Co-Occurring PHP in Woodland Hills

What This Treatment Is

Partial Hospitalization (PHP) is the most intensive outpatient level of care in behavioral health. Patients attend structured programming 5-6 hours per day, 5 days per week, while living at home or in supportive housing. It’s a common step-down from residential treatment and a step-up from IOP when clinical intensity needs to increase.

Why PHP for Co-Occurring Conditions

Co-occurring presentations often need the clinical density that PHP provides — daily psychiatric access, structured therapy across modalities, medication management coordinated in real time, and enough time in treatment for stabilization to actually take. A weekly outpatient appointment often isn’t enough when someone is actively symptomatic on both mental health and substance use sides.

What PHP Includes at Our Campus

Daily programming includes: individual and group therapy delivered by licensed clinicians credentialed in CBT, DBT, EMDR, and ART; psychiatric provider visits multiple times per week; MAT medication management for co-occurring substance use disorder; skill-building groups focused on emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and relapse prevention; and family involvement (with authorization) around psychoeducation and boundary work.

Elevated Healing’s Specialty-Led Approach

Our Woodland Hills PHP is delivered through coordinated specialty-led tracks. Psychiatric providers meet with each patient multiple times per week. Therapists lead groups matched to the diagnostic picture. The MAT team is integrated for patients with co-occurring substance use disorder.

What patients typically experience:

• Full intake evaluation across both psychiatric and substance use tracks.
• Individualized daily schedule: therapy groups, individual sessions, psychiatric appointments, skill-building work.
• Medication management refined in real time based on clinical response.
• Same clinical team throughout — continuity matters at this intensity.
• Family psychoeducation and involvement (with authorization).
• Aftercare planning begins before step-down — no discharge without a clear next step.

Access at Our Woodland Hills Campus

Our campus is at 21250 Califa St, Ste 114, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, in the West San Fernando Valley. Access is straightforward:

• From the 101 (Ventura Freeway) — exit at De Soto Avenue or Winnetka Avenue and drive a short distance north.
• From the 118 (Ronald Reagan Freeway) — take Winnetka or De Soto south into the West Valley.
• Nearby communities — Warner Center, Winnetka, West Hills, Canoga Park, Tarzana, and Encino are all a short drive.
• Telehealth — after your initial in-person assessment, most follow-up psychiatric visits can be done by video for California residents.

Parking and check-in details are provided at intake. If accessibility accommodations are needed, tell our admissions team when you call.

Program Levels That Deliver This Care

This service is delivered inside the level of care that matches your clinical need at intake. Level of care can shift over time as treatment progresses.

Insurance, Cost, and Getting Started

Most commercial insurance plans cover co-occurring php under mental health and substance use disorder benefits, which are subject to federal parity requirements under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. Parity means insurers cannot impose stricter limits on behavioral health services than they apply to physical health services — a real legal protection worth knowing you have when you call.

The first step is a conversation with our admissions team. This call is free, confidential, and carries no obligation. During it, we:

• Verify your insurance benefits within one business day.
• Confirm what’s covered, what your copay or coinsurance will be, and whether prior authorization applies.
• Start any required prior authorization on your behalf so you’re not stuck on hold with your insurer.
• Schedule a clinical evaluation — usually within a few business days of your first call, sooner when the situation is time-sensitive.

If insurance doesn’t cover the service or your plan design doesn’t fit, self-pay options can be discussed. There is no charge to have this conversation. Reach us at (747) 888-3000 or use our insurance verification form.

What Progress Looks Like

Recovery through co-occurring php is not a straight line, and durable clinical outcomes rarely happen in weeks. Realistic timelines matter here more than optimistic promises. Most patients notice measurable improvement in the first month of consistent treatment — reduced cravings, more stable mood, better sleep, easier engagement with therapy. Substantive behavioral change typically takes root over three to six months.

Progress is reviewed at every clinical visit. We measure it in specifics: frequency of the target behavior, functional recovery in work and relationships, sleep quality, and — where medications are involved — how well the pharmacology is holding cravings and side effects. When something isn’t working, we adjust. That might mean a dose change, a therapy focus shift, or a step up or down in level of care. The plan follows the patient’s clinical picture, not the other way around.

Setbacks are treated as clinical data, not moral failure. If a relapse or symptom flare happens, the team’s job is to understand what led to it and refine the plan. Patients are not discharged for a relapse. Long-term recovery is often what happens after the acute treatment phase ends, and we plan for that from the first visit — through aftercare planning, coordinated hand-offs, and telehealth follow-up available across California.

Confidentiality and HIPAA Protections

Treatment records at Elevated Healing are protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and, for substance use records specifically, under 42 CFR Part 2 — a federal regulation providing additional protection for substance use disorder treatment information. That means treatment status and clinical details are not disclosed to family members, employers, or third parties without your written authorization, except in narrowly defined legal circumstances (imminent harm, court order).

Practical protections include HIPAA-compliant scheduling and communication systems, secure insurance verification channels, and billing structured to minimize what appears on statements. Patients with heightened confidentiality concerns can request specific accommodations at intake — arrival timing, check-in flow, telehealth-first scheduling — and our admissions team will confirm what’s available.

Frequently Asked Questions