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499 Loma Alta Avenue Los Gatos, CA 95030
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About EMQ Families First

Pacific Clinics is located in Los Gatos, California.They were previously called EMQ Families First and then Uplift Family Services. They are located near Vasona Lake County Park and Los Gatos Creek Trail as well as close to downtown Los Gatos.

They offer inpatient and outpatient drug and alcohol treatment and also treat clients with co-occurring mental health conditions. They serve children and adolescents with serious emotional disturbances as well as trauma survivors of all ages.

Payment is available via Medicaid, self-pay, and also county or government funds.

Inpatient and Outpatient Treatment in Santa Clara County

When you start out as a new client you’ll undergo a comprehensive assessment so that your care team can create a treatment plan tailored to your needs and goals.
Pacific Clinics’ outpatient services focus on mental health care including rehabilitation. They offer both individual, family and group therapy sessions to address mental health and substance use disorders.

I like that they provide integrated therapies that can support you as a whole person in your healing. One excellent aspect they rely on is experiential therapy. This uses activities like role-playing and re-enactments to help you process your past and emotions.

Their wraparound services address all your needs. This may mean basic needs like food and clothing as well as the deeper issues to do with addiction and mental illness.

Early Intervention and Prevention

In addition to their inpatient and outpatient programs, this facility has programs that are aimed at addressing concerns before they become issues. These may take place in the community such as in schools as well as in individual homes.

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Other Forms of Payment

Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

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Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient's individual requirements.

Treatments

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional talk therapy by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing.

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Staff

Kathy McCarthy

CEO & President

Shawn M. Caracoza

COO

Jason Gurahoo

CFO

Shawn Aminian

CIO

Becky Boone

Chief Human Resources Officer

Mary Anne Chern

Chief Development Officer

Laura Pancake

Chief Clinical Officer

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499 Loma Alta Avenue
Los Gatos, CA 95030

Fact checked and written by:
Mari Mendoza, BS
Edited by:
Courtney Myers, MS

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worked with Cheryl and they are not honest.

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Hi my name is eric gilman and i stayed at Ming Quong in the. Late 70's and the early 80's it was awsome and it helped me alot. peace.

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