For referring clinicians

Refer a patient to higher-acuity outpatient care

We work with referring therapists, psychiatrists, primary care, EAPs, and hospital discharge teams across Orange County. We aim for warm handoffs, fast assessments, and clear continuity-of-care reports back to you.

Call (949) 735-5705Send a secure referral
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When to refer

Common reasons clinicians refer to us:

  • Weekly outpatient therapy is no longer sufficient containment — symptoms are persistent, recurrent, or escalating.
  • You've identified a co-occurring substance use pattern that needs integrated treatment rather than a parallel SUD referral.
  • A patient is stepping down from inpatient or residential and needs structured continuing care.
  • You don't manage medications and want a psychiatric NP / MD involved without losing the therapeutic relationship with you.
  • A patient needs short-term intensification (e.g., 4–8 weeks of IOP) without giving up their primary therapist.

How a referral works

  1. Initiate. Call us at (949) 735-5705 or have the patient call directly. With patient consent, you can fax records to us — call to get a current secure fax number.
  2. Assessment within the week. We typically complete the clinical assessment within 3–5 business days of first contact.
  3. Care plan and start date. We confirm level of care, share the plan with the patient (and with you with consent), and schedule the start.
  4. Updates during care. With written consent, we send periodic clinical updates and a discharge summary at completion.
  5. Continuity back to you. Most patients return to their referring therapist for ongoing care after our program. We design the plan around that handoff.

What we can do that primary outpatient can't

  • Higher dose of clinical contact. 9–25 group + individual hours per week vs. 1 hour.
  • Integrated psychiatry and therapy under one roof, with shared treatment planning.
  • Co-occurring SUD treatment as part of mental health programming, not a separate handoff.
  • Structured skills curriculum (DBT skills, CBT for depression/anxiety, trauma-focused groups) that's hard to deliver in 50-minute sessions.
  • Faster medication trials with weekly to bi-weekly prescriber contact during acute periods.

What we don't do

  • Detox. We accept patients who have completed medical detox elsewhere; we can recommend partners.
  • Residential. We are daytime outpatient through aftercare.
  • Adolescents. We treat adults (18+) only.
  • Crisis services. We are not a 24/7 crisis line; we partner with emergency services and Mobile Crisis when needed.