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Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center

Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center

Drug Rehab Center in Los Angeles, California

  • Mental Health
  • Eating Disorder
  • Dual Diagnosis

St. Jude's Treatment Center provides experienced, knowledgeable professionals dedicated to helping those in need of recovery, offering comprehensive, personalized care that includes detoxification, residential treatment, outpatient services, partial hospitalization, dual diagnosis treatment for substance abuse and mental health issues, and post-care support—all within a JCAHO accredited facility.

About This California Facility

Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center is an Addiction Treatment Facility located in Los Angeles, California. The center provides a range of mental health services for individuals struggling with dual diagnosis, eating disorders, and mental health conditions. Augustus Hawkins accepts private health insurance and offers both Outpatient and Dual Diagnosis levels of care. The center is dedicated to helping individuals and families on the road to recovery through evidence-based treatments and personalized care plans.

Augustus Hawkins is an accredited facility that provides specialized mental health treatment for addiction and substance abuse. Their services include individual and group therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and dialectical coaching. The center is inline with industry standards, and they also use a variety of models of recovery, including the 12-Step Program. The staff at Augustus Hawkins also offer a range of case management services, including referrals for housing and job skills training.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • Additional Languages
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Veterans
  • Conditions and Issues Treated

    When someone in California struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.

    Levels of Care Offered at Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

    After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center in recovering from addiction.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.

    Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.

    Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.

    Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.

    Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center in Los Angeles, California, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

    Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.

    Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.

    Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center in Los Angeles, California the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    Augustus Hawkins Family Mental Health Center Location and Directions
    Address Information1720 E 120th St
    Los Angeles, California 90059 Phone Number(310) 668-4272 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Patient Reviews

    June 29, 2022

    My life has been endangered by Tim Wong and his supervisor

    Chronic daily cptsd flashbacks and suicidal thoughts

    No community support and isolation

    The PHds know they can harm and exploit you.

    Tim Wong Gave criminal misinformation and has endangered my life

    No trauma awareness whatsoever

    Failed to perform a historical healthcare intake

    Lawless and they know it. Tools of the elite. They enjoy harming.

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    Los Angeles, California Addiction Information

    More than 3 million of California's citizens are addicted to illegal drugs. Almost 800,000 people use hard drugs, almost 5 million use marijuana, and another 2.1 million abuse alcohol every year. Other substance abuse issues such as binge drinking and teen drug use are also common. Many illegal drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine, and marijuana are smuggled into the state from Mexico.

    10% of adults in Los Angeles have used illicit drugs or abused prescription drugs within the past year. Heroin, marijuana, prescription pain relievers and cocaine are widely abused in Los Angeles. Over 130,000 people in the city struggle with addiction to drugs or alcohol. Many residential rehab facilities in the area can provide long-term care. The best way to find the right treatment option is to speak with a professional.

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