About Western Youth Services – Mission Viejo
Western Youth Services (WYS)–Mission Viejo provides outpatient mental and behavioral health care for children, adolescents, and families in Mission Viejo, California, including dedicated programming for trauma survivors and persons with co-occurring addiction and mental illness. Their services include crisis intervention, school and community-based programming, medical and mental health assessments, personalized care planning, comprehensive case management, and general outpatient (OP) care.
Western Youth Services (WYS)–Mission Viejo is an outpatient mental health care facility and drug and alcohol rehab for youth and families in Mission Viejo, California. They specialize in crisis intervention, school and community-based services, and general outpatient (OP) care, including dedicated services for children, adolescents, and persons with co-occurring addiction and mental illness. They accept Medicaid and offer low and no cost services and financial aid.
Clients enrolled in outpatient care receive medical and mental health assessments, personalized care planning, and comprehensive case management. They also engage in intensive individual, group, and family counseling drawing on proven modalities, including accept and commitment therapy (ACT), CBT, DBT, and motivational interviewing. The program promotes clients’ sustained recovery through robust, age-specific life skills training for youth and their caregivers. Recovery education may address topics such as coping, self-care, wellness, communication, decision-making, emotional regulation, parenting, trauma resolution, financial and household management, and relapse prevention. EMDR is available for trauma survivors.
Their aftercare services ensure a complete continuum of care aligned with clients’ evolving needs and may include employment and housing assistance, vocational and academic training, and referrals for medical, mental health, and social service programs.