Balance Treatment Programs of San Luis Obispo is proud to announce Lesley Andrews-Wise has accepted a position as a licensed marriage and family therapist for its newest location in San Luis Obispo California.
The core of Andrews-Wise’s professional foundation starts with compassion and creativity. With a background in dance and the arts, she uses an eclectic approach that includes cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, humanistic, family systems, and psychodynamic theories. Lesley has had more than eight years of experience providing individual and group therapy for survivors of domestic violence and trauma.
Her clinical background includes working with families, couples, adolescents, and at risk youth in private practice, nonprofit, and private agencies, and for the county.
A graduate of Antioch University, Lesley has a Masters in Clinical Psychology and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist.
Andrews-Wise is inspired to witness and assist individuals on their journey towards mental and emotional wellbeing. A local of SLO county, she likes painting, yoga and enjoying the beach with her family.”
Lesley was thrilled to bring San Luis Obispo an intensive outpatient program for mental health as well as for drug and alcohol treatment, providing care for adolescents and adults. In the past, students had no option than to be removed from their school activities and even drop-out of school completely in order to maintain the proper level of treatment recommended by their medical provider.
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 Programs and may see our Psychiatrist, Dr. Sager if needed, 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.
Coraline Robinson in conjunction with Balance Treatment program in San Luis Obispo also will host periodic and regular “open house” events to shows 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 in San Luis Obispo at 805-548-2200 or visit our company website at www.BalanceTreatment.com