About YRT Rehab
Our Story
Nine years ago, our founder sat in a sterile waiting room at a treatment facility hundreds of miles from home, wondering why the process had to feel so cold. The intake paperwork was impersonal. The staff seemed rushed. The environment felt more like a processing center than a place of healing. That experience — and the long road of recovery that followed — planted a seed.
After achieving sustained sobriety and spending years working in the addiction treatment field, our founder returned to Tracy with a clear purpose: to build the program they wished had existed during their own darkest hours. A place where the first phone call is answered by someone who truly understands. Where clinical excellence does not come at the expense of human warmth. Where the chaos of active addiction is met with immediate, structured, dignified care.
YRT Rehab opened its doors with 12 beds and a handful of committed staff members. Today, our 35-bed facility is staffed by 68 professionals — clinicians, therapists, nurses, peer recovery coaches — all united by a single conviction: that every person in crisis deserves a calm, competent response. More than 3,200 patients have experienced that response firsthand, and each of their stories has deepened our commitment to this work.
Our Mission
At YRT Rehab, our mission is rooted in a single principle: every person who walks through our doors — regardless of how they got here — deserves to be treated with full dignity. Addiction strips people of their sense of self-worth. Our job is to restore it, starting from the very first interaction.
We believe that dignified care is not a luxury. It is a clinical necessity. When patients feel respected, they engage more deeply in treatment. When families feel heard, they become stronger allies in the recovery process. When our staff operates from a posture of unconditional regard, outcomes improve measurably.
This dignity-first approach guides every decision we make — from facility design to treatment protocols to how we answer the phone at 3 a.m. It is not a tagline. It is the operational standard that has shaped nine years of service to Tracy and the greater Central Valley.
Treatment Philosophy
Our treatment philosophy rests on three pillars that work together to produce lasting recovery:
Community Reintegration
Recovery does not happen in isolation. From the earliest days of treatment, we prepare patients for life beyond our walls. Social skills groups, vocational planning, and community engagement activities ensure that patients leave YRT Rehab with a concrete plan for reintegrating into Tracy and the surrounding area — not just as sober individuals, but as active, contributing members of their neighborhoods.
Mind-Body Connection
Addiction affects the entire body, and recovery must address the entire body. Our early-riser schedule begins at 6:30 a.m. with nature walks along Tracy's trails, followed by outdoor fitness sessions that rebuild physical health alongside mental clarity. Music therapy, art therapy, and meditation garden sessions complement clinical work to address the full spectrum of healing.
Peer Accountability
Lasting sobriety is sustained through honest relationships. Our group therapy model and peer recovery coaching create structured accountability that patients carry with them long after discharge. When someone makes a commitment to their peers — not just to their therapist — the stakes feel real, and the motivation runs deeper.
Our Team
Dr. Natalie Sorensen
Medical Director
Dr. Sorensen is a board-certified addiction medicine physician with over 15 years of experience in medically supervised detoxification and crisis stabilization. She oversees all clinical protocols at YRT Rehab, ensuring that every patient receives immediate, evidence-based medical intervention from the moment they arrive. Her background in emergency medicine gives her a unique ability to remain calm and decisive during the most critical phases of early treatment.
Ramon Gutierrez, LMFT
Director of Clinical Programs
Ramon leads our therapeutic programming with a focus on dual diagnosis treatment and family systems therapy. A licensed marriage and family therapist with specialized training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, he designs individualized treatment plans that address both substance use and co-occurring mental health conditions. Ramon's own roots in the Central Valley inform his culturally responsive approach to care.
Kendra Okafor, CADC
Peer Recovery Program Manager
Kendra manages our peer accountability and community reintegration programs. As a certified alcohol and drug counselor with eight years of personal recovery, she bridges the gap between clinical treatment and lived experience. She coordinates group therapy sessions, alumni engagement, and vocational readiness workshops that prepare patients for stable, connected lives after discharge.
Testimonials
"For years I blamed everything on alcohol, but the clinicians at YRT Rehab helped me see that severe depression was driving my drinking. Once they started treating both conditions at the same time, the fog lifted. I did not just get sober — I finally understood myself. That dual diagnosis changed everything for me."
"I spent two years pretending everything was fine while my husband's addiction tore our family apart. When he entered YRT Rehab, the family therapist called me within 48 hours. They taught me what enabling looks like, how to set boundaries, and how to support recovery without sacrificing my own well-being. My husband is sober, and our marriage is stronger than it has been in a decade."
"Fifteen years on the fire department — I saw things no training could prepare you for. I started using painkillers after a back injury, and it escalated fast. YRT Rehab's team understood that the trauma from my job was inseparable from the substance use. They did not judge me for it. They gave me real tools: EMDR, peer groups with other first responders, and a daily structure that reminded me I could still function without chemicals."