Emotional & Behavioral Wellbeing
In this section, you will find a wide variety of services dedicated to helping teens and young adults with their emotional and behavioral health, including general mental health services, substance abuse services, and eating disorder services in San Diego County.
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Community Research Foundation: Crossroads Family Center
Crossroads Family Center (CFC) is a community-based outpatient mental health program located in El Cajon. CFC provides a full range of services to seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) children, youth and their families in the East Region of San Diego County including the rural communities-also known as the backcountry. CFC utilizes the family systems and wraparound approach in providing comprehensive, strength-based and culturally and linguistically competent mental health services. Our services are client and family-centered and focus on addressing the needs of the client and family while respecting and working within their cultural beliefs, supports, and norms.
(619) 441-1907
Community Research Foundation: Douglas Young Youth and Family Services
Douglas Young Youth and Family Services (DYYFS) is a community-based outpatient mental health program providing a full range of services to seriously emotionally disturbed (SED) children, youth and their families in the Central and North Central regions of San Diego County. DYYFS utilizes the family systems and wraparound approach in providing comprehensive, strength-based and culturally and linguistically competent mental health services. Services are client and family-centered and focus on addressing the needs of the client and family while respecting and working within their cultural beliefs, supports, and norms.
(858) 300-8282
San Diego Youth and Family Services: Counseling Cove
Under the Mental Health Services Act (MHSA), Counseling Cove is a Full Service Partnership (FSP) Program. As such, staff comprehensively address client and family needs and “does whatever it takes” to meet those needs. Efforts to locate and engage homeless and runaway youth for the purpose of increasing access to mental health services starts with the Rehab Outreach Team utilizing the Assertive Outreach Best Practices Model. Counseling Cove utilizes the Comprehensive, Continuous, Integrated System of Care (CCISC) Model for persons with co-occurring disorders and the Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Model for persons with Acute Stress Disorder and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder.
(619) 525-9903 Ext. 3611
Providence Community Services: Catalyst
Catalyst is a TAY Assertive Community Treatment program for youth ages 16-25 with a serious mental illness and who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless in San Diego. The program is recovery-oriented and is associated with Kickstart’s Oasis Clubhouse. It is designed to help clients lead meaningful, self-sufficient lives.
(858) 300-0460
BrightQuest: Semi-Independent Living Program
This program treats individuals with serious mental illnesses and takes place in semi-independent housing that is walking distance from BrightQuest clinical offices, where the clients receive treatment services. Clients have access to 24-hour on-call therapeutic support and are supported in learning how to live independently.
(619) 466-0547
Community Research Foundation Casa Pacifica
Casa Pacifica is a 14-bed county-contracted residential treatment center where male and female clients stay for 6-9 months. Clients have a serious mental illness and a history of frequent hospitalizations, destabilization, and would receive therapeutic programming and life skills supports.
(760) 721-2171
Alpine Special Treatment Center
This program serves voluntary and involuntary adults with serious mental illness and/or co-occurring substance dependence who need full-time care in a locked psychiatric facility to maintain safety. The goal is to stabilize clients and help them transition smoothly back into the community. The average stay is 4 months to 1 year.
(619) 445-2644
BrightQuest: ClearBridge Social Rehabilitation Program
Our purpose is to provide a transitional residential program designed for persons who are able to take part in programs in the general community, but who, without the support of counseling, as well as the therapeutic community, would be at risk of returning to the hospital. This program may employ a variety of staffing patterns and is for persons who may be expected to move toward a more independent living setting within approximately three months to one year. The planned length of stay in the program shall be in accordance with the resident’s assessed need, but not to exceed one (1) year; however, a length of stay not exceeding a maximum total of 18 months is permitted to ensure successful completion of the treatment plan and appropriate referral.
(619) 466-0547
BrightQuest: VisionQuest Residential Treatment Program
The VisionQuest program offers staff support and availability 24 hours per day, its own intensive programming tailored to resident need, independent life skills training, medication support, and social skills development. The VisionQuest program has been designed for clients who need a higher level of care and supervision while they focus on stabilization, symptom education and management, skill building and independent life skill development.
(619) 466-0547
BrightQuest: Transitional Outpatient Program
BrightQuest’s Transitional Outpatient program is reserved for BrightQuest clients who have completed the semi-independent living program and are ready to transition to independent, non-staff supported living. We see this as a natural step in the process of building a healthy life outside of hospitals and inpatient treatment programs, a step some may refer to as the “maintenance stage” of recovery. Clients at this point have generally demonstrated a sustained ability to manage their symptoms and medication responsibly, require minimal supervision or intervention to maintain their therapeutic gains, have developed proficiency in household maintenance and upkeep, uphold healthy social connections, work or go to school consistently, manage their money responsibly, and have taken initiative in not only their own recovery, but helping others recover as well.
(619) 466-0547
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We do not endorse any specific organization listed nor are we responsible for ensuring the quality of the services listed. Users should always select services at their own discretion. Additionally, this information is subject to change as funding for programs can shift over time, though we do our very best to keep the resource center as up-to-date as possible.