Western Youth Services Rehab in Santa Ana, CA | Get Costs, Reviews, Insurance Info

About Western Youth Services

Western Youth Services is an organization that helps individuals aged 21 years and younger. This program can provide children and their families specialized behavioral health care support so they can lead a healthy and positive life.

Their Santa Ana, California clinic primarily focuses on supporting children, teens, and young adults through their mental health struggles. They can also address symptoms you’ve had with substance use as well, though, this is not the primary focus of their recovery services here.

If you do need more robust substance abuse treatment, you can get referred to different agencies or communities throughout the clinic here.

The Santa Ana Western Youth Services Clinic accepts Medi-Cal coverage.

Evidence Based Therapies

You’ll find that the approach to treatment here at Western Youth Services is very much rooted in evidence based therapy. Some of these therapies include cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavioral therapy.

Motivational interviewing is also a strong focus here because it helps empower children and teens to build the recovery skills they need to make stronger, healthier life choices.

They also have trauma informed services here to address traumatic experiences that have impacted your life as well.

Family Focused Support

There’s a strong focus on helping reunify families and they do this through approaches like Parent Child Care and Parent Child Interaction Therapy. Having a strong family support system allows children to know that they are supported when they experience difficult circumstances in life. This can help minimize the risk of a mental health episode as well as reduce a teen’s chances of turning to substance use for self-medication.

Latest Reviews

Tania Valenzuela

2 months ago on Google

Enhancing your services will necessitate superior personnel and a more adept manager. As the person who facilitated your family therapy, I was removed from the process without my consent, yet they persist in seeing only my daughter.

Love Heals

2 years ago on Google

The person on the phone sound annoyed right away. I explained I was given this number by a medical physician for a teen she right away asked what city I live in anf when I said it she sigh and right away gave me a list of conditions to be considered. Finally saying the soonest appointment she has is in the first or second week of July. I said I could take something the second week of July she then informed me she is not taking my appointment at this time because my insurance needs to be runned first but she didn't take my appointment because of she wasn't sure of the dates. WT Heck? Her tone was so dismissive and and her words lacked sense or logic. She was unprofessional and extremely inefficient. I just decided not avoid this place. I looking for help to cope not for more nonsense.

Lucille Abdulnour

3 years ago on Google

My daughter has been seeing jovenna a head and I am so incredibly grateful for her she is so sweet.

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Other Forms of Payment

Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.

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

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Treatments

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.

Programs

Young Adult Program

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

LGBTQ Program

Recovery is most successful when clients feel accepted and validated by their peers and treatment providers. Facilities that offer LGBTQ-inclusive programming are committed to creating a safe space where everyone can grow and recover without fear of judgment or discrimination. They will have dedicated policies in place to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters free expression.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.