Families from Santa Maria to Paso Robles no longer need to drive to the Bay Area or to Southern California for the higher level of care.
Balance Treatment Programs of San Luis Obispo is committed to keeping residents in need of mental health care local.
Balance Treatment Programs of San Luis Obispo is proud to announce its newest location in San Luis Obispo. Located in a newly remodeled building at 1551 Bishop St., Suite A-130 and the corner of Johnson Avenue and Bishop Street.
Until now, the mental health needs for those seeking an intensive level of care, (meaning three hours a day and up to three days a week), residents of the Central Coast had no other options than to travel to the bay area or down to Southern California to have access to this level of care.
Balance Treatment Programs’ offers an intensive outpatient program for mental health as well as for drug and alcohol treatment, providing care for adolescents and adults.
According to feedback provided by local junior and high school counselors, in the past, students had no option than to be removed from their schooling activities and even drop-out of school completely in order to maintain the proper level of treatment their medical provider suggested or required.
Balance Treatment Programs provides an average of 10 hours a week of clinical treatment, primarily in the form of group treatment, after school hours. Licensed marriage and family therapists facilitate cognitive behavioral therapy, art therapy, mindfulness therapies, insight oriented process group, multi-family group and healing yoga. Balance Treatment Programs provides separate tracks for Mental Health and Drug and Alcohol that typically run for two to three months, three times a week (24-36 sessions), depending on client need/progress. Balance Treatment takes all major insurance.
Clients are also assigned an individual therapist while at Balance Treatment and may see our Psychiatrist, Dr. Sager if needed, though Balance Treatment Programs encourage clients to continue with their outpatient therapist and/or prescribing physicians as our program is short-term, acute and results oriented.
In addition to symptom relief or sustained sobriety, Balance Treatment Programs work to understand the underlying reasons sustaining symptoms and behavior from a systems perspective.
Balance Treatment Programs is committed to clients’ families, offering multi-family group support and psychoeducation weekly. Their intake process is simple. A client can be referred by a provider in the community, call directly or even walk in for a free Intake. After completing a brief intake (20-30 minutes) a staff member will take care of verifying the client’s insurance benefits, communicating any cost to them within 24 hours. If they want to move forward, Balance Treatment Programs will then complete a full BioPsychoSocial assessment.
Balance Treatment Programs is also developing an alumni program so that former clients can continue to receive peer support on a regular basis at their facility in the Bishop Street Medical Plaza on Johnson Avenue.
Ronald Sager, M.D., a triple board certified psychiatrist, has created a comprehensive approach to in an intensive outpatient programs aimed at creating lasting change. Board Certifications include General Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Addiction Psychiatry.
Balance Treatment program in San Luis Obispo also will host periodic and regular “open house” events to show residents within the area or even other providers their facilities and meet their highly qualified program director and other licensed therapists. Anyone interested in more information is encouraged to call Balance Treatment Programs of San Luis Obispo at 805-548-2200 or visit our company website at www.BalanceTreatment.com