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Adult Day Treatment in Laguna Hills
When depression, anxiety, trauma, or substance use starts to take over your days, an hour of therapy a week may not be enough. Our partial hospitalization program in Orange County gives adults structured treatment during the day at our Laguna Hills center. You go home each night, so you get a high level of care without a residential stay.
We work with many major PPO insurance plans. Coverage varies by plan, and we check your benefits for free before you start.
Choosing a level of care is hard when you’re already worn down. You may have heard terms like inpatient, residential, intensive outpatient (IOP), and partial hospitalization (PHP). You may not know which one fits what you or your loved one is going through.
PHP sits in the middle. It gives you more structure and more time with clinicians than weekly therapy or IOP, without an overnight stay. You spend the day in treatment with our team. Then you go home, sleep in your own bed, and practice what you learned.
Our partial hospitalization program in Orange County serves adults living with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, or both. The in-person program meets at our Laguna Hills center on Moulton Parkway. Your treatment plan is built around your history, your symptoms, and your goals.
A partial hospitalization program is a structured day treatment program. It is one of the most intensive forms of outpatient care. The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) places partial hospitalization between intensive outpatient and residential care.
In practice, PHP gives you a full day of support from licensed therapists and psychiatric providers. During that time, you keep living at home or in another supportive living setting. Treatment in our PHP may include:
PHP is a daytime program that meets several days a week. The American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) generally describes this level of care as 20 or more hours of treatment a week, so it is a real time commitment. Many people find it works best to step back from work or school for a short time while they attend. Our admissions team will walk you through the exact schedule before you start.
While you’re in PHP, you live at home or in another safe, supportive place. That sets it apart from inpatient and residential care. Each evening, you get to try new coping skills in your real life, with its usual people and pressures. The next day, you bring what happened back to your team and work through it together.
You can attend PHP in person or from home. Our clinical team will help you decide which setting fits your needs and your safety.
In-person PHP meets face to face at 23141 Moulton Pkwy, Suite 207, in Laguna Hills. You can read more about our Laguna Hills (Orange County) location.
In the in-person program, our licensed therapists and psychiatric providers deliver structured daily therapy, group counseling, and psychiatric support in one place. Having a set place to be each morning gives your days a steady shape. That can help when early recovery feels shaky.
We also offer in-person PHP at our Inland Empire location.
If getting to one of our centers every day isn’t practical, virtual PHP lets adults across California take part from home. It can help if you’re balancing family responsibilities, have trouble with transportation, or live far from our locations. Our admissions team can explain how virtual sessions work.
Virtual care is not right for everyone. The decision depends on your symptoms, your safety at home, and your clinical needs. If in-person care is the better choice for you, we’ll tell you.
If you need fewer hours of treatment each week, our virtual IOP is another option you can join from home.
PHP may be a good fit when your symptoms are getting in the way of daily life but you are safe enough to go home at night. It may be right for you if you:
The biggest difference is overnight care. Inpatient and residential programs watch over you around the clock. PHP gives you intensive treatment during the day, but you are at home in the evenings and overnight.
Inpatient care may be needed if you are at risk of harming yourself or someone else, if you can’t take care of your basic needs, or if your home isn’t safe. If our clinicians believe a higher level of care is the right place to start, they will tell you.
PHP is not a substitute for medically supervised detox. Stopping alcohol or benzodiazepines suddenly can be life-threatening, and opioid withdrawal is safest with medical support. If you think you may need withdrawal care, tell our admissions team when you call. Once you are medically stable, PHP can be a good next step.
If you are in crisis right now, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, or call 911 in an emergency. PHP is not an emergency service.
Not sure which level of care fits? Call (877) 375-4344 to talk with our admissions team. It’s free and confidential.
Our PHP treats adults with mental health conditions, substance use disorders, and co-occurring conditions. When mental health and substance use are both part of the picture, we treat them together through dual diagnosis treatment in Orange County. If your main concern is alcohol or drugs, you can also read about our drug rehab services.
Inside the Program
Treatment starts with a careful look at where you are now. From there, it builds toward where you want to be. Here is what each part of the program involves.
Your first step is a thorough clinical assessment. A clinician asks about your mental health, your substance use history, your medical needs, and your personal goals. We also ask about your strengths, because they matter as much as your symptoms.
Clinicians sometimes call this a biopsychosocial assessment, because it looks at your body, your mind, and the life around you. This full picture shapes your treatment plan and helps confirm that PHP is the right level of care.
You meet one on one with a licensed therapist and take part in groups led by our clinical team. Groups let you learn alongside people facing similar challenges. Your therapist uses methods that research has tested for depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance use, such as:
Our psychiatric providers evaluate whether medication could help you. They monitor how you respond and make adjustments when needed.
When it helps, family therapy and education give your loved ones a clearer picture of what you’re facing. They also learn how to support you without taking over.
Relapse prevention applies to mental health symptoms as well as substance use. You start by mapping your personal triggers, such as certain people, places, times of day, or feelings, and learning your early warning signs. Then you build a plan for hard moments: what you’ll do, who you’ll call, and how you’ll get back on track if things slip.
PHP also covers the everyday skills that make recovery easier to keep up. These include steady sleep and meal routines, stress management, communication, and handling pressure at work or at home. You practice them each evening and talk through what worked the next day.
PHP is meant to be short-term. How long you stay depends on your clinical needs and progress, not a fixed number of days.
As your symptoms ease, your team helps you step down to our intensive outpatient program in Orange County. IOP continues the same kind of therapy for fewer hours a week. From there, many people move to outpatient treatment with regular sessions. Stepping down gradually keeps support in place while you return to work, school, and family life.
Compassion Recovery Centers is in network with many major insurance plans, including Aetna, Anthem, BCBS of California, Cigna, United Healthcare, Tricare, and Medicare. Coverage still varies by plan, so we check your benefits for free before you start. That way, you know what to expect before you commit. You can begin with a free assessment or read about our admissions process.
The cost of PHP depends mostly on your insurance plan. Your deductible, your copay or coinsurance, and your out-of-pocket maximum all affect what you pay. Some plans also require approval ahead of time, called prior authorization. Because costs differ so much from plan to plan, our admissions team checks your benefits and explains them in plain language.
Many health plans cover PHP and IOP as part of their mental health or substance use benefits. Federal parity law generally requires plans that cover these services to cover them in a way comparable to medical care. The details still vary by plan, so a free benefits check is the best way to know for sure.
The main difference is how much treatment you get. PHP provides more hours of treatment each week and more daily contact with your clinical team. IOP generally meets for fewer hours on fewer days, which makes it easier to keep working while you attend.
Because PHP takes up most of the day on treatment days, many people take a short leave from work or school while they attend. Once you step down to IOP, keeping a work schedule usually becomes more manageable. Our team can talk with you about taking time off for treatment.
There is no set length. Your clinicians review your progress regularly. You move to a lower level of care when your symptoms and safety allow it.
It is for both. Our mental health PHP in Orange County treats conditions like depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, and bipolar disorder. It also treats substance use and co-occurring conditions.
Trusted Professionals
Your care is shared. Licensed therapists lead your individual and group sessions. Psychiatric providers handle your psychiatric evaluation and any medication you take, and they check how it’s working as you go. They work as one team, from your first assessment until you step down to a lower level of care.
Our in-person PHP meets at our Laguna Hills center on Moulton Parkway in South Orange County. It’s a short drive from nearby communities such as Mission Viejo, Lake Forest, Aliso Viejo, Laguna Niguel, and Irvine.
Compassion Recovery Centers – IOP and PHP Programs in California
Address: 23141 Moulton Pkwy Suite 207, Laguna Hills, CA 92653
Phone: (949) 849-4362
Hours: Open 24 Hours
Located in: Moulton Business Park at Laguna Hills
Areas Served: Orange County and all of California (Virtual Programs Available)
Starting PHP treatment in Orange County takes a few steps, and our admissions team works through them with you:
If PHP isn’t the right fit, we’ll tell you and talk with you about other levels of care.
Call (877) 375-4344 to talk with our admissions team. It’s free and confidential.
If you or your loved one is in immediate danger, call 911. For a mental health crisis, call or text 988.
We are 100% in Network Provider. Most of our clients pay $0 out of pocket.
