Our Common Ground Inc - Residential

Strengths-Based Recovery in a Therapeutic Community

This East Palo Alto residential program centers recovery in a strengths-based therapeutic community, where clients follow a structured daily routine shaped by accountability, peer support, and shared responsibility. That approach highlights a community-oriented setting where adults work on substance use and co-occurring mental health disorders while building healthier patterns with support from others in treatment.

Withdrawal Management and Trauma-Informed Care Under One Roof

The program combines 24-hour residential care with withdrawal management and counseling for substance use, mental health concerns, anger, and trauma. Treatment includes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing, relapse prevention, trauma-informed counseling, and 12-step facilitation, along with individual, group, family, and couples counseling. This blend of structured treatment and trauma-responsive care makes it a fit for clients who need both stabilization and a deeper focus on the issues connected to substance use.

Practical Support That Extends Beyond Therapy

Our Common Ground pairs counseling with services that support day-to-day stability, including case management, recovery education, social-skills development, vocational support, and educational services. Transportation assistance helps clients get to care, while the program’s focus on communication, boundaries, self-esteem, and emotional regulation adds practical recovery work to the clinical side of treatment. That combination gives clients support not only for stopping substance use, but also for rebuilding routines and preparing for work, school, and community life.

Housing Connections and Aftercare for the Next Step

For life after treatment, clients receive discharge planning, aftercare support, overdose education, and connections to peer support, self-help groups, social services, transitional housing, and recovery residence options. For people choosing between residential programs, continuing support is an important differentiator because it helps bridge the gap between treatment and a more stable return to everyday life.