Third Avenue Comp Treatment Center

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1161 3rd Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91911, USA


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Every resident at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center follows a course of treatment developed just for her. A woman's treatment team considers all the available knowledge about her history. They consider her relationships with her friends and family, as well as her desires and wishes for the future. Together, the resident and the treatment team design an individualized therapeutic program to help the resident help herself. This collaborative process gives residents a sense of investment, empowerment and ownership of their recovery process.

Our highly acclaimed staff recognizes how important it is to understand each woman as an individual. Our all-inclusive care is both the most effective and appropriate method for helping women in a lasting way. Our program focuses on treating the entire self: Addressing each woman’s physical, mental, spiritual, emotional, and social needs. Our holistic approach ultimately allows women to achieve life-long recovery.

The excellence of any residential treatment center is determined by the caliber and commitment of its staff. Timberline Knolls' team of psychiatrists, psychologists, therapists and nurses are available to residents and their families 24 hours a day, seven days per week. Our therapists and medical staff, admissions team, teachers, and every employee at Timberline Knolls have each made a personal commitment to helping women realize life-long recovery.

Treatment at Timberline Knolls is provided on our private, wooded, 43-acre campus. Unlike inpatient care, residential treatment at Timberline Knolls is set amidst a lush forested backdrop, award-winning landscaped grounds, and a number of historical buildings. Our campus’s rich outdoor atmosphere is extremely conducive to healing, and allows the women who come for treatment to bask in breathtaking and inspiring views while participating in our programming.

Timberline Knolls, a leading residential treatment center in the U.S., helps women struggling with:

For young women who are with us during the school year, we offer Timberline Knolls Academy. TK Academy allows residents to continue their education and earn credit on their transcript from their home school, while receiving expert care that only TK can offer.

Residential treatment at our nationally respected center is only the start of of a woman's relationship with Timberline Knolls. We are proud of each and every one of the amazing women who come to TK, and invite them to participate in our Alumnae program.

We know this may be a difficult time for you and your family. There are many questions involved in understanding treatment for eating disorders, drug abuse and addiction, and the other co-occurring conditions we treat.

Some of the most common questions we hear from women and their families are:

Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center offers real and lasting help for women and girls with anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorders.

Every woman who seeks help at Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center will receive an individualized assessment and treatment program. Psychiatrists, physicians and therapists who are experts in substance abuse and addiction treatment will review her entire history, to establish the most effective rehab and recovery program possible.

Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center was awarded The Gold Seal of Approval by The Joint Commission - the nation's leading health care accrediting organization.

Learn what makes Timberline Knolls a unique residential treatment center, and how our treatment program might help make a life-changing difference for you or a woman you love.

We are here to answer your questions. Call us now at 877-257-9612.

A free, confidential screening by one of our licensed counselors can help you decide whether residential treatment makes sense for you or your loved one.

Although this journey to recovery has been long and very difficult I am so glad that I stayed and continued to fight my eating disorder. I hope and pray that all newcomers to TK will stay and receive the treatment and recovery that the treatment team is wanting you to find!

Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center works with many large insurance companies, who often recognize the excellence of our treatment program by making us an in-network provider. Our admissions counselors can help you investigate your benefits, and understand how insurance may help cover the cost of residential treatment for you or your loved one.


Primary Focus of the Provider

  • Substance Abuse Treatment Services

Type of Care

  • Substance abuse treatment
  • Detoxification
  • Methadone maintenance
  • Methadone detoxification
  • Buprenorphine maintenance
  • Buprenorphine detoxification
  • Buprenorphine used in treatment
  • Methadone
  • All Clients in Opioid Treatment Program
  • SAMHSA-certified Opioid Treatment Program

Facility Type


Treatment Approaches

  • Cognitive/behavioral therapy
  • Substance abuse counseling approach

Facility Smoking Policy

  • Smoking not permitted

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, etc.)

  • Outpatient
  • Outpatient detoxification
  • Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or vivitrol
  • Outpatient day treatment or partial hospitalization
  • Regular outpatient treatment

Facility Operation (e.g. Private, Public)

  • Private organization
  • State substance abuse agency
  • Commission on Accreditation and Rehabilitation

Payment/Insurance Accepted

  • Cash or self-payment
  • Medicaid
  • Medicare
  • Private health insurance
  • Military insurance (e.g., TRICARE)

Emergency Mental Health Services


Payment Assistance Available

  • Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Language Services

  • Spanish

Special Programs/Groups Offered


Ancillary Services

  • Opiods Detoxification
  • Individual counseling offered
  • 12-step faciltitation approach
  • Brief intervention approach
  • Motivational interviewing
  • Anger management
  • Relapse prevention

Age Groups Accepted

  • Young adults
  • Adults

Gender Accepted

  • Female
  • Male

Exclusive Services

  • Methadone and buprenorphine clients only
  • Methadone clients only

  • Third Avenue Comp Treatment Center

    1161 3rd Avenue, Chula Vista, CA 91911