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Mental health treatment in Encino is available through Quest Wellness Center’s intensive outpatient program, a 15-minute drive east on Ventura Boulevard or the 101. Sessions run 3 to 4 hours a day, 3 to 5 days a week, treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, trauma, and co-occurring substance use, with morning, afternoon, and evening tracks plus a virtual option.
Quest Wellness Center sits at 10736 Burbank Boulevard in North Hollywood, roughly seven miles east of Encino. The direct route is Ventura Boulevard through Sherman Oaks and Studio City, or the 101 east to the Lankershim exit, and outside peak hours the trip runs 15 to 20 minutes. That distance is what separates this from a Westside commute. You can attend a morning session and be back in Encino before noon.
The virtual track exists for anyone who would rather not drive at all. It runs across California on secure platforms and follows the same clinical structure as on-site care, so Encino residents can choose whichever format fits the week. Hybrid attendance is available, and switching between formats mid-program is possible when circumstances change.
An intensive outpatient program sits between weekly therapy and a partial hospitalization program. You get 9 to 20 clinical hours a week rather than one, delivered through structured group work, individual therapy, and case management, while continuing to live at home and hold a job or school schedule.
Encino residents typically consider IOP in two situations. The first is stepping down from a higher level of care, where a partial hospitalization program or residential stay has stabilized symptoms and fewer clinical hours now make sense. The second is stepping up from weekly therapy, where sessions have been useful but symptoms have intensified past what an hour a week can address. Both paths lead to the same program. If you’re closer to central LA, the same program is available as intensive outpatient in Los Angeles, run from this facility.
Quest treats mental health conditions and any co-occurring substance use within one plan. Primary focuses are depression, anxiety and panic symptoms, PTSD and complex trauma, personality and mood disorders, suicidal ideation, and dual diagnosis.
Treating these together is deliberate. When someone is managing depression alongside alcohol use, addressing only one leaves the other pulling against progress, and the pattern repeats. The clinical team builds a single plan covering both rather than sequencing them and hoping the second resolves on its own.
IOP is the right level when weekly therapy is no longer holding but you do not need round-the-clock supervision. Several signs point that way. Symptoms that had been manageable start interfering with work or parenting. You find yourself cancelling therapy sessions because the week got away from you. Sleep, appetite, or substance use has shifted noticeably. Someone close to you has said something. Those same signs are what the intensive outpatient program in Glendale page walks through as well, since the decision point is the same wherever you’re driving from.
IOP is not the right level for anyone in acute crisis, active withdrawal, or needing 24-hour supervision, and the admissions team will help you reach a higher level of care if that is where you are. The assessment exists precisely to make that call properly rather than placing you in a program that does not match what you need. If you are unsure, calling costs nothing and the conversation is confidential. Residents on the western side of the Valley can also reach us through the mental health IOP for Canoga Park.
Quest runs morning, afternoon, and evening IOP tracks with identical clinical content across all three. What changes is the hour, not the therapy.
Morning suits people who want treatment finished before the workday, and for Encino that means a session that ends with an easy westbound drive against traffic. Afternoon suits parents working around school pickup, and anyone coming down from PHP who wants a step rather than a drop. Evening is built for full-time workers, and it is the track most people pick when they cannot tell an employer they are in treatment.
Length of stay follows clinical progress rather than a set number of weeks. Your therapist reviews where you are and sets that timeline with you.
A week combines clinical groups, individual therapy, and case management across 3 to 5 days. Group work carries most of the clinical weight, rotating through psychoeducation, relapse prevention, co-occurring disorders, and process-oriented sessions so each meeting has its own focus rather than repeating ground.
Individual sessions are one-to-one with a licensed clinician, where the material group raises gets worked through in private. Case management connects treatment to daily life, handling care coordination and the practical steps that keep progress steady. Medication management is available on site when your plan calls for it.
Sessions draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and trauma-informed practice. CBT targets thought patterns behind mood symptoms and gives you concrete tools to interrupt them. DBT teaches distress tolerance and emotional regulation, which matters most when feelings arrive faster than you can manage them. Motivational Interviewing works on ambivalence, meeting you wherever your readiness to change actually sits.
Trauma-informed groups run throughout the program, using evidence-based interventions that help you understand your symptoms and build resilience through a strengths-focused approach rather than requiring you to re-live what happened. Beyond those, the clinical menu covers EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, psychodynamic therapy, and TMS.
Treatment opens with a clinical assessment that confirms IOP is the right level and sets your plan. That session covers symptom history, prior treatment, current medications, and what you need treatment to do.
From there you join your track. The first few sessions run heavier on orientation than clinical depth, which is deliberate, because group work depends on people knowing each other well enough to speak honestly. By the second week most people have found the rhythm. Your therapist checks in during that period to adjust anything not fitting, whether that means switching tracks, changing the individual therapy schedule, or coordinating with an outside prescriber you already see.
Discharge planning starts in week one rather than the final session. The clinical team treats the connections you already have in Encino, Sherman Oaks, and Tarzana as part of the plan: peer support meetings, an outside therapist, a psychiatric prescriber.
Case management handles those connections during treatment rather than at the end. If you already see a psychiatrist in Encino, the team coordinates with them instead of duplicating the prescribing relationship. If you do not have anyone outside clinical hours, case management helps you find someone before discharge, because the transition out is where progress most often slips. Planning for that from week one rather than the final session is the difference between finishing treatment and sustaining what it built. Ask about this at the assessment. Knowing who you already see, and who you want to keep seeing, shapes how the clinical team builds the plan from the first week.
Quest Wellness Center accepts most commercial PPO plans with out-of-network benefits, and we verify your coverage before treatment begins. What you pay depends on your plan, deductible, and coinsurance.
A benefits check takes roughly a quarter of an hour on the phone. Two people in the same track with the same diagnosis can owe very different amounts depending on deductible status and whether an annual out-of-pocket maximum has been met. The form on this page asks for your provider and member ID, and admissions explains what your plan covers with no obligation.
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PHP |
IOP |
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Hours per day |
5 to 6 hours |
3 to 4 hours |
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Days per week |
3 to 5 days |
3 to 5 days |
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Best for |
Near-daily structure without overnight care |
Holding work or school alongside treatment |
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Drive from Encino |
Same 7 miles |
Same 7 miles |
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Scheduling |
Daytime |
Morning, afternoon, or evening |
PHP is the right level when symptoms need near-daily structure but not overnight care. IOP fits when you can manage work or school and need fewer clinical hours. Most people step down from PHP into IOP, then into the outpatient program as they stabilize.
Roughly seven miles east, 15 to 20 minutes outside peak traffic via Ventura Boulevard or the 101. Virtual attendance is available if you would rather not drive.
Yes. The evening track runs for people working during the day, and the clinical content matches the morning and afternoon tracks exactly.
Sessions run 3 to 4 hours a day, 3 to 5 days a week, totalling 9 to 20 clinical hours.
IOP is not a detox program and Quest does not provide detox. If medical detox comes first, the team will help you arrange it with an appropriate provider before you begin here.
Quest Wellness Center accepts most commercial PPO plans with out-of-network benefits, and we verify your coverage before treatment begins. What you pay depends on your plan, deductible, and coinsurance.
Yes. Virtual IOP runs across California and follows the same clinical structure as in-person care.
PHP runs 5 to 6 hours a day for people needing near-daily structure. IOP runs 3 to 4 hours a day for people managing more independence.
Length follows clinical progress rather than a fixed calendar. Your therapist sets the timeline with you and adjusts as you stabilize.
Call (818) 275-9810 or submit the insurance verification form. The admissions team runs your benefits and books an assessment to confirm the level fits.
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate, MA
Medically reviewed by Verta Keshishyan, AMFT (Associate Marriage and Family Therapist), registered with the California Board of Behavioral Sciences and supervised by Ari Labowitz, LMFT. Verta has three years of experience with the Department of Mental Health supporting low-income families and families in crisis.
We specialize in treatments for mental health issues and co-occurring disorders.
We concentrate on mental health treatments and co-occurring conditions.
We provide a personalized approach to care.
We possess many years of relevant experience and a strong track record of success.
Our partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs provide choices for morning, afternoon, or evening sessions.
We offer case management grounded in clinical evidence.
Experience a secure setting that allows you to concentrate on healing and maintaining a healthy way of life.
We provide opportunities to engage with individuals at every phase of recovery.
We accept most commercial PPO plans with out-of-network benefits. Coverage and costs vary by plan, and we verify your benefits before treatment.
We accept most commercial PPO plans with out-of-network benefits. Coverage and costs vary by plan, and we verify your benefits before treatment.
