VA Central California Healthcare Sys Substance Use Disorder Program
About VA Central California Healthcare Sys Substance Use Disorder Program
Insurances
Accreditations
CARF
Who We Treat
LGBTQ+
Older Adults
Veterans
Young Adults
Men
Women
Treatments
1-on-1 Counseling
One-on-one counseling gives clients private time with a counselor or therapist to discuss substance use, mental health symptoms, goals, triggers, and recovery planning. It is commonly used throughout treatment to create a more personalized care plan.
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
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.
Couples Counseling
Couples counseling helps partners address communication, trust, boundaries, conflict, and the effect of substance use or mental health symptoms on the relationship. It may be used when recovery involves relationship repair or partner support.
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 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 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.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
MAT uses approved medications with counseling or recovery support when clinically appropriate. It is especially important for opioid use disorder and may also be used for alcohol use disorder.
Motivational Interviewing
MI helps clients explore ambivalence and strengthen their own reasons for change. It is commonly used when someone is uncertain, resistant, or still building readiness for treatment or recovery.
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 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 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.
Trauma-Specific Therapy
Trauma-specific therapy focuses directly on the effects of trauma, including triggers, avoidance, emotional distress, and safety. It may be important when trauma history is connected to substance use, anxiety, depression, or other mental health concerns.
Level Of Cares
Intensive Inpatient Treatment
Outpatient Treatment
Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Conditions
Anger
Anger is a normal emotion that becomes a concern when it is intense, frequent, hard to control, or linked with conflict, aggression, unsafe behavior, or relationship problems. Related support may include counseling, CBT, DBT-informed skills, group therapy, family therapy, outpatient care, or structured mental health treatment when anger occurs with trauma, mood concerns, or substance use.
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
PTSD is a trauma-related condition that may involve intrusive memories, nightmares, avoidance, mood changes, sleep problems, and feeling constantly on edge. It can affect relationships, work, school, safety, and daily routines. Related support may include trauma-focused therapy, EMDR, counseling, medication management when appropriate, and structured mental health or co-occurring treatment.
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 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.
Benzodiazepines
Benzodiazepines are prescription sedatives sometimes used for anxiety, sleep, or seizure-related conditions. Treatment may involve careful assessment, medical supervision, and support for dependence or withdrawal risk, especially when other substances are involved.
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.
Cocaine
Cocaine is a stimulant that can affect the brain, heart, mood, sleep, and decision-making. Treatment commonly focuses on behavioral therapy, relapse prevention, coping skills, and support for cravings or co-occurring mental health symptoms.
Methamphetamine
Methamphetamine is a powerful stimulant that can affect sleep, mood, thinking, heart health, and behavior. Treatment commonly focuses on behavioral therapies, contingency management where available, relapse prevention, recovery support, and co-occurring mental health care.
Opioids
Opioids include heroin, fentanyl, and prescription pain medications such as oxycodone or hydrocodone. Treatment for opioid use disorder may include FDA-approved medications such as buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone, along with counseling and recovery support.
Smoking Cessation
Smoking cessation support helps people reduce or stop tobacco use. Programs may include counseling, nicotine replacement therapy, prescription medications, coping strategies, and relapse-prevention support.
Chronic Relapse
Chronic relapse refers to repeated returns to substance use after periods of recovery or treatment. Programs may focus on relapse prevention, triggers, co-occurring mental health needs, medication support, recovery planning, and long-term accountability.
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.
