La Cheim Behavioral Health Services

Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) & Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Serving Adults in Oakland, San Francisco, and the Greater Bay Area

CLINIC EXTERIOR NEAR DOWNTOWN OAKLAND

TILED COURTYARD WITH SOOTHING FOUNTAIN

La Cheim's adult PHP/IOP is in person, via Zoom, and as a mix of both. Curious about attending, or about referring a loved one or client in your practice? See a day in the the program life and the daily program schedule.

Referrals and admissions? For the fastest response, please contact admissions using our secure referral form. Please see the form for our current waitlist estimate. We will do our best to respond within 3 business days.

Inclusive, Empowering Day Treatment for Adults

Overview

La Cheim Behavioral Health Services is a nonprofit organization providing a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) and an Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) to the Bay Area community since 1993.

Our unique PHP and IOP offer compassionate, non-institutional, and trauma-informed care for adults coping with serious mental health challenges. We believe in the strength, resilience, and creativity of our clients. With an emphasis on improved coping and problem solving, we help clients begin to stabilize and rebuild their lives with a restored sense of meaning.

The PHP and IOP programs run weekdays from 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM in Oakland, California, with phone support offered on evenings and weekends. Learn more about a day in the life of the programs.

Treatment Approaches

Using an array of empirically validated approaches -- including principles of CBT, DBT, ACT, and more -- we work with mood, anxiety, and thought disorders; trauma/PTSD; personality issues; grief, loss, and other adjustment difficulties; substance dependence recovery; and more. Clients often describe our treatment environment as especially welcoming, supportive, and non-pathologizing.

Insurance Coverage

We work with most major commercial insurance carriers. The following insurance carriers currently provide coverage for PHP/IOP services at La Cheim: (1) Aetna; (2) Anthem/Blue Cross; (3) Blue Shield of California; (4) Blue Shield/Magellan; Carelon Behavioral Health (formerly Beacon/Value Options); (5) Center for Elder Independence (CEI); (6) Cigna; (7) Contra Costa Health Plan; (8) Health Net/MHN; (9) Kaiser & Kaiser Advantage (by direct referral only -- please contact your KP providers); (10) Medicare; and (11) UBH/Optum. If your insurer is not on this list, feel free to contact us to double-check. We are always happy to verify your eligibility and benefits.

Unfortunately, MediCal does not provide coverage for La Cheim's PHP/IOP at this time.

Getting to La Cheim

Our clinic is located at 3031 Telegraph Avenue, Oakland, CA 94609. It's easy to get to us via public transit.

What Our PHP/IOP Program DOES Offer:

Intensive, weekday, group-based, short-term treatment for adults in mental health crisis.
Participants also receive individual therapy and psychiatry, but only within the context of the group program.

What Our PHP/IOP Program DOES NOT Offer:

Day treatment services for children or adolescents.
Individual, one-on-one, longer-term outpatient therapy or psychiatry. (See our outpatient program instead.)
Coverage for Medi-Cal members.

Contacting Us:

For admissions inquiries regarding new cases, complete our online referral form.
For billing and payment inquiries regarding existing or previous cases, complete our billing inquiry form.
Fax records and referrals to our secure fax at 510-225-2745.
If you are interested in outpatient services, please check out our growing outpatient program.