AToN Center

Specialties

Our providers and facility staff are caring, dedicated and masterful professionals who are committed to understanding and working with the unique needs of each resident. Our core skillset is the psychological treatment of issues that gave rise to and maintain addictive behavior.

The AToN Center facility is a sanctuary where the process of overcoming addictive behavior can begin. The AToN Center stands ready to guide you, life traveler, toward a satisfying and meaningful life.

History

Established in 2009.

The AToN Center is nestled in the hills between the Pacific Ocean and Rancho Santa Fe in San Diego County. The Center is a luxurious estate located on two acres of hilltop land, fully landscaped with tropical and subtropical flowering trees and shrubs.

AToN Center’s program philosophy includes a unique and innovative approach regarding the process of reaching and sustaining substance abuse recovery, At AToN we believe that offering an integrated treatment model, which allows us the opportunity to provide a variety of best practice recovery tools and methods, is imperative. AToN Center recognizes that a single modality doesn’t successfully meet the needs of every individual that is seeking recovery, and therefore we must offer a multitude of methods in order to capture the needs of each client.

Meet the Manager

Dr. Leslie Sanders S.

Manager

Dr. Sanders, AToN’s Program Director, is a licensed clinical Psychologist with over ten years of experience. Originally from the east coast, she realized her passion for psychology during a high school psychology class and went on to graduate from Northeastern University with a Bachelors degree in Psychology. While living in Boston, Dr. Sanders worked for many years in residential care and community mental health. After moving to San Diego in 2003, Dr. Sanders enrolled in the California School of Professional Psychology at Alliant International University. Her APA accredited program culminated with her dissertation on the opinions of child custody evaluators with regard to domestic violence and alienation. Most recently she was a department director at a large private facility assessing and treating dually diagnosed in and outpatients. Dr. Sanders takes an eclectic approach, pulling from CBT and psychodynamic modalities to help individuals overcome substance use disorders.