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24-hour residential mental health care for adults with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and co-occurring conditions. Licensed by California Department of Social Services.
Adult residential mental health treatment. Adults 18 and older. California Department of Social Services licensed.
Residential mental health treatment at Villa Healing Center is a 24-hour structured clinical program in Woodland Hills, California for adults with anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, and co-occurring mental health conditions. The residential setting provides daily clinical programming, evidence-based psychotherapy, psychiatric medication management, and integrative wellness practices within a residential facility licensed by the California Department of Social Services. Length of stay is set by clinical recommendation, typically running several weeks. We accept most major commercial insurance.
Residential mental health treatment is the appropriate level of care for adults whose mental health needs require daily clinical contact and a structured therapeutic environment, but who do not require psychiatric hospitalization for acute medical stabilization. The American Association of Community Psychiatrists publishes the Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) framework, which clinicians use to match adults to the appropriate intensity of mental health care.
Common clinical profiles served at Villa Healing include adults stepping down from inpatient psychiatric hospitalization who continue to need daily clinical structure, adults whose anxiety, depression, or post-traumatic stress symptoms have not responded sufficiently to therapy and psychiatric medication management, and adults with co-occurring mental health conditions whose treatment needs are best served in a residential setting. Suicidal ideation and self-harm urges are assessed at admission using the Columbia Suicide Severity Rating Scale (C-SSRS), developed at Columbia University and recognized by the National Institute of Mental Health as a standard suicide risk assessment instrument.
The program serves adults 18 and older. We treat anxiety disorders, major depressive disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, and co-occurring mental health conditions. Villa Healing is a residential mental health facility licensed by the California Department of Social Services and does not provide primary substance use disorder treatment. Adults seeking residential treatment whose primary condition is substance use can search the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration treatment locator at findtreatment.gov or Psychology Today.
Residential mental health treatment and inpatient psychiatric hospitalization both provide 24-hour clinical contact, but they serve different clinical situations. The choice between them depends on whether acute psychiatric stabilization is required or whether the adult is stable enough to engage in structured daily therapeutic programming.
Dimension | Residential mental health | Inpatient psychiatric |
|---|---|---|
Setting | Home-style residential facility, 24-hour clinical staffing | Acute care psychiatric hospital unit |
Typical length of stay | Several weeks, set by clinical recommendation | 3 to 14 days under most commercial insurance authorizations |
Clinical focus | Structured daily programming, sustained therapeutic work | Crisis stabilization, medication adjustment |
Best for | Adults stable enough to engage in daily therapy | Adults in acute psychiatric crisis or imminent safety risk |
Admission pathway | Insurance verification, clinical assessment, scheduled admission | Emergency department referral, court hold, or direct hospital admission |
Insurance authorization | Prior authorization, continued-stay reviews based on medical necessity | Emergency admission, then concurrent utilization review |
Inpatient psychiatric hospitalization is the appropriate level of care when acute psychiatric risk requires medical stabilization, immediate safety monitoring, or psychiatric medication initiation under close observation. Residential treatment is the appropriate level once acute risk has resolved but the adult continues to need daily clinical contact to do the sustained therapeutic work that standard therapy alone cannot deliver. Many adults move through both levels of care across a treatment episode, beginning with inpatient stabilization and stepping down to residential before transitioning to continued care.
Residential mental health treatment at Villa Healing combines daily clinical programming, evidence-based psychotherapy, psychiatric medication management, and integrative wellness practices within a 24-hour residential setting. The structure of each adult’s stay is set by clinical recommendation based on diagnosis, treatment goals, and ongoing clinical response.
Treatment begins with a clinical assessment conducted by a licensed mental health clinician at admission. The assessment establishes clinical diagnosis, treatment goals, and the appropriate level of care using the Level of Care Utilization System (LOCUS) framework. The clinical team develops the initial treatment plan from the assessment, which is reviewed regularly and adjusted based on clinical response.
A typical week of residential programming includes individual therapy sessions with a licensed clinician, multiple group therapy sessions per week, family therapy when family involvement is clinically appropriate, psychiatric medication management with a psychiatrist or psychiatric medication prescriber, and integrative wellness practices supplementing the clinical work. Specific session frequency is set by the treatment plan and adjusted as the stay progresses.
Length of stay is set by clinical recommendation, not by a fixed calendar. The clinical team and the adult patient determine length of stay based on ongoing assessment of clinical response, treatment goals, and readiness for the next level of care. Most adults transition from residential to continued programming as part of step-down planning, which may include therapy services, intensive programming through a referral partner, or psychiatric medication management continuation.
Villa Healing’s residential program uses evidence-based psychotherapy modalities recognized by the American Psychological Association, National Institute of Mental Health, and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration as effective treatments for adult mental health conditions. The clinical team matches modalities to each adult’s diagnosis and treatment goals during the initial assessment.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the foundational modality for anxiety disorders, major depression, and trauma-related conditions. The American Psychological Association recognizes CBT as a first-line evidence-based treatment for these conditions. CBT helps adults identify cognitive and behavioral patterns that maintain distress and replace them with more adaptive patterns. CBT is delivered in both individual sessions with a licensed clinician and group format.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), developed by Marsha Linehan, is integrated for adults with emotional dysregulation, self-harm urges, chronic suicidal ideation, or borderline personality traits. DBT teaches four core skill sets: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. The APA recognizes DBT as an evidence-supported treatment for these clinical concerns.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), developed by Francine Shapiro, is offered for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder and complex trauma. EMDR is an eight-phase protocol recommended for PTSD treatment by the American Psychological Association, the World Health Organization, and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Individual therapy with a licensed clinician serves as the primary therapeutic relationship throughout the residential stay. Group therapy sessions cover process group, skills-based group, and psychoeducational topics. Family therapy is offered when family involvement is clinically appropriate and consented to by the adult patient.
Psychiatric medication management is provided by a psychiatric medication prescriber as part of integrated clinical care. Integrative wellness practices, including mindfulness meditation, art therapy with credentialed art therapists, music therapy with credentialed music therapists, movement programming, and nutritional support, supplement the clinical work and are delivered within the residential setting.
Villa Healing’s residential program treats adults across the mental health conditions most commonly served at the residential level of care. Each condition below has a dedicated clinical page with the broader treatment framework.
Step-down and adjacent levels of care:
Sister modalities delivered within residential treatment:
Not sure if residential is the right level of care for your situation? Call (888) 669-0661 to speak with a clinical intake coordinator.
Villa Healing Center accepts most major commercial insurance for residential mental health treatment. Most commercial insurance plans cover residential mental health care with prior authorization, and continued-stay reviews are conducted based on medical necessity throughout the stay. Out-of-pocket cost depends on your specific 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. The Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act requires commercial insurance plans that cover mental health to provide that coverage on terms no more restrictive than medical or surgical coverage, which supports residential mental health authorization for adults meeting medical necessity criteria.
Insurance verification typically completes within a short window of contact with the admissions team. Call (888) 669-0661 to begin verification or to ask questions about coverage and admission timing.
Villa Healing Center is at 23033 Ostronic Drive, Woodland Hills, California 91367, in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles County. Our residential facility is accessible from the 101 and 405 Freeways.
Los Angeles County has substantial documented mental health need. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and the California Department of Public Health publish ongoing mental health surveillance data showing that a meaningful portion of adults in the county experience serious mental illness, and that access to residential mental health care is limited relative to need. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration data documents similar patterns across California.
Our residential facility serves adults across the San Fernando Valley, including Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Encino, Calabasas, West Hills, Canoga Park, and Agoura Hills, as well as adults traveling from across Los Angeles County, Ventura County, and the broader Southern California region. Many adults who complete residential treatment with us continue with therapy and psychiatric medication management at a referring provider or community mental health clinician for step-down continuation.
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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Villa Healing Center admissions are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call (888) 669-0661 to speak with a clinical intake coordinator about residential mental health treatment, or verify your benefits to begin the admissions conversation.
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.
