Seneca Family of Agencies

About the Facility

Seneca Family of Agencies, in San Francisco, California, provides comprehensive mental and behavioral health care for youth and families. They specialize in crisis intervention, mobile response, short-term residential treatment, and partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), general outpatient (OP), and aftercare programming for children, adolescents, justice-involved youth, caregivers, and families. Home, school, and community-based services are also available.

Seneca Family of Agencies is a comprehensive mental and behavioral health care program for youth and families in San Francisco, California. They offer crisis intervention mobile response; home, school, and community-based services; short-term residential care, partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), general outpatient (OP), and aftercare programming. Dedicated services are available for children, adolescents, justice-involved youth, caregivers, and families.

Their inpatient programs allow clients to focus on their recovery in a highly structured and supportive environment. Clients receive medical and mental health assessments, personalized care planning, and comprehensive case management. They also engage in intensive individual, group, and family counseling drawing on proven modalities, including CBT and DBT. The program promotes clients’ and families’ sustained recovery through robust, age-specific life skills training addressing topics such as coping, self-care, communication, emotional regulation, anger and stress management, parenting, and relapse prevention. Equine and animal-assisted therapies are available.

Their outpatient and aftercare programs ensure a complete continuum of care aligned with clients’ and families’ evolving needs and may include academic and vocational training, housing and employment assistance, financial and legal aid, and referrals for medical, mental health, and social service programs.

Seneca Family of Agencies accepts private insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, Medi-Cal, or self-pay.

Treatment

Dual Diagnosis

In California, dual-diagnosis addiction treatment programs offer comprehensive care for individuals with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders. Programs include medically assisted detox, intensive outpatient, outpatient, residential rehab, and partial hospitalization. Using an evidence-based approach, clinicians utilize therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy, or dialectical behavioral therapy and mindfulness to address substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health challenges. Additional services include 12-Step recovery, group therapy, family counseling, and relapse prevention to promote sustained recovery.

Mental Health

Inpatient treatment for drug and alcohol addiction with a focus on mental health is a good fit for people who need closer monitoring and care. Treatment may occur in a hospital setting, a clinic, or a luxury rehab center. Mental health counselors and staff are available 24/7. Therapies typically include group and individual counseling, relapse prevention education, and emotional coping skills training.

Insurance and Financial

Medicaid
Private insurance
Self-pay options
Medicare

Programs

Adolescence program

Children program

LGBTQ program

Young adult program

Levels of Care

Outpatient

Clients receiving treatment at an outpatient rehab typically do not require hospitalization or intensive supervision and support. Outpatient addiction counseling and recovery education are often offered during the morning, evening, night, and weekend, allowing clients to tailor treatment to their own schedule. Partial hospitalization (PHP) and intensive outpatient (IOP) programs are the most time-intensive and are designed for clients who are at an increased relapse risk and/or who need more robust therapeutic support.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

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.

Couples Therapy

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Family Therapy

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

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.

Individual Therapy

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

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.