The length of outpatient treatment depends on each youth or young adult’s particular needs. On average, outpatient treatment at our LA clinic can last from three months to one year. If a deeper level of treatment is needed, kids, adolescents, teens, and young adults can step up a level of care to an inpatient hospitalization treatment program.  

The main difference between inpatient hospitalization and outpatient treatment is the treatment setting. Our outpatient therapy offerings, which include an IOP and a therapeutic day treatment program, provide a good option for children, adolescents, teens, and young adults whose needs can be met by visiting a therapist in their local Los Angeles neighborhood while living at home and maintaining their daily routine. Inpatient hospitalization treatment is a good option for those who need to leave their home and…

The goal of outpatient therapy at our clinic is to help kids, adolescents, teens, and young adults overcome difficult mental health issues like eating disorders, OCD, trauma, and anger through a series of visits to one of our LA therapists. 

The main difference between weekly individual therapy sessions, the intensive outpatient program, and therapeutic day treatment at our West LA clinic is the amount of time your child, adolescent, teen, or young adult will spend in treatment. Weekly sessions require the least amount of time and can be scheduled at a specific time of day. An intensive outpatient program takes place in…

There are many benefits to outpatient therapy at our West LA clinic. Our outpatient programs allow kids, adolescents, teens, and young adults near Santa Monica to maintain work and school schedules and receive support from friends and family while receiving care — and at a more affordable cost on average than most inpatient treatment options.  

A visit at our West LA outpatient program involves weekly therapy sessions where your child, adolescent, teen, or young adult can receive cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), or self-management and recovery training (SMART) that can help them with difficult behavioral health challenges like PTSD and depression.   

During outpatient therapy at our West LA clinic, your child, adolescent, teen, or young adult will attend therapy sessions near Santa Monica while maintaining their daily schedule. For those who have moderate mental health symptoms and a daily routine that’s not negatively affecting their mental health, outpatient therapy may be a good option.