Veterans · Active-Duty · Military Spouses · Women's Only
A specialty track for women veterans, active-duty servicewomen, and military spouses navigating recovery alongside service-related trauma, substance use, and mental health conditions.
“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.”
A women-only outpatient specialty track — for adult women with military service histories — veterans, active-duty, reserve, National Guard, and military spouses.
Trauma-informed and EMDR-credentialed — for service-related PTSD, military sexual trauma, combat trauma, and the moral injury that often travels with them.
Integrated with substance use, mental health, and eating disorders — treated as one picture, not three separate referrals — the way recovery actually works for military women.
Coordinates with VA care when applicable — we work alongside the VA. We don't replace it. The goal is integration, not duplication.
Available across PHP, IOP, and outpatient — calibrated to where she is clinically and what her duty, family, or transition schedule allows.
Why a dedicated track for military women
Women in military service experience trauma, substance use, and mental health conditions at rates that diverge sharply from civilian women — and from male service members. MST, deployment-related PTSD, TBI, and the cultural pressures of being a woman in a male-dominated environment shape what recovery has to address. So does the quieter weight of identity: the way service can become the thing that defines a woman.
See what we treat in this track
Who this track is for
What she needs is a treatment team that recognizes service as part of her clinical picture. The track is built for:
When another level of care is needed first
We work alongside VA care when appropriate. We do not replace it.
What we treat in the Veterans & Military track
Modalities we use in this track
The whole framework is grounded in our trauma-informed care orientation — meaning trauma is the lens through which the program runs, not a single workshop in the schedule.
For trauma at the root — MST, combat trauma, and the complex trauma that builds over a career. Our clinicians are credentialed.
For the cognitive and emotional patterns service can reinforce: hyperindependence, suppression, “drive on” responses to symptoms.
Women-only, integrated across service and civilian women. Some groups are mixed by design; others are track-specific.
Coordinated with VA care where applicable, with attention to interactions, side effects, and legacy prescriptions from prior duty stations.
For women whose service shaped eating patterns, body image, or nutritional needs in ways civilian dietary advice doesn't account for.
Somatic and experience-based work that supports nervous-system regulation. For many of the military women we work with, the ocean does something talk therapy alone can't.
How this track connects to the rest of care
Levels of care
Calibrated to where a woman is clinically and what her duty schedule, family, or transition allows. PHP is the highest level we offer; IOP is the structured step-down; OP is the long-horizon maintenance level.
For higher-acuity presentations or recent stabilization needs. Intensive individual and group therapy, dietitian and psychiatric care.
Often where trauma stabilization gets laid before deeper processing.
Read about PHPStructured treatment at a pace that fits a duty schedule, a family, or a transition — often the step-down point from PHP.
Many women begin EMDR here, after foundational stabilization.
Read about IOPLong-term clinical support, relapse prevention, and continued trauma processing — with continuity of clinician from earlier levels.
The relationship doesn't reset when the cadence lightens.
Read about OPMost major commercial plans cover behavioral health treatment for veterans, active-duty servicewomen, and military spouses, including trauma-focused modalities like EMDR.
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 military women choose Anchored Tides
Generic women's behavioral health misses the service piece. Generic veterans' care wasn't built for women. This track holds both, without asking her to choose.
A credential we worked to earn. One of the modalities most associated with meaningful change in service-related trauma.
We work alongside the VA, not against it. Many of the women we treat use both systems in tandem and we help structure how the two fit.
A woman doesn't need a combat record or a particular diagnosis to be a fit. She needs a team that recognizes service as part of her story.
Military families carry their own version of the experience. The track is designed to hold both service members and military spouses.
Becca Edge (CEO/Co-Founder), Amy Dutton (Co-Founder), and Clinical Director Zoe Tambling, LMFT. Joint Commission accredited · DHCS License #300386AP.
Our Huntington Beach location
Service areas
Veterans, active-duty servicewomen, and military spouses travel in from Newport Beach, Costa Mesa, Huntington Beach, and the wider Southern California coast for our specialty track.
Our admissions team can verify your specific coverage and walk through options when you call. We are happy to verify your benefits prior to any commitment and let you know what your plan covers.
Often yes. We coordinate with VA care where appropriate, and many of the military women we work with use both systems in tandem — VA for primary care, service-connected benefits, and certain specialty services, and Anchored Tides for the women-only, trauma-informed outpatient programming. Our admissions team can talk you through how the two systems work together in your specific situation.
No. The track is for women veterans, active-duty servicewomen, reserve and National Guard members, and military spouses — regardless of combat history. Service shapes a woman's recovery picture whether or not she ever deployed.
Yes. MST is one of the most common trauma presentations we treat in this track. Our trauma work includes EMDR, trauma-focused therapy, and the slow rebuilding of safety, agency, and connection that MST recovery requires. The pacing is clinical and the room is structured for it.
Some groups are mixed by design; others are track-specific. Group placement is a clinical decision based on what will support a woman's recovery — sometimes the shared service context is essential, and sometimes the integration with civilian women in the program is exactly what's called for. Both formats are part of the track.
Family involvement is available when clinically appropriate and when a woman wants it. Military families carry their own version of the experience, and including them in the recovery process — when it's the right call — can change what's possible at home.
Yes. Military spouses face their own constellation of trauma, mental health, and substance use risks — deployment cycles, frequent relocation, single-parenting through tours, secondary trauma exposure, and the specific isolation of military spouse life. The track is designed to hold both service members and spouses.
We coordinate, we don't compete. If you're receiving VA mental health care or have a service-connected disability rating, our admissions team can talk through how outpatient programming with us would fit alongside what you're already doing. The goal is integration, not duplication.
Evidence & accountability
This page was reviewed by Zoe Tambling, LMFT on . The references below informed the specific topics noted with each citation.
