We’re here 24/7 to listen and help.
We’re here 24/7 to listen and help.
Villa Healing Center provides private mental health treatment for adults across Los Angeles: 24-hour clinical care for anxiety, depression, trauma, and co-occurring conditions in a licensed six-bed residence, minutes from the 101 in the San Fernando Valley.
Finding real mental health services in Los Angeles usually means choosing between a weekly therapist who cannot see you often enough and a county system with a waitlist. Villa Healing Center fills the space between. We are a DHCS-certified, CDSS-licensed mental health facility in Los Angeles County where adults live on-site, work with licensed clinicians every day, and follow one written treatment plan covering therapy, psychiatric medication management, and wellness programming. Most major commercial PPO plans are accepted, and admission typically happens within a week of the first call.
Every admission starts with a full clinical assessment by a licensed clinician. That assessment sets the diagnosis, the safety picture, and a single written treatment plan that the whole team works from. A typical week includes frequent individual therapy, clinician-led groups, family sessions when appropriate, psychiatric medication visits, and integrative wellness such as yoga and mindfulness. It is one of the few mental health programs in Los Angeles where individual therapy happens several times a week rather than once a week, and it is behavioral health services in Los Angeles the way they should work: one team, one plan, every day. Length of stay follows clinical recommendation, not a fixed calendar; most adults stay several weeks, then step down to ongoing care with a written continuing-care plan.
For adults whose needs fit weekly therapy instead, we explain the difference honestly and point you to the right level: see outpatient vs residential care.
There are only a small number of residential mental health facilities in Los Angeles, and most are addiction-led programs that treat mental health second. Villa Healing is one of the few mental health treatment centers in Los Angeles built mental-health-first: a private six-bed home providing inpatient-level, 24-hour care, where the clinical team knows every client by name from day one. We are not a mental health clinic in Los Angeles that you visit for an hour; you live here while you heal.
Adults come to us for residential treatment in Los Angeles when weekly therapy has stopped being enough, after a hospitalization when going straight home feels unsafe, or when symptoms have made work and home life unmanageable. Some families compare us against larger mental health rehab facilities in Los Angeles; what they choose us for is the size, the licensing, and the physician-led team.
For the day-by-day structure, admission criteria, and length of stay, see our residential treatment program.
Most of our clients come from Los Angeles County and the San Fernando Valley, and many travel from farther away. There is a documented shortage of residential-level mental health treatment centers in California, so adults from across Southern California, including San Diego, Orange County, and Ventura County, and from the Bay Area and Central Valley, regularly admit with us when the right care is not available near home. Our admissions team coordinates travel, and family stays involved through scheduled phone and family-therapy sessions regardless of distance. Mental health treatment in California does not have to mean the facility closest to your house; it should mean the right level of care.
We treat adults 18 and over. Each condition links to its full clinical page
Not sure which page fits your situation? Call (888) 669-0661 and describe what is going on; admissions will tell you plainly whether we are the right fit.
Treatment is built on the modalities with the strongest clinical evidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy anchors care for depression and anxiety. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, delivered through individual work and dedicated skills groups, supports adults with emotional dysregulation, self-harm urges, or chronic suicidal thoughts. EMDR is provided by trained clinicians when trauma is part of the picture. A psychiatric prescriber manages medication as part of the same plan, matched to the diagnosis and reviewed throughout the stay. Wellness programming, including yoga, acupuncture, and mindfulness, supports the clinical work rather than replacing it.
Villa Healing Center works with most major commercial PPO plans, including Anthem, Aetna, Cigna, UnitedHealthcare, Blue Shield of California, and TRICARE. Prior authorization is standard for this level of care and our team handles it. Benefit checks take about 15 minutes, and the expected cost reaches you in writing before any commitment. Out-of-network plans can be workable through single-case agreements, and self-pay options are available.
Los Angeles County operates public mental health services through the Department of Mental Health, and for many residents they are the right and affordable door. They are also heavily used: intake can take weeks, and residential placement longer. Villa Healing is the private alternative for families who cannot wait. Admission typically completes within a week, often faster, with an admissions counselor on the phone the same day you call. If public services are the better fit for your situation, we will say so and point you to the county access line rather than admit someone we should not.
Villa Healing Center, 23033 Ostronic Drive, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County, minutes from the 101 and accessible from the 405.
Dr. Courtney Scott, MD, Medical Director, earned his Doctor of Medicine from the Keck School of Medicine at USC and is board-eligible in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Addiction Medicine. Practicing in behavioral health since 2015, he leads a team of master’s-level and licensed clinicians treating anxiety, depression, trauma, and co-occurring conditions, and is known for careful, responsible medication management.
Medical Director
Medical Director
Clinically reviewed by Dr. Courtney Scott, MD, Medical Director at Villa Healing Center. Board-eligible in Emergency Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Addiction Medicine per Villa’s published clinical leadership profile.
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Start with one call. You will know the same day whether Villa Healing is the right fit, what your plan covers, and how soon admission can happen. We answer 24/7.
If you are in crisis right now, call or text the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. For medical emergencies, call 911. Reach the Crisis Text Line by texting HOME to 741741.
