If you live near Ocean Park or Sunset Park, what actually happens during a Virtual IOP evening?

From a private room at home you log into a secure video session three evenings a week, roughly three hours at a time: a CBT-and-DBT skills group, a process group alongside other adults in treatment, weekly one-on-one time with your therapist, and telehealth medication-management visits whenever those belong in your plan. The clinical content is identical to what you would sit in for at the Laguna Hills facility — the only thing stripped out is the I-405 haul over the Sepulveda Pass.

Will a Silicon Beach employer plan or other PPO pay for Virtual IOP if I live in Santa Monica?

If you carry a PPO or POS plan through a Westside employer or the marketplace, it typically reimburses Virtual IOP on the same terms as in-person IOP once your deductible is met. California telehealth-parity rules generally require plans to cover services delivered by telehealth on a comparable basis to in-person care, though your out-of-pocket cost still depends on your specific plan. Before you commit to anything, we run a free benefits check and put a real number in front of you, so no Santa Monica resident is left guessing at the cost.

Santa Monica · Virtual IOP

Virtual IOP for Santa Monica residents

Name: Manifest Behavioral Health
Address: 23297 S Pointe Dr, Laguna Hills, CA, 92653, US
Telephone: (949) 735-5705

For nearly every Santa Monica resident we work with, Virtual IOP is the path they choose — and we built it as the right clinical answer for the Westside, not a consolation prize. Our only facility sits about 62 miles southeast in Laguna Hills, reached almost entirely by the I-405 — one of the nation’s most congested freeways — so instead of asking Santa Monicans to fight the Sepulveda Pass several evenings a week, we deliver the complete Intensive Outpatient program over secure video: the same clinicians, the same groups, the same schedule, attended from anywhere in California.

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Editor's note: This page is awaiting clinical review by our Medical Director. Information is sourced from established peer-reviewed clinical literature.

Last updated: June 13, 2026

Virtual IOP is the same IOP curriculum delivered via secure video for California residents. It runs 3 evenings/week via secure video, and is one of four levels of care we offer along a continuum from full-day PHP down to weekly aftercare.

Key takeaways

Virtual IOP runs 3 evenings/week via secure video.
Santa Monica residents reach the facility in about 75 minutes via I-405 North.
We treat mental-health and co-occurring substance use together, by the same team, in one program.
Insurance verification is free and confidential, with no referral required to start.

Why Virtual IOP works for Santa Monica

The rhythm of a workday in Santa Monica leaves little slack. Silicon Beach employers like Snap Inc., Activision Blizzard, Hulu, and Lionsgate fill the city with engineers, producers, and creatives whose calendars cannot absorb a four- or five-hour round trip down the 405; Santa Monica College adds thousands of transfer-track students near Sunset Park who are stretched for both time and money. For a product manager mid-sprint, a post-production editor on deadline, or a student carrying a full course load, a fixed in-person commitment in Orange County is simply not realistic. Virtual IOP removes the geography entirely while keeping the full clinical intensity, and because every Santa Monica resident attends from inside California, state telehealth licensure is satisfied without anyone leaving the Westside.

The schedule mirrors the in-person program exactly — three evenings a week, somewhere around nine hours of clinical care, carrying the same Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills groups, process groups, and weekly individual sessions onto secure video. Psychiatric medication management happens by secure telehealth as well, so a Santa Monica resident can complete an entire episode of care, from intake through step-down, without ever driving the I-405 to Laguna Hills.

The flexibility matters most for the populations Santa Monica is built around. A Silicon Beach professional managing anxiety or burnout between sprint deadlines, a parent in Ocean Park holding a household together against the Westside’s housing-cost pressure, or a Santa Monica College student near Sunset Park dealing with depression can all attend from a private room at home. That access also matters in a city where affluence and acute housing stress sit side by side; care that meets people where they already are removes a barrier that a 62-mile commute would otherwise create.

We treat mental-health symptoms and substance use as one clinical picture, so dual-diagnosis work is built into the same Virtual IOP team rather than handed off to a separate referral. We confirm at intake that telehealth is the clinically appropriate level of care for your situation — higher-acuity needs, including medical detox or stabilization, may require an in-person program first, and we are honest with you about that and coordinate the referral. We are an outpatient provider, not a 24/7 crisis service; for emergencies Santa Monica residents should call 911 or call or text 988, or reach the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health ACCESS line at 800-854-7771.

What Virtual IOP involves

Virtual IOP runs 3 evenings/week via secure video. The same IOP curriculum delivered via secure video for California residents. Manifest is an outpatient program — not a medical detox or residential facility; when supervised withdrawal is needed first, we coordinate a referral. Insurance verification is free and confidential, and no referral is required to begin.

Virtual IOP is part of a connected continuum of care. Many adults move between levels as their needs change — stepping up to Virtual IOP from weekly therapy, or stepping down to it after a more intensive level. You can read the full program details on our Virtual IOP page.

In crisis? Call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, 24/7) or 911 for an emergency.

Virtual IOP in Santa Monica — FAQ

If you live near Ocean Park or Sunset Park, what actually happens during a Virtual IOP evening?
From a private room at home you log into a secure video session three evenings a week, roughly three hours at a time: a CBT-and-DBT skills group, a process group alongside other adults in treatment, weekly one-on-one time with your therapist, and telehealth medication-management visits whenever those belong in your plan. The clinical content is identical to what you would sit in for at the Laguna Hills facility — the only thing stripped out is the I-405 haul over the Sepulveda Pass.
Will a Silicon Beach employer plan or other PPO pay for Virtual IOP if I live in Santa Monica?
If you carry a PPO or POS plan through a Westside employer or the marketplace, it typically reimburses Virtual IOP on the same terms as in-person IOP once your deductible is met. California telehealth-parity rules generally require plans to cover services delivered by telehealth on a comparable basis to in-person care, though your out-of-pocket cost still depends on your specific plan. Before you commit to anything, we run a free benefits check and put a real number in front of you, so no Santa Monica resident is left guessing at the cost.