MENTAL HEALTH · WOMEN-ONLY · HUNTINGTON BEACH
PHP, IOP, and outpatient mental health care for women — including dual-diagnosis, trauma-informed, and medication-supported treatment. JCAHO-accredited.
“Anchored tides saved my life. I had been to an inpantient facility before and my sobriety wasn't lasting, until I found this place. I enjoyed the different groups and the staff and women are so welcoming. I felt so comfortable here, which I hadn't felt before. I now have the confidence to succeed in life. Very thankful for this place.”
What to know
Is this program right for you?
Anchored Tides accepts women 18 and older. A substance use disorder is not required — women who present with a primary mental health diagnosis are appropriate for admission.
Levels of care
Clinical continuity across PHP, IOP, and outpatient — the relationship doesn't reset when the cadence changes.
Intensive daily clinical work — individual therapy, group therapy, psychiatric evaluation, medication management, and experiential modalities, 5 days per week.
Where deep shifts begin. Enough time and clinical contact to address what weekly therapy cannot reach.
Learn more →3–5 days per week of structured clinical programming — the step-down from PHP that maintains momentum while reintegrating work, school, or family life.
Real life re-enters; clinical support stays consistent.
Learn more →Ongoing individual and group therapy at a maintenance frequency — for women who have completed PHP or IOP and want continuity with the same clinical team.
The relationship doesn't reset when the cadence lightens.
Learn more →Treatment modalities
The most rigorously studied protocol for emotional dysregulation, self-harm urges, and suicidality — particularly effective for women with BPD or complex trauma. Full skills training curriculum.
Addresses the thought patterns that sustain depression and anxiety — cognitive distortions, avoidance cycles, negative self-schema — in individual and group formats.
For trauma that underlies or co-occurs with the mental health presentation. Credentialed clinicians. EMDR is harder to deliver than standard talk therapy — and more effective for many women.
A full psychiatric evaluation is standard. Where medication is clinically appropriate, it is managed in-house — not referred out to the client's GP.
Woven through the program as a clinical skill, not a wellness add-on — supporting all other modalities and the gradual rebuilding of presence.
Adjunctive nervous-system work that supports the body's capacity to settle — particularly useful when cognitive work has outpaced the body's ability to integrate.
Why Anchored Tides
Hormonal cycles, relational trauma, the compounded weight of caregiving, and gender-based violence all shape how depression and anxiety manifest in women. Our clinicians understand this — not as a talking point, but as clinical training.
The majority of women who arrive with a primary mental health diagnosis have a co-occurring substance use pattern. Treating one while ignoring the other is incomplete care by any clinical standard.
You don't have to be inpatient to access daily clinical care. Our PHP gives you 25–30 hours of clinical contact per week in a program that lets you go home at the end of the day.
A full psychiatric evaluation and ongoing medication management are part of the program — not an extra appointment to arrange on your own.
When you step down from PHP to IOP to outpatient, the same clinician team continues. No re-intake, no starting from scratch, no explaining your history again.
Mental health parity law requires commercial PPO plans to cover behavioral health at the same level as medical care. Our admissions team verifies your benefits within 24 hours at no cost.
Related programs & conditions
When mental health and substance use are treated together — the standard at Anchored Tides, not the exception.
Trauma-Informed CareMost mental health conditions in women have a trauma history underneath them. EMDR-credentialed clinicians, at every level of care.
Conditions — AnxietyGeneralized anxiety, social anxiety, and panic disorder treated with evidence-based protocols.
Conditions — DepressionMajor depressive disorder, persistent depressive disorder, and treatment-resistant presentations.
Most PPO insurance plans cover treatment at Anchored Tides.
Our admissions team will verify your benefits at no cost and walk you through exactly what your plan covers before you commit to anything. The goal is clarity — not pressure.
PPO, HMO, and EPO accepted
Out-of-network
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Yes. Women who present with a primary mental health diagnosis — depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder, BPD — and no active substance use disorder are appropriate for our program. A dual diagnosis is not required for admission.
We treat depression (major depressive disorder and persistent depressive disorder), anxiety disorders (generalized anxiety, social anxiety, panic disorder), PTSD and complex trauma, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, ADHD, OCD, and co-occurring mental health and substance use presentations.
PHP is appropriate when you need daily clinical contact to build stabilization and traction. IOP fits when you're stable enough to reintegrate work or family life while maintaining intensive programming. Our admissions team does a free clinical assessment and recommends the appropriate level.
Yes. A full psychiatric evaluation is standard for all clients. Where medication is clinically appropriate, it is managed in-house by our psychiatric team — not referred out to the client's existing provider.
Weekly outpatient therapy provides approximately one hour per week of clinical contact. PHP provides 25–30 hours per week. IOP provides 9–15 hours per week. For women whose depression, anxiety, or trauma has not responded to weekly therapy, higher levels of care address what weekly appointments cannot reach.
In PHP: typically limited — the program runs most of the day, five days per week. In IOP: yes — IOP is designed to run alongside work, school, and family life, with programming scheduled in mornings or evenings depending on the cohort.
Mental health parity law requires commercial PPO plans to cover mental health care at the same level as medical care. Most major PPO plans we work with cover PHP and IOP at meaningful benefit levels. We verify your specific benefits within 24 hours at no cost to you.
Evidence & accountability
This page was reviewed by Zoe Tambling, LMFT on . The references below informed the specific topics noted with each citation.
