WestCoast Children's Clinic

Mental Health

Treatment Focus

At this center, you receive personalized care for mental health conditions. They provide therapy and tailor treatment to your unique needs, diagnoses, and preferences.

Outpatient

Primary Level of Care

Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.

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Private Pay

You pay directly for treatment out of pocket. This approach can offer enhanced privacy and flexibility, without involving insurance. Exact costs vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for specific details.

WestCoast Children's Clinic, established in 1979, is a non-profit community-based mental health agency in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded by faculty and students of the Wright Institute graduate school, the clinic is dedicated to promoting the healthy development of children and families through therapy, education, and advocacy, regardless of family income.

Specialized Support for Foster Youth and Trauma

The clinic offers a range of services, including long-term individual and family psychotherapy, parent guidance, and clinical case management. Specialized programs such as the Screening, Stabilization, and Transition (STAT) program provide mental health screening and assessment for children entering protective custody. WestCoast Children's Clinic serves children, adolescents, and families in the Bay Area, with a focus on those involved in the foster care system or exposed to trauma.

Research and Advocacy for Youth

In addition to direct services, the clinic engages in research and public policy advocacy to improve mental health outcomes for youth. They have developed tools like the Commercial Sexual Exploitation-Identification Tool (CSE-IT) to aid in identifying at-risk children. The clinic also provides training and education programs to prepare the next generation of mental health professionals.

AT A GLANCE

Center Overview

Location
3301 E 12th St Ste 259, Oakland, CA 94601 View Map
Primary Focus
At this center, you receive personalized care for mental health conditio...

Treatment Focus

At this center, you receive personalized care for mental health conditions. They provide therapy and tailor treatment to your unique needs, diagnoses, and preferences.

Typical Program Length
28+ days
Founded in 1979
47 years in business
Conditions We Treat
Anxiety, Depression, Neurodiversity, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder +1 More
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Care Options

Levels of Care

Mental health care includes a range of services such as counseling, therapy, medication management, and support groups, all designed to address issues from everyday stress and anxiety to more severe conditions like depression and schizophrenia. These practices are essential for helping individuals manage their emotions, improve their relationships, and navigate life's challenges in healthier, more adaptive ways.
Residential
Not Offered at This Center
Intensive monitoring and care for conditions like depression, trauma, suicidality, and anxiety. Residential mental health facilities offer a safe setting with activities and structure, plus opportunities to practice life skills and bond with peers.
Outpatient
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Outpatient care typically offers a range of therapies and medical interventions individuals can attend alongside daily life.
Virtual & In-Home Care
Not Offered at This Center
The delivery of therapeutic services utilizing technology such as video conferencing, online messaging or phone calls, allowing for flexibility, comfort and increased access to care.
Treatment

Your Care Options

Specializations

Children

Children

Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.

Trauma

Trauma

Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."

Who We Treat

Adolescents

Adolescents

Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.

Children

Children

Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.

Girls
Boys

Approaches

Evidence-Based

Evidence-Based

A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.

Family Involvement

Family Involvement

Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.

Trauma Informed

Therapies

1-on-1 Counseling

1-on-1 Counseling

Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.

Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.

Group Therapy
Life Skills

Life Skills

Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.

Play Therapy

Play Therapy

This approach is commonly used with children. It incorporates elements of play and self-expression, like boardgames, finger painting, dolls, and blocks.

Trauma-Specific Therapy

Trauma-Specific Therapy

This form of talk therapy addresses any childhood trauma at the root of a patient's current diagnosis.

Languages

English

Conditions We Treat

Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.

Depression

Depression

Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.

Neurodiversity
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.

Trauma

Trauma

Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."

Aftercare

Outpatient Treatment
Mentoring and Peer support
Experience

Care Designed for Your Needs

Amenities

Air-Conditioned Rooms
Recreation Room

Activities

Games
Frequently Asked Questions

Further Research

The following therapies are included: group therapy, 1-on-1 counseling and more.
Oakland, California, United States.
The typical length is 28+ days.
WestCoast Children's Clinic provides transitional living, outpatient and more.

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