Meet the Founders of Passages Malibu.
Discover the personal journey that inspired a new, holistic way to treat addiction, and the founders who turned a breakthrough vision into one of Malibu’s most recognized treatment centers.
The Father and Son Who Reimagined Addiction Treatment.
A personal journey that became a new model for holistic, Non-12 Step recovery.
Passages Malibu was founded in 2001 by father and son, Chris and Pax Prentiss. For ten difficult years, Pax was hooked on heroin, cocaine, and alcohol. He tried different treatment centers, but always relapsed. At that time, nearly every treatment center relied on the 12-Step program, which did not resonate with him.
Determined to find a better way, Chris and Pax began exploring how to end addiction by healing its underlying causes. Together, they created a holistic program that treated Pax as a whole person— not just a diagnosis. Pax was the first to experience this new approach. It worked. That was almost twenty years ago, and he has been sober ever since.
Passages became the first Non-12 Step holistic treatment center and has treated thousands of people since opening in 2001. Chris and Pax still work at Passages nearly every day, as dedicated now as they were on the day the doors first opened.
Chris Prentiss
Helping people is his specialty. For many years, Chris led self-improvement workshops for those who felt they were living below their potential. He is the author of more than a dozen books that have improved the quality of life for people all over the world.
When his son Pax came to him and admitted to being hooked on drugs and alcohol, Chris set out on a mission to save his life. The holistic treatment program he developed with Pax became the foundation of Passages Malibu.
Pax Prentiss
After nearly ten years of struggling with addiction to drugs and alcohol, Pax’s life was saved by the holistic treatment program he and his father created—the same program used today at Passages Malibu. Pax has been sober for about twenty years.
His mission is to help people who have been dependent on drugs and alcohol and are ready to get clean, heal, and reclaim their lives with a Non-12 Step, one-on-one approach.
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