Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment
Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility’s treatment options for mental health disorders include: inpatient care, partial hospitalization (PHP), and intensive outpatient program (IOP). The Long Beach facility offers compassionate, high-quality psychiatric care for individuals aged 18 and up. Designed to support those facing mental health challenges, like mood disorders or anxiety disorders, our programs offer personalized mental health treatment with evidence-based approaches and flexible scheduling to help you regain stability and build a brighter future.
Insurance and Payment Options
Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility accepts most major insurance providers, including Medicare and private insurance plans such as Aetna. We do not accept Medicaid. Our admissions team is available 24/7 to verify your plan’s benefits and help you take the next step. We also accept private pay.
Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment to Support Your Path to Stabilization and Recovery
Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility provides outpatient psychiatric treatment for individuals who do not require inpatient care but still need structured, therapeutic support. Our outpatient services help patients develop the skills, insight, and confidence needed to manage their symptoms and move forward in recovery.
How Our Program Differs
We know you’re unique, so we offer acute mental health care tailored to you. With Ocean View, you’ll experience stabilization-focused care that provides structure and support without stigma. With your input, we build partnerships with medical and behavioral health services so you can transition from us to your daily life. We do this by providing comprehensive mental health services accessible to everyone.
- On-site Team of Psychiatrists: Our on-site psychiatrists provide medication stabilization, monitoring, and management. Your well-being is vital throughout your stay in our inpatient mental health crisis facility and our outpatient services.
- Case Management & Aftercare Support: Case management begins when you’re admitted to either our inpatient or outpatient program. Our case managers and social workers ensure you have a safe place to go, whether that’s housing or a facility, once you leave us.
- Transportation Coordination Provided: We offer transportation services coordinated with a trusted provider that takes you to and from inpatient intake and discharge destinations, as well as to/from our on-site outpatient programs. Transportation is provided to patients within a 50-mile radius.
- Stabilization for Managing Psychiatric Symptoms: Ocean View provides 24/7 inpatient psychiatric care. We also have outpatient treatment programs.
- Patient Resource Network: Transitioning from inpatient or outpatient treatment can be overwhelming. That’s why we have an opt-in patient follow-up option. You don’t have to manage your symptoms alone.
When Outpatient Options are the Right Fit For You
Outpatient options are the right fit when symptoms are manageable, you have a safe home environment, and you can attend regular therapy while maintaining daily responsibilities. They also work well as a step-down from higher levels of care or for those who need structure and support without full-time hospitalization.
Getting Started Is Easy
Step 1:
Contact Our Admissions Team
Call to speak with an Ocean View representative. Alternatively, you can visit our website to chat or contact one of our admissions team members via email.
Step 2:
Verify Insurance
When you talk with one of our admission team members, you will answer a few questions while they verify your insurance.
Step 3:
Schedule Admission
Once your insurance is approved, we will determine if you require acute psychiatric care and schedule your admission.
Discover Our Integrated Outpatient Psychiatric Programs
Ocean View’s outpatient levels of care consider the severity of your symptoms. Once your symptoms are evaluated, you will be admitted to either our partial hospitalization program (PHP) or intensive outpatient program (IOP). Both levels of care provide a safe, structured care that supports your symptom management.
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
Our PHP program is an intensive and structured method of treatment, an alternative to hospitalization. The program offers:
- Four group sessions a day that meet five days a week. These sessions include a psychoeducational group led by a social worker and a therapeutic recreation support session led by a recreation therapist.
- Case management
- Snacks and lunch
Intensive Outpatient Program
While our IOP is structured outpatient care, we focus on providing the same secure, enjoyable, and compassionate care found in our inpatient and PHP levels of care. However, we also include:
- Focused Coping Skills
- Community Reintegration
Structure of Our PHP & IOP
Psychoeducation Group Sessions
Our integrated psychiatric services provide four groups each day. We offer strengths-based, participant-centered treatment based on information from the goal-setting group.
Groups are tailored to benefit the unique needs and objectives of our participants with an emphasis on promoting hope and fostering the realization of your best possible future. Our psychoeducation groups address:
Groups are tailored to benefit the unique needs and objectives of our participants with an emphasis on promoting hope and fostering the realization of your best possible future. Our psychoeducation groups address:
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Interpersonal challenges
- Co-occurring disorders
- Suicidal thoughts
- Self-harming behaviors
- Diversity issues
- Trauma
All groups and individual therapy are provided by licensed/registered clinicians who operate from a recovery and wellness perspective. Clinicians are trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mindfulness-based treatment approaches, and other therapies.
Continued Medication Management Support
After your acute psychosis symptoms and medication are stabilized, you will transition to a lower level of care, and you will receive medication management services. Both our PHP and IOP provide continued medication management under the care of our psychiatric team.
Duration of Our Integrated Psychiatric Programs
The length of your stay will vary based on what is medically necessary for you in your stage of recovery. If you are actively suicidal, homicidal, or unable to keep yourself safe in the evening, it may necessitate a change in the level of care provided.
We will work on an appropriate transition/ discharge plan with you throughout your treatment.
We will work on an appropriate transition/ discharge plan with you throughout your treatment.
Aftercare & Opt-In Patient Follow-Up
Aftercare supports your symptom management. You will work with a case manager to determine what you need to maintain the clinical improvement you achieved at Ocean View. Your case manager will partner with you to coordinate:
- Case manager support
- Outpatient transitions
- Housing or facility placements
- Community support referrals
Our Opt-In Patient Follow-Up (Patient Resource Network) continues to provide support and encouragement after you transition back into your life.
Mental Health Conditions We Address
Ocean View provides outpatient psychiatric treatment for a variety of psychiatric and behavioral health conditions, including:
- Generalized, social anxiety, and panic disorders
- Depression and major depressive disorder
- Bipolar disorder
- Schizophrenia and schizoaffective disorder
- PTSD and trauma-related conditions
- Borderline personality disorder
- OCD
- Self-harm, burnout, and anger issues
Our Expert Team
Our multidisciplinary team includes Medical Director, psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, social workers, therapists, and recreational therapists. Together, they create a compassionate, structured environment where healing can begin.
The team collaborates daily on individualized treatment plans, provides expert medication management, and leads engaging group sessions focused on skill-building and symptom management. Each staff member is committed to treating patients with dignity and respect—and is known for their kindness, empathy, and unwavering dedication to each patient’s well-being.
The team collaborates daily on individualized treatment plans, provides expert medication management, and leads engaging group sessions focused on skill-building and symptom management. Each staff member is committed to treating patients with dignity and respect—and is known for their kindness, empathy, and unwavering dedication to each patient’s well-being.
Onsite Medical Director
Our medical director plays an active role in stabilizing symptoms and adjusting medications to support lasting change. They conduct psychiatric evaluations, oversee the medication stabilization process, and collaborate closely with the treatment team to make timely, individualized adjustments based on symptom feedback and patient progress.
Patients meet with the medical director or psychiatric team regularly, ensuring that care plans remain responsive and effective. This high level of involvement helps promote medication compliance, reduce symptom flare-ups, and support long-term stability after discharge.
Patients meet with the medical director or psychiatric team regularly, ensuring that care plans remain responsive and effective. This high level of involvement helps promote medication compliance, reduce symptom flare-ups, and support long-term stability after discharge.
Moving Forward With Outpatient Psychiatric Treatment at Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility
Deciding to move forward with outpatient psychiatric treatment is a brave step toward your well‑being. Contact Ocean View Psychiatric Health Facility to begin an intake assessment and learn more about our PHP/IOP options—tailored. Our compassionate clinical team provides ongoing support, family involvement, and care coordination to help you regain stability and keep progressing.
Calling on Behalf of a Loved One?
If you’re not sure if a loved one has mental health issues or could benefit from one of our mental health programs, you can call and talk with one of our admissions team members.
Are You Referring a Patient?
We accept referrals from outside providers, therapists, or case managers. At Ocean View, we work with referring professionals to ensure patients receive empathetic, high-quality care that supports mental health. We will work with you to ensure your patient has a smooth transition from your care to ours.
FAQs
What Is Expected of Me When I Come to PHP?
Timeliness and the ability to engage with respect and dignity towards yourself and others are important for successful treatment. It is also important to be present for the goal-setting session so that you can benefit the most from this program. Daily attendance in all groups is encouraged unless ill. Absences can affect your insurance coverage and the outcome of treatment.
I Have a Lot Going on in My Life: Can I Come Only a Few Days a Week Because of Work, School, etc.?
Due to the requirements of insurance companies and the intensity of this kind of program, we strongly encourage you to come daily and for the full program for the first two weeks. After the first two weeks, we can arrange for a variety of schedules to accommodate your needs.
What if I Don’t Have Transportation?
A benefit of PHP is that we do offer transportation within reasonable limits. If you do not live within the transportation department’s catchment area, we will coordinate with you and our transportation department to find transportation for you.
Can My Doctor See Me While Admitted?
Each patient will be assigned an admitting Psychiatrist and an Internist who will coordinate and lead the patient’s treatment while at Ocean View. It is the philosophy of Ocean View to have your admitting Doctor collaborate with and share information with your community Doctor/Caregiver, if warranted and with your written permission. If you and your Doctor want your Doctor to serve as the admitting Psychiatrist and attend to you while you are at Ocean View, provisional privileges may be arranged.
What Can I Wear While I’m at Ocean View?
You may wear your own clothing during the treatment program. We do ask, however, that you dress modestly. If you have a question about a particular item of clothing, you may ask a staff member. When attending the inpatient program, we ask that you not bring things such as clothing with drawstrings, belts, and shoelaces.
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