About Las Encinas Hospital – Pasadena
Las Encinas Behavioral Hospital is a chemical dependency rehabilitation hospital in Pasadena, California. They provide dual diagnosis inpatient, intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization care services. They help adults and have specialized programs for people ages 55 and up and college students. They accept insurance and offer payment plans.
You can expect to be assigned a case manager or therapist. You don’t have to worry about getting bored throughout your stay, as your schedule will be full of personal development and consciousness expanding opportunities. It’s great that they involve family members once a week in the therapy sessions too. You may have aftercare options once you are discharged from residential care to day treatment.
Some people said this facility was focused a bit too much on the business side of addiction treatment, adding that it seemed staff members were merely going through the motions on some days. Some people said the outpatient was pretty good, while one woman said she was able to go from inpatient to outpatient and have a sobering experience that, while uncomfortable, ultimately served her best interests in the long run.