Aviva Family and Childrens ServicesTherapist in Lynwood, CA
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Aviva Family & Children's Services is a nonprofit, non-sectarian 501(c)(3) organization serving at-risk children and families in Los Angeles. Founded in 1915, Aviva provides a continuum of care to children from birth to age 21 and their families, with particular focus on those experiencing poverty, homelessness, food insecurity, and other forms of disadvantage. Services include mental health services, intensive community-based services using a strength-based approach, foster and adoption programming, interim supportive housing through Wallis House for unhoused women and children, and a drop-in center for transitional age youth facing homelessness. The organization addresses social, emotional, and economic barriers to help build stronger families and prevent cycles of neglect and abuse.
Role
Therapist
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Evidence-based approaches
Family systems
Family Systems work. Brings the people closest to you into the recovery picture, since urges and relationships rarely live in separate boxes.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Mental health treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
Setting
- Outpatient
Facility
- Outpatient mental health facility
Emergency services
- Crisis intervention team
Payment & access
Financial help available
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Insurance acceptance is listed by the provider and can change. Call the number above to verify your specific coverage before scheduling.
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Family psychoeducation
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Case management service
- Suicide prevention services
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Children/Adolescents
- Young Adults
- Adults
Special programs
- Young adults
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
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