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Residential and continued care for adults 18 and older with generalized anxiety, panic, social anxiety, and trauma-related anxiety.
Anxiety treatment at Villa Healing Center is a residential program in Woodland Hills, California for adults 18 and older with generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, and trauma-related anxiety. Treatment combines cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure therapy, and medication management when clinically indicated. We accept most major commercial insurance. Call (888) 669-0661.
Anxiety disorders are the most common mental health condition in the United States, affecting roughly 19 percent of adults each year according to the National Institute of Mental Health and the National Institutes of Health. Anxiety becomes a clinical disorder when worry, fear, or physical symptoms persist for months and interfere with work, relationships, or daily functioning.
Our program treats the four most common adult anxiety disorders. Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) presents as persistent excessive worry across multiple life areas, often with muscle tension, restlessness, and sleep disruption. Panic disorder presents as recurrent unexpected panic attacks lasting minutes, sometimes with persistent worry about future attacks. Social anxiety disorder presents as intense fear of social evaluation and avoidance of social situations. Trauma-related anxiety, including post-traumatic stress disorder, presents as hyperarousal, intrusive memories, and avoidance following a traumatic experience.
Anxiety treatment is delivered at four levels of care, each appropriate for a different clinical situation.
Dimension | Inpatient psychiatric | Residential | PHP / IOP | Continued Care |
Setting | Acute psychiatric unit | Home-style residence, 24-hour staffing | PHP: structured day, home at night. IOP: 3-4 hour sessions, 3-5 days/week | Day or evening sessions, you live at home |
Typical length of stay | 3 to 14 days under most commercial insurance authorizations | Set by clinical recommendation, typically several weeks | PHP: 2-4 weeks. IOP: 6-12 weeks | 8 to 16 weeks of structured sessions |
Best for | Acute crisis, imminent self-harm risk | Anxiety unresponsive to continued care, trauma-related anxiety, co-occurring conditions | Step-down from residential or step-up from continued care | Mild to moderate anxiety with stable home support |
Clinical focus | Crisis stabilization, medication adjustment | Structured daily therapy, exposure work, skill building | Daily/several-times-weekly therapy without overnight stay | Weekly therapy, medication management, skill practice |
Admission pathway | Emergency department referral or direct admission | Insurance verification, clinical assessment | Step-down/step-up referral or direct admission | Self-referral, primary care, or step-down |
Insurance authorization | Emergency, then concurrent review | Prior authorization, continued-stay reviews based on medical necessity | Prior auth + ongoing concurrent review | Standard continued care benefits, often no prior auth |
Inpatient psychiatric care is the right level when anxiety presents with acute risk requiring medical stabilization. Residential is the right level once acute risk has resolved but anxiety still prevents daily functioning. PHP and IOP step adults down from residential into structured continued care, and standard continued care continues weekly maintenance work as needed.
Our anxiety program combines evidence-based psychotherapy, medication management, and structured daily programming to reduce anxiety symptoms and rebuild daily functioning for adults 18 and older.
Treatment begins with a clinical assessment by a licensed therapist within a short window of admission. The assessment establishes the specific anxiety disorder, severity, co-occurring conditions, and the right level of care. Your treatment team then builds a plan, reviewed weekly and updated as your clinical picture changes. Level-of-care decisions follow the LOCUS framework developed by the American Association of Community Psychiatrists, the mental-health-appropriate adult level-of-care assessment instrument.
A typical week in residential includes multiple individual therapy sessions, multiple group therapy sessions, family therapy on a scheduled basis, and integrative wellness programming covering mindfulness, yoga, art therapy with credentialed art therapists, and movement therapy. Behavioral health staff are onsite 24 hours a day, including licensed therapists, a psychiatric medication prescriber, registered nurses, and behavioral health technicians.
Suicidal ideation and self-harm urges, which the National Institute of Mental Health identifies as a heightened risk in adults with severe anxiety, are assessed at admission using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale developed at Columbia University and recognized by the National Institute of Mental Health. Heightened monitoring and safety planning are maintained throughout the stay as clinically indicated.
Our anxiety program uses cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure and response prevention, dialectical behavior therapy, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing, and medication management.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the first-line psychotherapy for anxiety disorders, recommended by the American Psychological Association and the National Institute of Mental Health. CBT helps you identify the thought patterns that drive anxiety and replace them with more effective ones. CBT for anxiety includes cognitive restructuring, behavioral experiments, and structured exposure work across both one-on-one and group sessions.
Exposure therapy and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) are evidence-based protocols specifically for panic disorder, social anxiety, specific phobias, and obsessive-compulsive features. Exposure work is gradual, structured, and conducted within the safety of the clinical setting.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), developed by Marsha Linehan, is integrated for adults whose anxiety presents alongside emotional dysregulation or self-harm urges. DBT teaches distress tolerance, emotional regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is offered for adults with trauma-related anxiety and PTSD. EMDR uses the eight-phase model developed by Francine Shapiro and is recommended for PTSD by the American Psychological Association and the World Health Organization. EMDR sessions are conducted by EMDRIA-certified clinicians on a scheduled basis as clinically indicated.
Medication management is provided by a psychiatric medication prescriber. Common medications for anxiety include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) such as sertraline, escitalopram, and fluoxetine, and serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs) such as venlafaxine and duloxetine. Benzodiazepines are used cautiously and short-term given dependence risk; APA practice guidelines recommend SSRIs, SNRIs, and behavioral therapy for long-term anxiety management.
Anxiety frequently co-occurs with other mental health conditions, and our residential program addresses anxiety alongside major depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, ADHD, suicidal ideation, self-harm, and substance use when mental health is the primary condition. Villa Healing Center does not provide primary substance use disorder treatment.
Each co-occurring condition has a dedicated clinical page:
For adults seeking primary substance use treatment, our sister-brand facility handles those admissions. For adults whose situation falls outside our scope, the SAMHSA national treatment locator at findtreatment.gov is the federal directory for state-licensed treatment programs nationwide. Call (888) 669-0661 to talk with admissions if you’re not sure your situation fits our program.
Villa Healing Center accepts most major commercial insurance for anxiety treatment in Woodland Hills. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) requires commercial insurance plans that cover mental health benefits to provide coverage at parity with medical and surgical benefits.
Most commercial insurance covers anxiety treatment with prior authorization for residential and standard benefits for PHP, IOP, and OP. Initial residential authorizations and continued-stay reviews are based on medical necessity using the LOCUS framework. Out-of-pocket cost depends on your plan deductible and coinsurance.
If your plan is out-of-network, we work with you on out-of-network reimbursement, single-case agreements, and self-pay options. Call (888) 669-0661 to discuss options.
Villa Healing Center’s facility is located at 23033 Ostronic Drive, Woodland Hills, California 91367, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County.
Adults across Los Angeles County experience an anxiety disorder at rates consistent with the National Institute of Mental Health’s national estimate of roughly 19 percent each year. Treatment access remains constrained: a meaningful share of adults with a diagnosable mental health condition in California do not receive treatment in a given year per SAMHSA National Survey on Drug Use and Health data. Adults in the San Fernando Valley face the same access gap.
Our residence sits in Woodland Hills, accessible from the 101 Freeway and the 405 Freeway. We serve adults from across Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Encino, Calabasas, West Hills, Canoga Park, and Agoura Hills, and coordinate admissions from Los Angeles County, Ventura County, and the broader Southern California region.
Clinically reviewed by Dr. Courtney Scott, MD, Medical Director at Villa Healing Center. Board eligibility: Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, Addiction Medicine. LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/uscmd05.
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If you or someone you care about is experiencing these symptoms, Villa Healing Center is here to provide professional, compassionate care. Contact us today to learn about our anxiety treatment options and begin your journey to emotional wellness.
