Seasons: A Holistic Program for Executives and Everyone

TL;DR:

Marit Lee explains that while Seasons is known as an executive-focused program catering to professionals with accommodations like electronics access and flexible scheduling, they welcome clients from all backgrounds. She emphasizes that their clientele consists of serious, motivated individuals genuinely committed to treatment and recovery.

About Marit Lee:

Marit Lee brings a unique perspective to her role as Admissions Director, combining her academic research background with over a decade of hands-on experience at Seasons in Malibu. Her Master’s thesis on parental bonding and substance use in college populations has given her deep insight into how family dynamics and attachment patterns contribute to addiction – knowledge that proves invaluable when working with high-achieving professionals whose success often masks underlying relational and emotional challenges.

Having progressed from Admissions Counselor to Director of Admissions over her tenure at Seasons, Marit has developed an intimate understanding of what draws executives and other professionals to their program and what keeps them engaged in treatment. Her research background helps her recognize that successful professionals often struggle with perfectionism, control issues, and difficulty showing vulnerability – traits that can both drive career success and complicate the recovery process.

Marit’s approach to admissions reflects her understanding that executives need treatment environments that respect their professional responsibilities while still requiring genuine commitment to healing. Her role involves carefully assessing not just clinical needs but also readiness for change, ensuring that clients who enter Seasons are genuinely motivated rather than simply going through the motions to satisfy external pressures from family, employers, or legal systems.

Video Transcript:

At Seasons, we work with largely executives. It is very much known as an executive-focused program where we cater to professionals by allowing things like access to electronics and full schedule. With that being said, we do treat folks from all walks of life, so you don’t have to be a professional. That is how we are best known, and overall, it’s a group of very serious people who are very focused on treatment and getting better and who really want to be here.

Key Insights:

Marit identifies the practical accommodations that make Seasons appealing to working professionals – electronics access and schedule flexibility that allow clients to maintain some professional responsibilities while in treatment. This approach recognizes that complete disconnection from work can sometimes create more stress than benefit for certain clients.

Her emphasis on treating “folks from all walks of life” demonstrates inclusivity while acknowledging that their reputation centers on executive care. This balance allows the program to maintain its specialized expertise while remaining accessible to others who might benefit from their approach.

The phrase “very serious people who are very focused on treatment” suggests that Seasons attracts clients who approach recovery with the same intensity and commitment they bring to their professional lives. This self-selection creates a treatment environment where motivation and engagement are high.

Her statement that clients “really want to be here” indicates careful screening during the admissions process to ensure readiness for treatment rather than external coercion, which significantly impacts treatment outcomes.

Reflection Questions:

• How important is it for you to maintain some professional connections and responsibilities during a healing or recovery process?
• What would it mean to approach your personal healing with the same seriousness and focus you bring to other important areas of your life?
• How does being surrounded by equally motivated people impact your own commitment to growth and change?

Related Topics:

This video addresses executive treatment accommodations, maintaining professional responsibilities during recovery, client motivation and readiness assessment, creating peer environments that support recovery, and balancing specialized focus with inclusive accessibility.