We’re a long way from the dark ages when mental health was a dirty word and going to therapy was a shameful secret. Even though much of the stigma surrounding mental health has been chipped away over the past few decades, the methods of treating mental health often remain shrouded in mystery. Intensive therapy, in particular, can evoke images of helpless patients under the firm control of cold, callous medical staff. But at the Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Center, nothing could be further from the truth.
Every single year, millions of Americans receive competent treatment for bouts of depression, anxiety and other mental illnesses with simple mental health therapy. For these kinds of issues, methods like mindfulness-based cognitive therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and other forms of talk therapy that consist of regular, outpatient meetings between a mental health patient and a trained therapist can be more than adequate.
However, patients suffering from more severe cases of mental illness may benefit from a more comprehensive form of treatment like an Intensive Mental Health Treatment program. Unlike talk therapy, where patient and therapist meet weekly or bi-weekly for sessions that last up to an hour, patients enrolled in an Intensive Outpatient Mental Health program at the Reconnect Center meet either three or five times a week with clinical staff for three-hour sessions. Under the supervision of our team’s founder, Dr. Karol Darsa, our patients will receive care from our group of elite therapists, most of whom are licensed clinicians at the master or doctoral level with a specialty in the treatment of trauma.
For clients whose symptoms call for that higher level of structure, our virtual partial hospitalization program delivers approximately 25 hours of trauma-focused therapy per week, five days a week, entirely through secure telehealth, without the disruption of leaving home.
Patients enrolled in our Intensive Mental Health Treatment program are usually burdened by a form of mental illness which has significantly disrupted their daily lives and routines. This form of therapy gives them a focused, intimate, and personalized environment where they can focus on healing and growth.
At Reconnect, our team utilizes a number of high-level techniques to start and speed the healing process. These techniques include: Somatic Therapies, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Brainspotting, Mindfulness, DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), Art Therapy, HeartMath, and building the patient’s Resilience Toolkit. We utilize such a variety of techniques to try and tailor-make our approach to each individual.
Program length is flexible and is set together with each patient’s clinical team, so our patients have the time they need to take advantage of our offerings at Reconnect. Our focus at Reconnect is on comfort, stability and high-level, high-quality care.
For adults who need this level of care but can’t step away from work, school, or family, our Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) delivers the same structured, trauma-focused treatment online, 3 or 5 days a week.
If you feel that you or a loved one could benefit from care at Reconnect, please contact us immediately at (310) 713-6739. You can also email us at info@reconnectcenter.com or visit us in person at our location at 881 Alma Real Drive, Suite 311 Pacific Palisades, CA.
