About
Christ-centered addiction treatment and recovery with clear clinical boundaries
Verity puts God first while providing clearly defined addiction treatment and recovery support for individuals and families affected by substance-use and behavioral-health conditions.
our identity
Christ-centered care begins with who we are
Being Christ-centered is not a slogan or a requirement that someone perform a particular kind of faith. It is the foundation for how Verity treats people: with honesty, humility, compassion, accountability, and respect for each person's dignity. We put God first while keeping the care conversation clear, practical, and clinically responsible.
For us, that means serving without manipulation, telling the truth about what we provide, and recognizing when a client needs a different or higher level of care. Spiritual support can include prayer, Scripture, church involvement, mentorship, or 12-Step support, but it is offered freely and never used to replace medical, psychiatric, therapeutic, or emergency care.
clinical philosophy
Individualized care with clear clinical boundaries
Verity does not promise cures, guaranteed outcomes, or exaggerated success. Treatment planning is individualized, and licensing, staffing, and capabilities are described only as verified.
faith and spiritual support
A God-first identity that shapes care without pressure
For clients and families, Christ-centered care means you can bring your questions, doubts, beliefs, and lived experience without having to pretend. Prayer, Scripture, mentorship, spiritual conversation, and 12-Step recovery may be part of the experience, offered without pressure and never replacing medical, psychiatric, or therapeutic care.
It also means that hope is paired with responsibility. We encourage honesty about substance use, mental health, safety, relationships, and readiness for change. The goal is not a polished story or a forced spiritual outcome; it is a respectful next step that fits the person's actual needs.
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why verity is different
Faith and clinical honesty stay in the same conversation
Verity brings a God-first identity together with unusually clear service boundaries. We distinguish what is provided directly, what is coordinated through independent referral partners, and what is not currently available. We do not promise cures, guaranteed outcomes, or spiritual transformation. That combination gives clients and families a clearer way to understand their options, ask hard questions, and choose a safer next step.
service area
Serving Orange County and Southern California
Verity serves prospective clients and their families in Orange County and Southern California. The admissions team answers inquiries by phone, text, or email, completes a private assessment, and helps determine the safest next step - including when that next step is a higher level of care than Verity provides directly.
Verity does not publish a facility address or blanket availability claims. Each service is documented with its exact status, so families can tell what is provided directly, what is coordinated through independent referral partners, and what is still in development. See how each level of care is documented.
Who we are
The leadership team behind Verity Treatment Centers.
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Quest S. Goldman
Co-Founder | Vice President | Corporate Secretary | Chief Technical Officer
Quest S. Goldman brings lived experience, operational leadership, and a deep faith in God to his work at Verity Treatment Centers. His personal understanding of substance use disorder gives him a genuine compassion for those walking the road of recovery.
As a co-founder, Quest is committed to helping build a program rooted in structure and accountability. He also carries a never-ending thirst for knowledge, continually seeking to understand others.
His mission is simple: to help others find hope, healing, and lasting change.
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Charles Castro Barbero
CFO & Co-Founder
Charles Castro Barbero is Co-Founder and CFO of Verity Treatment Centers. He has walked alongside loved ones through addiction and knows the grief of losing people to this disease - that loss is the reason Verity exists. Charles leads with one conviction: that lasting recovery is only found through a relationship with Jesus Christ. He brings that conviction to the practical work of building a program shaped by compassion, accountability, and truth.
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Gerson Lopez
Co-Founder | Chief Executive Officer
Gerson Lopez is the Chief Executive Officer of Verity Treatment Centers. First and foremost, Gerson loves our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, and that faith is the foundation of how he leads. His path to founding Verity began with deep investigation into the addiction treatment industry. What he found became a calling: to build something different, where every person is seen not as a case to process, but as a human being loved by God. Through Verity, he leads with truth, compassion, and purpose.
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Darrius Outland
Chief Operating Officer
Darrius Outland leads operations at Verity Treatment Centers with the belief that recovery is both clinical work and sacred work. After finding freedom through Christ 12 years ago, he discovered a calling to help others find hope and healing. Having witnessed alcoholism affect generations of his family, Darrius brings a deeply personal commitment to every client Verity serves. As COO, he works to ensure Verity is a safe, compassionate environment where people are seen as more than a diagnosis and given room to rebuild their health and worth.