Outpatient · Women's Only · Orange County
Flexible weekly therapy and relapse prevention for women in longer-term stability — designed to sustain recovery without disrupting daily life.
“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.”
Our least-intensive level of care — typically one to two clinical sessions per week, focused on long-term relapse prevention and continued therapeutic support.
Built for women in longer-term stability — step-downs from PHP or IOP, women in sustained recovery, and women whose clinical picture doesn't yet meet IOP criteria.
Individual therapy at the core — with optional women's-only group, psychiatric medication management, and specialty modalities woven in as clinically indicated.
Designed around real life — sessions are scheduled around work, school, and family — built to be sustainable over months and years, not weeks.
In-network with most major commercial PPOs — we verify each woman's benefits before her first session — no surprises about session limits, copays, or authorizations.
Why outpatient matters
It's where a woman practices what she learned in higher levels of care inside her actual environment — her marriage, her parenting, her job, the holidays that used to be the hardest. Many of the women in our OP describe it as the place where they finally stop white-knuckling. The work moves from surviving the day to building a life.
See a typical week in OP
Who Women's OP Is For
Outpatient supports women across a range of recovery stages. Most of the women in our OP fall into one of these categories:
When OP isn't the right fit
Our admissions team helps each woman find the right level of care — even if that level isn't with us.
Where OP fits in the continuum of care
Outpatient sits at the lowest-frequency end of clinical care. Use this to see where it lands compared with the levels above it.
One-to-one work with a licensed clinician — weekly or biweekly, on a cadence your treatment plan defines.
Peer connection and accountability with other women in long-term recovery.
Coordinated with the rest of the clinical team so the picture stays unified.
Touchpoints to keep recovery practical and grounded in real-life logistics.
EMDR, Surf Therapy, and other adjunctive work — woven in when the plan calls for it.
The same team that knows you in OP knows you if life ever calls for a step up.
What we treat in outpatient
Our outpatient work is grounded in evidence-based modalities and shaped around the realities of women's recovery — relationships, caregiving, professional pressure, and the long arc of healing.
Therapies used in our OP
Drawn from our broader therapies framework: CBT, DBT, EMDR, mindfulness, and trauma-focused approaches, woven in alongside individual and group work.
Identifying and reshaping the cognitive patterns that surface in long-term recovery.
Distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness — sustainable skills.
For women still working through trauma in the maintenance and integration phase.
One-to-one work with a primary clinician, alongside optional women's-only groups for peer connection.
Coordinated with the rest of her clinical team for women managing co-occurring conditions.
Our coastal modality remains available to outpatient clients when clinically appropriate.
Outpatient behavioral health is one of the more commonly covered levels of care.
We are happy to verify your benefits prior to any commitment and let you know what your plan covers. Please note: we do not accept Medi-Cal or Medicaid.
PPO, HMO, and EPO accepted
Out-of-network
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Why women choose Anchored Tides for OP
Every group, every shared space, every clinical conversation happens among women. It shapes what finally gets said out loud.
Not a single workshop or modality — it's how we structure sessions, how clinicians are trained, and how we hold the room.
Becca Edge (CEO/Co-Founder), Amy Dutton (Co-Founder), and Clinical Director Zoe Tambling, LMFT.
Many women in our OP started with us in PHP or IOP. The clinical relationship carries forward, so OP feels like the next chapter — not a new program.
Veterans and Military, Eating Disorder Treatment, and Dual Diagnosis tracks continue at a sustainable cadence into outpatient.
Our Orange County home shapes the program in real ways — including Surf Therapy, available to outpatient clients when appropriate.
Our Huntington Beach location
Service areas
Most women travel in from Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, and the wider Southern California coast for outpatient care.
Often, yes — though sometimes more, depending on the clinical plan and where a woman is in her recovery. Many women begin at once or twice weekly and adjust over time as their needs evolve. The structure is responsive, not fixed.
Sometimes. It depends on clinical history, current stability, home environment, and what a woman is working on. Our admissions team helps determine the right starting point, and we'll refer to a higher level of care if outpatient isn't the appropriate fit. Starting too low can set a woman up to struggle; starting too high can feel disruptive. The goal is the right match.
Yes. Women's-only groups are available alongside individual therapy, and many women find that the peer connection in group is what makes the outpatient phase sustainable. The combination of one-on-one work and shared recovery space tends to hold longer than either alone.
Most plans cover outpatient behavioral health, though specifics vary by carrier and policy. We verify every woman's benefits before her first session so there are no surprises about session limits, copays, or authorization requirements.
Length of care is individualized. Some women remain in outpatient for several months as they consolidate the work done in higher levels of care. Others stay for much longer as part of a sustained maintenance plan. The decision is clinical, not formulaic, and it gets revisited as her life and recovery evolve.
We'll step a woman up to a higher level of care — typically our Intensive Outpatient Program or Partial Hospitalization Program — without losing continuity of care. The clinical relationship doesn't reset; the cadence does.
Yes. Outpatient is built specifically for women who are integrating recovery into a full life. Sessions are scheduled around work, school, and family responsibilities, and the cadence is designed to be sustainable over the long term — not to compete with the life a woman is building.
Yes, when clinically indicated. Psychiatric medication management is part of our outpatient offering for women managing co-occurring mental health conditions, and it's coordinated with the rest of her clinical team so the picture stays unified.
Evidence & accountability
This page was reviewed by Zoe Tambling, LMFT on . The references below informed the specific topics noted with each citation.
