La Cheim Behavioral Health Services

About La Cheim Behavioral Health Services

3031 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609, Oakland, California
Set in Oakland, La Cheim offers day and intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment for mental health and substance use disorders for adults in the San Francisco Bay Area. Their programs meet in groups for 3 to 5 days, either in person, virtually, or hybrid. La Cheim organizes group discussions to cover both processes and skills. Process groups can include people with similar concerns (such as grief or suicidality) or demographic backgrounds (such as neurodiverse, BIPOC, LGBTQ+ groups). The skill groups provide tools to cope and recover using a specific therapy style, such as acceptance and commitme...nt therapy (ACT), body wisdom, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), expressive arts, and self-empowerment. La Cheim also facilitates gender-specific self-expression groups.

Insurances

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Kaiser Permanente

Provides integrated care including psychiatry, mental health, and addiction recovery services.
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Medicare

Includes inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance use disorder treatment.

Accreditations

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CARF

CARF accreditation signifies that a treatment cent...

Who We Treat

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LGBTQ+

LGBTQ+ affirming programs may offer culturally res...
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Neurodivergent

Neurodivergent-informed programs may support clien...
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Older Adults

Older adult programs may address substance use, de...
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Young Adults

Young adult programs may focus on substance use, m...
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Men and Women

All-gender programs accept clients of more than on...
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Men

Men’s programs may address substance use, mental h...
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Women

Women’s programs may address substance use, trauma...

Treatments

Acupuncture

Acupuncture

Acupuncture is a complementary therapy that involves stimulating specific points on the body. Some programs may use it as supportive care for stress, discomfort, cravings, or relaxation, but it should not be presented as a replacement for clinical addiction or mental health treatment.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT helps people identify thought and behavior patterns that may contribute to substance use, anxiety, depression, or relapse risk. Programs may use it to build coping skills and practical recovery strategies.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

DBT teaches skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and communication. It may support people with intense emotions, trauma symptoms, self-destructive patterns, or co-occurring mental health concerns.

Expressive Arts

Expressive Arts

Expressive arts therapy uses creative methods such as art, writing, music, movement, or drama to help clients explore emotions and experiences. It is often used as a supportive approach for trauma, grief, depression, anxiety, or recovery work.

Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Family therapy helps clients and loved ones address communication, boundaries, conflict, support systems, and the impact of substance use or mental health concerns on the household. It is an important treatment option when recovery involves family relationships.

Group Therapy

Group Therapy

Group therapy brings clients together in a structured setting to discuss recovery, coping skills, accountability, relationships, and shared challenges. It is commonly used in addiction and mental health treatment at many levels of care.

Life Skills

Life Skills

Life skills programming helps clients build practical routines for daily stability, communication, employment readiness, budgeting, time management, and recovery planning. It is often used in residential, PHP, IOP, sober living, and transitional care.

Music Therapy

Music Therapy

Music therapy uses music-based activities such as listening, songwriting, rhythm, or discussion to support emotional expression, coping, and connection. It may be helpful as a supportive service for trauma, mood symptoms, stress, or recovery engagement.

Nutrition Counseling

Nutrition Counseling

Nutrition counseling helps clients address eating patterns, physical recovery, energy, and health habits that may be affected by substance use, stress, or mental health symptoms. It is often supportive within broader medical or behavioral health care.

Online Therapy

Online Therapy

Online therapy allows clients to receive counseling or mental health support through secure video, phone, or digital platforms. It may be useful for outpatient care, continuing support, or people who need flexible access to treatment.

Relapse Prevention Counseling

Relapse Prevention Counseling

Relapse prevention counseling helps clients identify triggers, warning signs, high-risk situations, and coping strategies. It is commonly used to support ongoing recovery after detox, residential treatment, PHP, IOP, or outpatient care.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

TMS is a noninvasive brain stimulation treatment used in some mental health settings, especially for depression when appropriate. Users should confirm diagnosis requirements, medical oversight, safety screening, and insurance coverage.

Level Of Cares

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Intensive Inpatient Treatment

Intensive inpatient treatment provides a high leve...
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Outpatient Treatment

Outpatient treatment allows clients to receive the...
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Virtual Treatment

Virtual treatment uses secure video, phone, or dig...
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Day Treatment / Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

PHP provides structured daytime treatment without ...
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Licensed Primary Mental Health

Primary mental health treatment focuses mainly on ...
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Co-Occurring Substance Use Treatment

Co-occurring substance use treatment supports peop...

Conditions

Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety involves excessive worry, fear, nervousness, or physical tension that can affect sleep, concentration, relationships, work, school, and daily responsibilities. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment depending on symptoms and needs.

Bipolar

Bipolar

Bipolar disorder is a mood disorder involving episodes of elevated or irritable mood and increased energy, along with episodes of depression. It may affect sleep, judgment, activity level, relationships, work, school, and safety. Related support may include psychiatric care, medication management, therapy, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, day treatment, residential treatment, or inpatient stabilization when needed.

Depression

Depression

Depression is a mood condition involving persistent sadness, loss of interest, low energy, hopelessness, or changes in sleep, appetite, and concentration. It may affect daily functioning, relationships, school, work, and safety. Related support may include therapy, counseling, medication management when appropriate, crisis support when needed, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment.

Eating Disorders

Eating Disorders

Eating disorders involve disturbances in eating behavior, body image, weight concerns, or food-related thoughts and behaviors. They can affect physical health, mood, concentration, relationships, and daily functioning. Related support may include therapy, nutrition support, medical monitoring, family therapy, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, day treatment, residential treatment, or inpatient care depending on severity.

Grief and Loss

Grief and Loss

Grief and loss describe emotional, physical, social, and mental reactions after losing someone or something important. Grief may affect mood, sleep, appetite, concentration, relationships, and daily routines. Related support may include grief counseling, therapy, support groups, outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment when grief is prolonged, traumatic, or connected with depression, trauma, or substance use.

Self-Harm

Self-Harm

Self-harm involves intentionally injuring one’s own body, often as a way of coping with emotional pain, numbness, stress, or overwhelming feelings. It may affect safety, relationships, school, work, and emotional wellbeing. Related support may include therapy, DBT-informed care, counseling, family support, crisis support, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, residential treatment, or inpatient stabilization when safety risk is high.

Suicidality

Suicidality

Suicidality refers to thoughts, plans, or behaviors related to wanting to die or end one’s life. It may be connected with depression, trauma, substance use, grief, chronic pain, or other serious distress. Related support may include crisis support, safety planning, therapy, medication management when appropriate, intensive outpatient care, day treatment, residential treatment, or inpatient stabilization when immediate safety is a concern.

Trauma

Trauma

Trauma refers to emotional or psychological distress after a harmful, frightening, or overwhelming experience. It may affect mood, sleep, trust, relationships, physical comfort, and a person’s sense of safety. Related support may include trauma-informed therapy, counseling, EMDR, outpatient care, intensive outpatient care, residential treatment, or co-occurring substance use support when relevant.

Substances We Treat

Alcohol

Alcohol

Alcohol use disorder can affect health, relationships, work, safety, and mental health. Treatment may include counseling, behavioral therapies, recovery support, and FDA-approved medications when clinically appropriate.

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-occurring disorders involve both a substance use disorder and a mental health disorder. Treatment may coordinate addiction care, mental health therapy, medication management, and recovery support so both concerns are addressed together.

Drug Addiction / Substance Use Disorder

Drug Addiction / Substance Use Disorder

Drug addiction, or substance use disorder, involves continued substance use despite harmful consequences. Treatment may include assessment, counseling, behavioral therapies, medications for some substance use disorders, relapse prevention, and recovery support.