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Bay Area Clinical Associates – BACA Berkeley
Treatment Focus
This center specializes in primary mental health treatment and offers programs for co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment for whole-person healing.
Primary Level of Care
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers off intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
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Treatment Focus
This center specializes in primary mental health treatment and offers programs for co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment for whole-person healing.
Primary Level of Care
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers off intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.
Provider's Policy
We accept most major insurances, including Valley Health Plan and UCSHIP. For out-of-network plans, call us to discuss your coverage and possible payment assistance.
Bay Area Clinical Associates – BACA Berkeley
Bay Area Clinical Associates – BACA Berkeley
About Bay Area Clinical Associates – BACA Berkeley
Located near Interstate 580 in Berkeley, this outpatient center supports teens and young adults facing a wide range of mental health concerns. Services include outpatient therapy, intensive outpatient programming (IOP), and a partial hospitalization program (PHP), each designed to match clinical needs and provide structured support based on age and developmental stage.
Support Progress Through Structured Therapies
Clinicians use cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills groups, and family therapy to support clients managing mental health challenges such as depression, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, thoughts of self-harm, and trauma responses. Psychiatrists and therapists adjust care based on progress, helping clients build practical coping tools and manage responsibilities at home, in school, and within daily life.
Maintain Continuity Across Care Levels
Clients transition through a step-down model from PHP to IOP to outpatient care, based on readiness and clinical input. The center addresses conditions such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autism spectrum differences, bipolar patterns, substance use-related concerns, and more, while promoting structure, connection, and emotional growth throughout each phase of care.
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center specializes in primary mental health treatment and offers programs for co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment for whole-person healing.
Joint Commission Accredited
The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.
Insurance Accepted
Cash Pay Rates
Estimated Cash Pay Rate
Center pricing can vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for more information. Recovery.com strives for price transparency so you can make an informed decision.
Levels of Care
Treatment
Specializations
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Who We Treat
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Children
Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Online Therapy
Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Motivational Interviewing
Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.
Psychoeducation
This method combines treatment with education, teaching patients about different paths toward recovery. This empowers them to make more effective decisions.
Solution Focused, Goal-Oriented Therapy
A quick goal-oriented therapy that helps patients identify their current and future goals, find out how to achieve them, and empower future problem-solving.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
Conditions We Treat
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
ADHD, ADD
ADHD is a common mental health condition caused by dopamine imbalance. Common symptoms include inattention, hyperactivitiy, and impulsivity.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts that drive repetitive behaviors. This pattern disrupts daily life and relationships.
Self-Harm
The act of intentionally harming oneself, also called self-injury, is associated with mental health issues like depression.
Suicidality
With suicidality, a person fantasizes about suicide, or makes a plan to carry it out. This is a serious mental health symptom.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Languages
Aftercare
Experience
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Transition Program
Patients in a transition program gradually return to life outside treatment, helping lower chances of relapse and continue care in a less intense setting.
Young Adults Program
Programs for young adults bring teens 18+ together to discuss age-specific challenges, vocational and educational progress, and successes in treatment.
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