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Mela Counseling Services Center Incorporated In Los Angeles, CA
Addiction Treatment Address
- Address: 5723 Whittier Boulevard
- City: Los Angeles
- State: CA
- Zip Code: 90022
Primary Focus Of The Treatment Program
- Treatment for substance use disorders (SUD's)
Type Of Treatment Provided
- Drug and alcohol addiction treatment
- Takes clients on opioid medication (codeine, fentanyl, hydrocodone, hydromorphone, meperidine, methadone, morphine, oxycodone)
Approaches For Addiction Treatment
- Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) psychotherapy - modification of dysfunctional emotions, behaviors, and thoughts
- Counseling approach for addiction treatment
- Counseling for trauma - post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Twelve step (12 step) approach for addiction treatment
- Brief intervention approach - 15-30 minute meeting to encourage more intensive treatment
- Motivational interviewing - motivation to make positive changes
- Anger management treatment
- Prevention of substance abuse relapse
Smoking At The Facility - Policy
- Smoking not allowed
Treatment Settings
- Outpatient addiction treatment
- Intensive outpatient treatment (IOP)
- Outpatient treatment program - Regular
How The Treatment Facility Operates
- Organization is privately held
Licenses, Certifications, And Accreditations
- State Funded Addiction Treatment Agency
- State Department Of Health (DOH)
Types Of Payment/Insurance Accepted For Treatment
- Cash pay or private pay
- Medicaid - U.S. Department Of Health And Human Services (HHS)
- Federal or Government funded treatment programs
Help With Paying For Treatment
Customized Treatment Programs / Groups Available
- LGBTQIA clients - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, intersex, asexual
- Court ordered addiction treatment
- Seniors / elderly treatment for addiction
- Treatment for adolescents -teens
- Treatment for pregnant postpartum women
- Adult females
- Adult males
- Trauma - post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) experienced by clients
- Domestic and partner violence victims
- Teens and preteens (youth aged 16-24)
Additional Services That Support The Treatment Process
- Case management (create plans for treatment or recovery)
- Peer services (clients in recovery assist others in recovery)
- Other health education services
- Substance abuse screening
- Community outreach
- Interim services for clients
- Drug or alcohol urine screening
- Planning for discharge
- Aftercare continuing care
- Development of social skills (communication, emotional, decision-making, negotiation, problem solving, conflict resolution, relationships)
- Care for child of client in treatment
- Employment counseling or training
- Domestic violence services for family or partner
- HIV - AIDS - human immunodeficiency virus education counseling or support
- Substance abuse education
- Transportation assistance
- Self-help support groups
- One on one counseling sessions
- Group counseling sessions
- Family counseling sessions
Age Range The Treatment Facility Accepts
- Children adolescents
- Young adults / Teenagers
- Adult clients
Gender Specific Accepted By Treatment Provider
Treatment For Other Dialect
- Spanish dialect
Treatment Facility Website
- http://www.melacounseling.org
Contact This Substance Abuse Treatment Facility
- Phone Number Main: 323-721-6855
