrooms, a pool with a rock waterfall, a putting green, a basketball court, a labyrinth, a Zen garden, a greenhouse, stables and an arena for equine work, and hiking access. Airport transfers are provided.
Who is it designed for?
Adult men only. The clinic frames itself explicitly for licensed professionals and public-facing men with alcohol or opioid dependence and co-occurring trauma or process addiction. The men-only policy is absolute and it narrows how far this clinic can be compared with the mixed-sex clinics elsewhere in this ranking. It suits a client who wants a small peer group of similar men rather than solitary treatment, and who does not need medically managed acute detox, which is referred out.
How does admission work and how long is the wait?
Admission runs through a named admissions director rather than a call centre, starting with a clinical conversation, insurance verification where relevant, and a medical appropriateness screen that establishes whether the client's withdrawal risk sits inside the facility's clinically managed low intensity level of care. No waiting time is published. The clinic states it does not admit clients with a primary psychiatric diagnosis alone, clients who are suicidal, clients whose medical condition requires inpatient care, or clients presenting a violence or flight risk. The programme runs 21 to 90 nights, with 30 the stated baseline.
What happens after treatment?
Continuing care is planned during the residential stay, and family therapy and family education are built into the programme rather than sold as a separate paid week. Every client who completes treatment is given a continuing care and relapse prevention plan with alumni services, described as complimentary lifetime alumni and family support, with weekly virtual and in-person recovery meetings, monthly newsletters and quarterly gatherings. The estate operates no outpatient or step-down facility of its own, so aftercare depends on referral into the client's home community.