Mental Health Treatment in Orange County — IOP, PHP & Outpatient Care
You don't have to keep holding it together.
Somewhere between "I'm fine" and "I need help" is a much longer stretch than anyone tells you about.
Laguna Therapy Center exists for that stretch — for the attorney who's been managing panic attacks between depositions for a year, the parent who hasn't said out loud how bad the last few months have actually been, the retiree who assumed grief would have loosened its grip by now. Real, evidence-based mental health treatment, based in Laguna Beach, serving all of Orange County.
We Meet You Where You Are
Levels of Care Built Around Your Actual Life
We offer three levels of treatment — Partial Hospitalization (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and Outpatient therapy — sized to how much support your life can absorb right now, not a fixed script everyone follows in the same order.
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)
A higher level of support, with structure and clinical care throughout the day.
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Focused treatment with flexibility to keep up with your daily life.
Outpatient Therapy
Ongoing support for long-term progress and lasting change.
What We Treat
Conditions We Treat
More than one in five U.S. adults live with a diagnosable mental illness in any given year — the condition doesn't discriminate by zip code, income, or how put-together someone's life looks from the outside.
Our Clinical Approach
Treatment Methods That Match the Person, Not a Template
Your treatment team selects the approach based on your specific diagnosis and history — not because it's the only tool in the building.
Individual therapy
CBT
DBT
EMDR
Group Therapy
Family Therapy
Beyond The Therapy Room
Laguna Beach Is Part of the Treatment, Not the Backdrop
The clinical work happens in the room. But some of it happens on a hiking trail above the coastline, in an equine-assisted session, in art-based work that gives shape to what's hard to say out loud — all structured, all in service of the clinical plan, never a substitute for it.
Hiking & Nature Therapy
Equine-Assisted Therapy
Art-Based Expression
Meet Our Clinical Director
Clinical Leadership You Can Actually Name
Treatment here is overseen by our Clinical Director, whose background shapes the clinical standard across every program we offer. That perspective carries through how treatment is planned, reviewed, and adjusted over time.
Dr. DeAnna Crosby
Clinical Director
When It's Time for More Support
The Gap Between Struggling and Getting Help
Just over half of U.S. adults with a mental illness received treatment in the past year. If you've been managing something alone longer than you'd like to admit, you're not the exception — you're most people. The harder question isn't why it took this long. It's what happens now that you're here.
What to Expect
Frequently Asked Questions
What levels of care does Laguna Therapy Center offer?
We offer Partial Hospitalization (PHP), Intensive Outpatient (IOP), and Outpatient therapy — matched to your specific clinical needs through an initial assessment.
What conditions do you treat?
We treat depression, anxiety and panic disorders, PTSD and trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD, borderline personality disorder, and grief, among others.
Where is Laguna Therapy Center located?
We're based in Laguna Beach, CA, and serve clients throughout Orange County.
How do I get started?
Reach out through our contact page or by phone — our admissions team will walk you through next steps from your very first conversation.
