Ascend Recovery Partners | Personalized Care for Sustainable Recovery

The Ascend Advantage: A Personalized Path to Thriving

Pioneering Personalized Care:

We reject a one-size-fits-all approach. Every client receives a custom-tailored treatment plan developed through collaborative assessment, focusing on root causes and specific journey challenges.

The Power of Partnership:

Recovery is a collaborative effort. We act as a supportive bridge, working closely with clients, their families, and existing treatment providers throughout the continuum of care.

Focus on Integration:

We seamlessly integrate clinical care, therapeutic activities, and essential life skills development to ensure our clients are empowered to take their recovery to the next stage.

25+ Years of Client-Centered Excellence

Ascend's foundation is built on a quarter-century of immersive, results-driven experience, serving a range of clients from high-volume charity work to the intensely specialized world of executive and UHNW addiction and behavioral care.

Ultra-High-Net-Worth Expertise:
Deep expertise navigating the unique challenges, privacy demands, and complex family dynamics inherent to high-profile and global clientele.
Sustained Recovery Framework:
Our clinical depth moves beyond temporary symptom relief to focus on deep case formulation and achieving lifelong emotional and behavioral transformation.
Absolute Confidentiality:
Operating from Switzerland provides a foundation of absolute discretion and adherence to stringent data protection standards (FADP).

"In the face of crisis, families need clarity, not confusion. Our role is to be the grounded clinical expert who steps in to define the path, coordinate the effort, and provide the sustained support necessary for profound, lasting recovery."

— Dean Gustar, Founder

Addiction Professional (25+ Years Experience)

The Heart of Ascend: Dean Gustar

Dean Gustar, Founder of Ascend Recovery Partners

My two decades of clinical work are dedicated to solving the most complex challenges in recovery for individuals and families. This experience includes designing and leading bespoke, intensive treatment programs for UHNW and high-profile clientele globally.

Strategic Treatment Design:

Drawing on my experience as a Head of Clinical Operations and Relapse Prevention Specialist, I design comprehensive, integrated treatment plans that bridge clinical safety with real-world, sustainable life change for our clients.
Complex Case Coordination:

I serve as the central point of contact to expertly coordinate and manage multi-disciplinary teams (therapists, medical staff, coaches) to ensure seamless, aligned, and confidential care delivery for the client.
Grounded Crisis Response:

With extensive background in crisis intervention and risk management, I provide the calm, strategic oversight needed to de-escalate high-stakes family situations and protect the physical and emotional safety of the client.

This unique combination of deep clinical knowledge and strategic operational experience means I act as the ultimate advocate and architect for your family's successful journey, ensuring the care plan is robust, ethical, and delivered with absolute discretion.

Your Critical First Step: Clarity and Action

This is the critical first step. We move past chaos and uncertainty to establish a clear, focused path forward. This conversation serves as a comprehensive needs assessment to define the scope, urgency, and necessary resources for effective intervention and support.

Initial Consultation

CHF 100

A single, focused 60-minute session to define core goals, gather essential context, and deliver actionable next steps.

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Family Strategy Session

CHF 150

A dedicated 60-minute session focused on gathering critical family context, aligning expectations, and charting the immediate strategic next steps for collective support.

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Note: These sessions are for diagnostic and strategic purposes only. For long-term care, please refer to our Core Programs below.

Our Core Programs: Personalized Pathways to Wellness

At Ascend Recovery Partners, we believe true healing requires a flexible, comprehensive, and tailored strategy. Our programs are designed to address the whole person, ensuring lasting change in complex, intensive environments.

Online Counselling

Access expert therapeutic support from anywhere in the world, focused on connection and lasting change.

Global Access:: Grounded, compassionate support regardless of your location.
Safe, Authentic Space:: Build trust to navigate challenges and conflicts.
Behavioral Change Focus:: Targeting lasting change beyond immediate coping.

CHF 200 / Session

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Family Support Session

Strategic, collective recovery for families and partners navigating crisis and long-term change.

System-Wide Clarity:: Structure and psychoeducation to break family cycles.
Boundary Setting:: Learn emotional tools for setting healthy, sustainable boundaries.
90-Minute Focus:: Dedicated strategic session for multi-member support.

CHF 300 / Session

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24/7 Recovery Coach

Continuous, real-time guidance and accountability during the most vulnerable early stages of change.

Immediate Safety:: Continuous presence for stability and crisis intervention.
Full Accountability:: Real-time course correction in complex or high-risk environments.
Personalized Duration:: Highly individualized programs, ranging from short-term intensives to long-term support.

Pricing On Application (POA)

Due to the personalized nature, complexity, and high level of availability required, all 24/7 Recovery Coach engagements are quoted following a comprehensive assessment.

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Case Management

Single point of contact for expert coordination, ensuring every element of a complex recovery journey is aligned.

Seamless Coordination:: Streamlining communication between all providers (medical, clinical, logistical).
Professional Oversight:: Dedicated review to ensure all treatment elements are perfectly aligned and effective.
Strategic Logistics:: Expert management of complex logistical elements for safe, long-term continuous care.

Pricing On Application (POA)

Due to the varying complexity, required level of strategic involvement, and typical long-term nature of this service, Case Management engagements are priced following an in-depth, mandatory client assessment. Duration: Engagements are often long-term and continuous, based on the evolving needs of the client and the complexity of the systems involved.

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Frequently Asked Questions

How is Ascend different from booking a local therapist?

We offer integrated strategic and coordination services that go beyond weekly counselling. While therapy focuses on emotional processing, Ascend provides the structure for crisis planning, case management, and external provider alignment, which is essential for complex, high-discretion situations.

How is confidentiality and privacy guaranteed?

As a Swiss-based entity, we are bound by the Federal Act on Data Protection (FADP), one of the world's strictest. All communication is secure, and client case details are handled with absolute clinical discretion, ensuring the highest level of privacy protection globally.

What is the difference between Case Management and 24/7 Coaching?

Case Management is strategic, logistical, and clinical coordination (managing the 'systems' around the client). 24/7 Coaching is direct, continuous, on-the-ground support and accountability for the client in their daily life. Both are distinct, but often work together for comprehensive care.

Are your services suitable for complex, high-stakes family situations?

Yes. We specialize in navigating the unique privacy demands and family systems of UHNW and high-profile clientele. Our 25+ years of experience is dedicated to stabilizing complex situations and creating system-wide solutions for families in crisis.

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All communications are handled with the utmost discretion and clinical confidentiality, upholding FADP standards.

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