Promises Treatment Centers

{{short description|American for-profit rehabilitation provider}}

{{update|date=June 2021}}

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| name = Promises Treatment Centers

| logo = Promiseslogo.jpg

| type = Private

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| location = Brentwood, Tennessee, United States

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| industry = Rehabilitation

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| homepage = [http://www.promises.com/ Promises.com]

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Promises Treatment Centers are a for-profit provider{{cite news |last1=Pringle |first1=Paul |title=The trouble with rehab, Malibu-style |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2007-oct-09-me-rehab9-story.html |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=2007-10-09}} of residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation that started out with facilities in Malibu and West Los Angeles, California.{{cite news |last1=Marikar |first1=Sheila |title=Promises Kept, Promises Broken: Inside Hollywood's Preeminent Rehab Center |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/charlie-sheen-shines-light-promises-rehab-center-stars/story?id=13048850 |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=ABC News |date=4 March 2011 |language=en}} It was founded by Richard Rogg in 1989 and acquired by David Sack of Elements Behavioral Health in 2008.{{cite news |last1=Hyland |first1=Alexa |title=Remaking Promises {{!}} Los Angeles Business Journal |url=https://labusinessjournal.com/news/2010/apr/19/remaking-promises/ |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=labusinessjournal.com |date=19 April 2010}} Elements, who filed for bankruptcy in 2018, operates locations in other areas, however the California locations have closed.{{cite news |last1=Fitzgerald |first1=Laura Cooper and Patrick |title=Elements Behavioral Health Files for Bankruptcy Protection |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/elements-behavioral-health-files-for-bankruptcy-protection-1527131546 |access-date=23 June 2021 |work=Wall Street Journal |date=2018-05-24}}{{cite web |title=Promises Addiction Treatment Centers |url=https://www.promisesbehavioralhealth.com/promises-drug-addiction-treatment-centers/ |website=Promises Behavioral Health |access-date=23 June 2021}}

For its treatment method, Promises used the term "Malibu Model" which it registered in 2004 as a service mark.{{Cite web |url=http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm |title=USPTO website, Serial #76505065, SM of Richard Rogg and WESTSIDE SOBER LIVING CENTERS, INC, now Promises Treatment Centers |access-date=2008-11-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006180122/http://www.uspto.gov/main/trademarks.htm |archive-date=2009-10-06 |url-status=dead }} The Malibu Model differs from traditional models by allowing patients more liberty and providing privatized treatment, in contrast to regular rehab involving peer groups, never leaving the facility, and limited visitors.