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San Diego, California, United States
Pacific Beach Health
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We work with most PPO insurance plans.
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About Pacific Beach Health
Pacific Beach Health, a coastal mental health treatment center located in Pacific Beach, California provides comprehensive outpatient programs designed to support individuals struggling with mental health and addictive disorders including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and trauma. The team at Pacific Beach Health helps clients and their loved ones achieve peace, balance, and well-being. They eschew a one-size-fits-all approach, instead crafting personalized treatment plans that best meet each client's needs. These plans typically blend evidence-based therapies with experiential treatments to foster holistic well-being and effective recovery.
Holistic Programs with Focus on Spirituality
Pacific Beach Health offers a range of tailored treatment programs to meet the unique needs of each client. Their services include Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP), and optional structured living arrangements. These flexible programs combine traditional therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) with holistic practices, creating a balanced and effective treatment approach. Pacific Beach Health also integrates spiritual practices into their programs to help clients find purpose and meaning in life. They incorporate mindfulness, gratitude practices, and spirituality without religious affiliation.
Collaborative Care for Clients’ Best Interest
Pacific Beach Health employs a team of experienced and licensed mental health professionals dedicated to providing compassionate care. Their collaborative approach ensures that clients receive comprehensive support, addressing both their mental and emotional needs. The team at Pacific Beach Health includes counselors, therapists, and medical professionals who work together to create personalized treatment plans that promote full mind-body wellness.
Their Healing Environment
Situated near the beautiful beaches of San Diego, Pacific Beach Health utilizes the natural environment to enhance the healing process. Clients can engage in outdoor activities like surfing and eco-therapy, which fosters mind-body wellness. The serene coastal setting provides a peaceful backdrop for clients to focus on their recovery journey, making Pacific Beach Health a unique and supportive place for mental health treatment.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:We work with most PPO insurance plans.
Oscar
A patient-first health insurance company, offering a range of insurance products and services to thousands of people across the United States.
Kaiser Permanente
One of the nation's largest not-for-profit health plans, serving 12.7 million members.
Humana
With roots in the health field dating back to 1961, Humana is a trusted insurance provider that proudly serves over 20 million Americans.
GEHA
Exclusively serving federal and postal employees with clinical and dental benefits for employees and their families. Benefits apply to retired military, too.
Treating a Broad Spectrum of Conditions
Pacific Beach Health offers holistic treatment for a wide range of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, and trauma. Their personalized programs feature individual therapy, group therapy, and family counseling, supported by psychiatric services for medication management. They also provide dual diagnosis treatment, addressing both mental health and substance use disorders to ensure comprehensive care tailored to each client's unique needs.
Tranquil Coastal Facility
Pacific Beach Health, nestled in the serene coastal community of Pacific Beach, California offers a tranquil environment conducive to healing, with modern amenities and comfortable living spaces. It provides a variety of therapeutic settings, including individual therapy rooms, group therapy areas, and spaces for family counseling. Their proximity to the beach allows for experiential therapies like surf therapy and eco-therapy as well.
Supportive Structured Living
Pacific Beach Health offers optional structured living homes designed to support clients' recovery in a stable environment. These homes provide safe and therapeutic settings where individuals can focus on their treatment goals. The structured living program includes daily routines, therapeutic activities, and communal living. This environment helps clients develop a sense of community and encourages accountability.
Career Assistance
The dedicated team at Pacific Beach Health assists clients in finding job opportunities, crafting compelling resumes, and developing the confidence needed for successful job interviews. Additionally, the program provides guidance on managing personal finances and essential life skills, making certain that clients are well-prepared to balance their personal and professional lives. This tailored support empowers clients to achieve their career goals and lead fulfilling lives.
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Center Overview
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Older Adults
Addiction and mental health treatment caters to adults 55+ and the age-specific challenges that can come with recovery, wellness, and overall happiness.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Executives
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
Young Adults
Emerging adults ages 18-25 receive treatment catered to the unique challenges of early adulthood, like college, risky behaviors, and vocational struggles.
LGBTQ+
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
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.
Midlife Adults
For adults ages 40+, treatment shifts to focus on the unique challenges, blocks, and risk factors of their age group, and unites peers in a similar community.
Pregnant Women
Addiction and mental health treatment meets the clinical and psychological needs of pregnant women, ensuring they receive optimal care in all areas.
Professionals
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
Veterans
Patients who completed active military duty receive specialized treatment focused on trauma, grief, loss, and finding a new work-life balance.
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.
Treatment
Specializations
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
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.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
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.
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Some primary care providers offer mental health diagnosis and treatment. This can prevent patients from developing more serious conditions.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
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."
Treatment Services
Day Treatment
In a PHP, patients live at home but follow an intensive schedule of treatment. Most programs require you to be on-site for about 40 hours per week.
Intensive Outpatient Program
In an IOP, patients live at home or a sober living, but attend treatment typically 9-15 hours a week. Most programs include talk therapy, support groups, and other methods.
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Some primary care providers offer mental health diagnosis and treatment. This can prevent patients from developing more serious conditions.
Outpatient
During outpatient rehab, patients attend a structured treatment program while continuing to live at home.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Holistic
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
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.
Meditation & Mindfulness
A practiced state of mind that brings patients to the present. It allows them to become fully aware of themselves, their feelings, and the present moment.
Trauma-Specific Therapy
This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.
Mindfulness Therapy
This ancient practice can be mental, emotional, and even spiritual. In meditation, you focus your attention on the present moment without judgement.
Aromatherapy
Inhaling or topically applying essential oils can help relieve stress, soothe pains, and relieve emotional distress.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Experiential Therapy
With this approach, patients heal by doing. Therapists help patients process difficult emotions to speak, using guided activities like art or dance.
Expressive Arts
Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.
Conditions We Treat
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia is a serious mental health condition that causes hallucinations, delusions, and disordered thinking.
Grief and Loss
Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.
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.
Codependency
Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.
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.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Substances We Treat
Alcohol
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
Chronic Relapse
Consistent relapse occurs repeatedly, after partial recovery from addiction. This condition requires long-term treatment.
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.
Drug Addiction
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Ecstasy
Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.
Heroin
Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine, or meth, increases energy, agitation, and paranoia. Long-term use can result in severe physical and mental health issues.
Opioids
Opioids produce pain-relief and euphoria, which can lead to addiction. This class of drugs includes prescribed medication and the illegal drug heroin.
Aftercare
Experience
Amenities
Special Considerations
Gender-specific groups
Patients in gender-specific groups gain the opportunity to discuss challenges unique to their gender in a comfortable, safe setting conducive to healing.
LGBTQ group
Group therapy unites LGBTQ+ patients in a safe and culturally competent setting, encouraging peer support under the expert leadership of a therapist.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Off-Site Activities
Off-Site Amenities
Professional Staff
Sofia Alvarez
Clinical Director
LMFT, ATR
Ian Bernard
COO
SUDCC
Quincy Carlile
Director of Operations
Elizabeth Hoban
Administrative Assistant
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