Walden House offers integrated treatment for clients with substance abuse and other mental health issues. Clients entering Walden House residential programs undergo screenings and assessments to determine their need for mental health services during their residential stay. Depending upon individual treatment plans, clients may take part in individual therapy, group therapy, medication services, case management, skills training and crisis services. Working on a multidisciplinary team with counselors, medical staff, and case managers, Walden House therapists provide interventions and support to assist clients to better cope with life stressors, fulfill their role obligations and achieve their treatment goals.
Many clients come into Walden House with a history of "self-medicating" mental health symptoms including depression, anxiety and reactions to trauma. Walden House mental health services are arrayed to enhance positive coping through the acquisition of specific skills. Skills training groups made available to clients include Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills training in mindfulness, emotional regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness. Additionally, Seeking Safety is a skills curriculum made available to clients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or those clients who may not meet the full clinical picture for PTSD, but still re-experience trauma in thoughts, flashbacks, and dreams.
Multi Diagnosed Services Program (MDSP)
The Walden House MDSP program offers mental health and recovery services to clients who are multiply diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, addiction, and mental health issues. The program offers brief treatment for up to 45 days and a full array of mental health services including assessment, case management, individual therapy, group therapy, medication services, skills training, discharge planning and crisis intervention. The program offers an intimate, supportive treatment environment where clients live with others who share their multiple challenges. Admission requirements include a letter of diagnosis and recent TB clearance. For more information, contact:
Walden House Admissions Dept.
1885 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-934-3451 or 415-934-3450
Walden House Intensive Treatment Services (WHITS)
The Walden House WHITS program offers mental health and recovery services to clients who face significant mental health challenges and require a period of stabilization for up to 45 days. The program offers a full array of mental health services including assessment, case management, individual therapy, group therapy, medication services, skills training, discharge planning and crisis intervention. The program offers an intimate, supportive treatment environment that is either an alternative to hospitalization or a step-down from a hospitalization episode. Admission to the program is managed through the San Francisco Treatment Access Program. Recent TB clearance required.
For more information, contact:
The Treatment Access Program
679 Bryant Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-538-5500
The Walden Residential Acute Psychiatric Stabilization Program (WRAPS)
The Walden Residential Acute Psychiatric Stabilization (WRAPS) Program is designed to provide recovery-oriented residential treatment services for adult individuals in the community undergoing acute psychiatric episodes and to enable them to receive support towards stabilization and achieve recovery. In addition to receiving standard mental health services including assessment, individual and group therapy, skills training, crisis intervention, case management and medication services, clients will participate in creating their own Wellness Recovery Action Plans and receive additional support from specially trained peer advocates.
For more information, contact:
Walden House Admissions Department
1885 Mission St.
San Francisco, CA 94103
415-934-3451