Embark Behavioral Health in Newport Beach, California

All Genders

9-28

IOP

PHP

Our therapists are now helping children overcome mental health challenges at our outpatient treatment clinic in Newport Beach, California!

An Outpatient Treatment Clinic in Newport Beach, California

Our premier outpatient treatment clinic in Newport Beach, California, has therapists dedicated to helping children, adolescents, teens, and young adults with mental health issues through an intensive outpatient program (IOP), and a therapeutic day treatment program, also known as a partial hospitalization program (PHP).

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Treatment That Works Around School and Home Life

Our IOP and PHP program fits into your teen’s life, offering the intensive support they need while staying connected to home, school, and family.

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Intensive Mental Health Support

Our IOPs and PHPs provide focused, healing care for teens facing serious mental health crises like severe anxiety, depression, or trauma, with PHPs offering the extra support needed for those dealing with self-harm or suicidal thoughts.

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Personalized Mental Health Care That Works for You

Our data-backed outcomes show that teens in our IOPs and PHPs have experienced decreased anxiety, depression, and distress, along with improved overall well-being.

Jumpstart Kids Adolescent Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOPs)

As a parent, seeing your child or adolescent struggle with mental health issues like ADHD, anxiety, and depression can be one of the toughest things to witness. If you’re worried about your child or adolescent, our Embark Jump-Start Kids program is here to help!

  • Average length of treatment: 16 weeks.
  • Age range served: children and adolescents ages 9-12.
  • Treated: mental health challenges.
  • Time of day: typically in the evening.
  • Weekly commitment: twelve hours per week, four days a week.

Signs Our IOP or PHP Can Help

We understand how challenging it can be when young people are facing emotional or behavioral difficulties. You’re not alone. Here are five signs that your teen or young adult may need IOP or PHP:

  1. Difficulty Managing Daily Responsibilities: They are struggling to attend school, work, or complete everyday tasks due to overwhelming emotional or behavioral challenges.
  2. Frequent Emotional Outbursts: They are experiencing intense mood swings, anxiety, or anger that disrupt relationships and daily life.
  3. Engaging in Risky or Harmful Behaviors: They are engaging in self-harm, substance use, or other unsafe activities that may indicate more serious mental health conditions.
  4. Isolation from Family and Friends: They avoid loved ones or social circles, leading to feelings of loneliness and disconnection.
  5. Unmanageable Stress and Anxiety: When stressors and anxiety start disrupting their daily life, an IOP or PHP can offer targeted interventions to regain control.
  6. Significant Changes in Lifestyle: Noticeable lifestyle changes, such as altered eating or sleeping habits, neglect of personal hygiene, unexpected grade drop, or sudden shifts in social circles, could be red flags of a looming mental health crisis.
  7. No Improvement Despite Therapy: Regular therapy sessions aren’t helping your teen or child.

What to Expect

Our clinic, located in beautiful southern Orange County, features an intensive outpatient program (IOP) and a therapeutic day treatment program (also known as a partial hospitalization program, or PHP) that can help those who are struggling with issues like anxiety and depression. Through a unique therapeutic framework, we help young people in the Newport Beach area overcome difficult behavioral health issues.

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A Day at Our IOP and PHP

Our IOP and PHP programs provide the structured support young people need to heal and grow while maintaining flexibility to continue their daily lives. Each day is designed to help them develop healthy coping skills, build meaningful relationships, and work through the mental health challenges they face. Here’s a glimpse of what a typical day in our programs can look like:

IOP Example Schedule:

  • 4:00 PM Check-In & Process (emotion regulation)
  • 5:00 PM Secure Attachment (DBT)
  • 6:00 PM Check-Out / Art Experiential / Grounding Activity

PHP Example Schedule:

  • 9:00 AM Check-In & Process Group (emotion regulation)
  • 10:00 AM Trauma Resolution (DBT)
  • 11:00 AM School
  • 12:00 PM Lunch
  • 12:40 PM Art Experiential / Grounding Activity
  • 1:40 PM Check-Out & Process (emotion regulation)

We Are Here to Help You

We work with most insurance providers. Contact us, and we’ll help you find an insurance option that works for your family.

Services at Our Newport Beach Outpatient Treatment Clinic

Our therapists will help your family get the mental health treatment you need in your local California community. Our Newport Beach clinic offers individual, group, and family therapy as well as therapeutic/peer mentoring and parent coaching.

Conditions Our Therapists Treat

Anxiety, depression, and suicide are on the rise, and children are at risk today more than ever before. Too many kids, adolescents, teens, and young adults in and near Newport Beach go through life struggling with not only anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation but also eating disorders,  deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and trauma. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Types of Therapy We Offer

We offer a variety of therapies across at our outpatient treatment program that can help adolescents, teens, and young adults overcome difficult mental health challenges.

Services at Our Newport Beach Outpatient Treatment Clinic

Our therapists will help your family get the mental health treatment you need in your local California community. Our Newport Beach clinic offers individual, group, and family therapy as well as therapeutic/peer mentoring and parent coaching.

Conditions Our Therapists Treat

Anxiety, depression, and suicide are on the rise, and children are at risk today more than ever before. Too many kids, adolescents, teens, and young adults in and near Newport Beach go through life struggling with not only anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation but also eating disorders,  deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and trauma. It doesn’t have to be this way.

Types of Therapy We Offer

We offer a variety of therapies across at our outpatient treatment program that can help adolescents, teens, and young adults overcome difficult mental health challenges.

Meet Our Team

Alyson Pena

Alyson Lyn Pena, LPCC

License #: LPCC4250
Executive Director
Michael Gapski

Michael Thomas Gapski, LMFT

License #: LMFT129467
Enrollment Director
Sophia Gomez
Kathy.Thirtle

Kathaleena "Kathy" Aleta Thirtle, LMFT, ATR-BC

License #: LMFT 133281, ATR-BC 21-402
Assistant Clinic Director
Ruben Rodriguez

Ruben Ruiz Rodriguez, LCSW

License #: LCSW99037
Lead Therapist

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All Genders

9-28

IOP

PHP

Hours

Half days on Christmas and New Years Eve

Sunday: Closed
Monday: 8:30AM - 7PM
Tuesday: 8:30AM - 5PM
Wednesday: 8:30AM - 7PM
Thursday: 8:30AM - 7PM
Friday: 8:30AM - 5PM
Saturday: Closed

Areas Served

Our therapists serve a variety of locations throughout California, including:

  • Newport Beach, CA
  • Los Angeles, CA
  • Irvine, CA
  • Costa Mesa, CA
  • Huntington Beach, CA
  • Santa Ana, CA

Embark Behavioral Health in Newport Beach, California

5000 Birch St., Suite 1400
Newport Beach, CA 92660

Nearby Programs and Therapists

If our Newport Beach program is not close to your home, check out our other clinics that provide intensive outpatient and therapeutic day treatment programs to children, adolescents, teens, and young adults struggling with mental health challenges like anxiety, depression, and eating disorders.

Your healing journey starts here.

Contact Embark Behavioral Health to learn more about how we treat mental health challenges in adolescents, teens, and young adults today.

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