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San Diego, California, United States
Villa Kali Ma Outpatient Treatment for Women
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Insurance AcceptedInsurance AcceptedProvider's Policy
We do not accept Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare, or state-funded policies. We currently offer a partial financial hardship scholarship to those who qualify. Our admissions team will work with you to explore the right payment options based on your needs, ensuring you get the best possible treatment.
About Villa Kali Ma Outpatient Treatment for Women
Just 5 miles from the I-5 freeway in San Diego, Villa Kali Ma treats women facing trauma, addiction, and mental health challenges through outpatient care, including partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient therapy (IOP), and outpatient therapy (OP). With flexible options and available housing, the program helps women stay engaged in work, school, or caregiving while building a strong foundation for long-term recovery in a supportive, coastal setting.
Mind-Body Therapy and Connection
Villa Kali Ma blends evidence-based care with holistic healing, offering eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), brainspotting, and trauma release therapy alongside yoga, expressive arts, crystal bowl sound healing, breathwork, Reiki, and Ayurveda. This integrative approach supports emotional regulation, trauma resolution, and relapse prevention, guiding each woman through inner change while nurturing body, mind, and spirit. Licensed clinicians lead programming in a trauma-informed, women-centered environment.
Healing within the Community
Women benefit from a vibrant recovery community, daily lifestyle coaching, and access to unique therapies like shamanic healing, somatic trauma work, and nutrition support. Clients also have access to specialized aftercare programs, including a Sisterhood Circle Support Group and a comprehensive alumni program. Designed to restore dignity and hope, the program allows for deep transformation without needing to step away from life’s responsibilities. Optional transitional housing for women in PHP through their community living facilities adds structure while allowing them to stay rooted in everyday life.
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Insurance Accepted
Provider's Policy:We do not accept Medi-Cal, Medicaid, Medicare, or state-funded policies. We currently offer a partial financial hardship scholarship to those who qualify. Our admissions team will work with you to explore the right payment options based on your needs, ensuring you get the best possible treatment.
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Center Overview
Women only
Women attend treatment in a gender-specific facility, with treatment delivered in a safe, nourishing, and supportive environment for greater comfort.
Treatment Focus
You can admit to this center with a primary substance use disorder or a primary mental health condition. You'll receive support each step of the way and individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis.
Care Options
Treatment
Specializations
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
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.
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."
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.
Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
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.
Ayurveda
One of the oldest medicine systems, Ayurveda is based on the idea that wellness lies in the mind-body-spirit balance and can be achieved through natural interventions.
Expressive Arts
Creative processes like art, writing, or dance use inner creative desires to help boost confidence, emotional growth, and initiate change.
Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)
Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Massage Therapy
Massage therapy relieves physical and emotional tension, reduces pain, promotes relaxation, and improves emotion regulation.
Nutrition Counseling
Nutritious food helps patients heal from within, setting them up for mental and bodily wellness as they learn about healthy eating.
Conditions We Treat
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.
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.
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.
Self-Harm
The act of intentionally harming oneself, also called self-injury, is associated with mental health issues like depression.
Stress
Stress is a natural reaction to challenges, and it can even help you adapt. However, chronic stress can cause physical and mental health issues.
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.
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.
Prescription Drugs
It's possible to abuse any drug, even prescribed ones. If you crave a medication, or regularly take it more than directed, you may have an addiction.
Aftercare
Experience
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.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Smoking and Vaping Policy
Professional Staff
Ashley Amundson
Director of Operations
LPCC, ICADC, RYT 200
Katie Hirst
Medical Director
MD
Dr. Alisha Bhatia
Naturopathic Doctor
Carissa Lane
Outpatient Primary Therapist and Energy Medicine Practitioner
AMFT
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