TREATMENT SERVICES

Medication:

All medications are monitored by staff, and the treatment team facilitates the client's ultimate achievement of the goal of responsible self-administration of medications.

 

 

Independent Living Skills:

Instruction and assistance are provided in the preparation of all meals, menu planning, grocery shopping, and comparison shopping and budgeting. Instruction in the use of public transportation is also provided.

Clients are required to clean their rooms and launder their clothes. Other areas of personal hygiene are addressed on an individual basis.

 

 

Family Support:

In addition to family counseling, the clinical staff provides education for families to help them gain an understanding of mental illness and its effect on family dynamics.

The staff is always available to family members for support and advice, and families are provided with regular progress up-dates through the client’s therapist/Case Manager.

 

 

Pre-Vocational/Vocational Program:

Vocational training is an important aspect of independent living and gradual reintegration into the community. As part of the program focus on independent living skills, Sanctuary Psychiatric Centers offers a Vocational Services Program. Each client explores and assesses interests and abilities toward the goals of employment in the community, enrolling in classes or finding an activity of interest that is on-going. Clients are expected to prepare for a pre-vocational or vocational activity within the first month of the treatment program. Clients usually begin by making an inventory of skills and interests, and then, when appropriate, by initiating work in the community at a level that will assure success.

Our Vocational Specialist works closely with each client and the primary therapist to determine at what level community involvement should begin. Once a client is ready for community work activity, the Vocational Services Program staff assists the client every step of the way.

 

 

Individual Therapy:

Each client works with a primary therapist throughout the course of the program. Together the therapist and client establish an individualized treatment plan consisting of short term and long term goals. In weekly sessions the therapist and client discuss the progress toward these goals and intra-psychic issues that may arise. Because of the excellent staff-to-client ratio, individual therapy is available 24 hours per day.

 

 

Socialization Skills/Recreation:

As a major part of the program, Sanctuary House provides groups and activities which are designed to help clients develop and improve interpersonal relationships.

Many of the therapeutic groups which are scheduled as part of the clinical program offer clients an opportunity to develop relationships with peers and to learn to rely upon each other for support. Groups become forums for cooperative participation and understanding of and tolerance for individual differences. As self-esteem increases, clients are encouraged and supported to take leadership roles in these groups.

Recreational activities bring clients together in community settings and provide an opportunity to socialize and find diversions that are enjoyable, educational and healthful.

Group activities may include attending plays, concerts, films, art exhibitions and lectures, as well as whale watching expeditions, hiking, sailing, horseback riding, bicycling, overnight camping, taking walks in nearby city parks and on the beach, and utilizing the membership at the YMCA. Often special outings will be planned such as trips to Hearst Castle and the J. Paul Getty Museum; other activities are available in the Los Angeles area, which is 90 minutes from the facility.