Finding the Right Treatment for Your Loved One
At Sanctuary Centers, we understand that we are rarely the first phone call for those with a loved one experiencing a mental health crisis. By the time most families come to us, they have exhausted themselves after years spent navigating and sometimes battling the mental health system. We believe we can provide the combination of treatment, services, and support that your loved one needs. In the event our programs are not the right fit, however, we will connect you with the agencies or programs that may be better suited to the needs of your loved one.
Services at Sanctuary Centers
- Mental Health Inpatient Care
- Mental Health Outpatient Care
- Mental Health Supportive Housing
- Mental Health Integrated Care
Please feel free to reach out to our intake coordinator to help you find the best program for your loved one (805) 569-2785, extension 215
Other Recommended Treatment Providers
- Bonita House
- Changing Options
- La Selva Group
- The Menninger Clinic
- PCH Treatment
- Spruce Mountain Inn
- Richard P. Kluft, M.D., Ph.D.
Bonita House, Inc., a private non-profit mental health agency, offers a range of specifically designed services for adults diagnosed with co-occurring serious psychiatric disabilities and substance use disorders. Bonita House accepts Medi-Cal.
Changing Options provides community based mental health treatment for adults with serious mental disorders. They provide long-term care for those who have a difficult time living on their own. They work diligently to provide their clients with the freedom to maximize their recovery through a comprehensive medical, psychological, and social approach.
La Selva Group, located near Stanford University in the heart of Palo Alto, California, this proven, innovative adult psychiatric residential and outpatient treatment program offers care in attractive, community-based settings. For stabilization, La Selva provides a short term residential program before transitioning clients into intensive outpatient services. La Selva is part of a continuum of community-based services for mental health clients and their families offered by Momentum for Mental Health, a private non-profit organization based in Silicon Valley.
Menninger specialize in psychiatric and behavioral healthcare for adults and adolescents with severe and co-occurring disorders.
Spruce Mountain offers a community-based continuum of treatment. As clients progress and grow, supporting services are reduced accordingly, allowing clients to take on greater levels of independence. Within a supportive community, they provide a balanced, comprehensive treatment approach of of therapeutic/psychiatric intervention, vocational development, substance abuse treatment, and skills training.
Dr. Kluft is “an experienced and well-trained therapist able to use many treatment modalities…Although [he] works with folks with all sorts of concerns, [he is] best known for work with trauma, dissociative disorders, and people who have not done well in previous psychotherapies.”
Helpful Organizations
Local/California Organizations
- California Council of Community Behavioral Health Agencies
- Bodin – Educational consulting and psychological testing group Bodin has been serving clients locally, nationally and internationally since 1979. Bodin can provide you with the testing, resources, and referrals needed to find the right treatment for your loved one.
- Molly Barron – Ms. Barron provides expert therapeutic and special needs placement services.
- Santa Barbara County Behavioral Wellness
- Mental Wellness Center
- Youthwell – A business directory connecting youth and families to mental health and wellness resources.
- Eating Disorder Referral and Information Center
- Eating Disorder Hope
- Al-Anon
National Organizations
Learn More about Mental Health Disorders
- National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- NAMI – Santa Barbara
- Mental Health America
- National Council for Behavioral Health