Our Alternative to Mental Health Facilities in Phoenix

Options for Mental Health in Maricopa and Choosing Catalina

Congratulations! You’ve found our page – the perfect resource if you live in Maricopa County or Phoenix. You are ready to take the first step to receiving customized care to improve mental health conditions.

Many others with alcohol/drug addiction or a mental illness similar to yours have chosen to skip the mental health facilities in Phoenix and come to our treatment facility in Pima County instead.

Catalina Behavioral Health, a Joint Commission mental health treatment center in Tucson, is one of Arizona’s leading places for achieving a more balanced life and better well-being. We offer a full continuum of care to provide support at every step of your mental health journey.

We invite you to continue reading about how our professional staff will create a personalized care plan so you can enjoy positive outcomes.

Preparing for Mental Health Treatment in Phoenix

While we urge anyone who needs help to plan to arrive at our outpatient and residential mental health treatment center as soon as possible, we also know that you may have a few days of tying up loose ends.

Let’s discuss a few ways to support your new commitment to wellness until you arrive. But before we share these mentally healthy resources, we urge you to get professional help without any delay through *988 or 911 if you are considering self-harm, are in a crisis, or need a medically supervised detox.

Attend a SMART Recovery Meeting to Give You Hope

Even if you haven’t started your formal mental health treatment program, you can find informal help at SMART Recovery. You’ll find in-person meetings in the Phoenix metro area in Phoenix, Peoria, Scottsdale, and Mesa plus online options.

SMART Recovery meetings do not require you to have an alcohol or drug addiction to attend. It’s a behavioral health program that can help you reshape any addictive behaviors. That can include gambling, smoking cigarettes, obsessive behaviors, and many more.

It’s a great support network that can help you make it through a week or two until you arrive at Catalina for help. Anyone can visit, no questions asked.

Go to an AA or NA Meeting to See Healing in Real Time

Admittedly, you probably won’t have time to complete the 12 steps before you formally start the recovery process in Tucson. Still, attending Alcoholics Anonymous or Narcotics Anonymous puts you in the company of men and women who understand what it feels like when struggling.

They can serve as a positive influence and cement your determination even more firmly into place.

Countless AA and NA meetings help Phoenix area residents. You can find a full list of Phoenix AA meetings by clicking here and NA meetings here.

You will know with greater certainty that you’ve made the right choice to book your medical detox and recovery at Catalina. You don’t have to participate, it’s perfectly acceptable to listen and ask questions.

Work Toward a Post-Recovery Career

If your mental health concerns have interfered with your career or finances, making a full recovery will give you a chance to breathe and start over again. The Maricopa Community College system is a vital tool for momentum on your career path.

They offer affordable career training opportunities. Plus, unlike many community colleges, they even offer Bachelor’s Degree programs in some of the highest-demand fields.

Create a Vision Board Before You Leave Phoenix for Recovery

Some people are visual learners and need to see it to believe they can achieve it. If you’re a person fitting this description, then create a vision board that focuses on your life goals after treatment. Think about your innermost desires once you can maintain stability.

Get the materials and supplies and schedule a few hours alone to complete this personal art project.

You don’t need to be crafty or make it perfect. It’s more important to visualize a serene, productive future and dream about how you’ll get there. The idea of a vision board helping individuals find the right life path is untested.

Even the National Institutes of Health has hosted past vision board-making events. Have kids? Involve them – this family-friendly project is appropriate for every age.

Catalina Will Get Your Insurance Referral So You Can Start Healing

We help our clients before they arrive from Phoenix, Arizona. The process starts with verifying your insurance benefits. Our admissions team conducts an assessment of your coverage and calls your insurer to advise them of all the details of your treatment plan and obtain pre-authorization and/or approval.

We are in-network with and accept most major carriers, some forms of AHCCCS (AZ Medicaid,) and AIHP (the American Indian Health Program). Our Admissions team will work with you so you can receive therapy without worrying about treatment costs.

What Mental Health Conditions We Can Treat

Our psychiatrists, nurses, and therapists are fully licensed mental health specialists. We count every person among our esteemed clients who need help, not patients. That’s an important distinction in terms of the respect and care we have for all adults who come to us for help.

Our Arizona-based team will develop a comprehensive treatment plan to care for your mental health conditions and related physical issues after an assessment of the severity of your symptoms.

Here are some conditions we can help you cope with and ultimately overcome:

• Anxiety and panic disorders
• Depression (major, seasonal affective, anhedonia, etc)
• Bipolar Disorder
• PTSD
• Complex PTSD and other trauma disorders
• Drug addiction
• Alcohol addiction
• Obsessive-compulsive disorder
• Personality disorders
• Eating disorders

We also recognize that many struggle with two or more co-occurring disorders and don’t take the same one-size-fits-all approach of other facilities. Our holistic approaches treat both conditions to give you the safety you need.

Your therapists will likely use traditional approaches like family therapy, CBT, DBT, and holistic treatment options. Think music therapy, yoga, and similar treatment and therapy options.

Catalina Offers Evidence-based Mental Health and Addiction Treatment

We are more than your therapists; we’re your dedicated partner in mental health treatment. Many from Phoenix and beyond Arizona (California, Nevada, New Mexico) for the healing they need.

Our mental health treatment facility is beautiful and feels like an upscale, welcoming modern home, not like a hospital-based center.

Outpatient or Residential Treatment Center a Short Way from Phoenix

Our mental health treatment center provides a full continuum of care and is less than a two-hour drive from Phoenix, AZ. We offer inpatient treatment for those with the most pervasive symptoms, especially for people who arrive from other parts of Arizona.

For those whose needs can be met with outpatient, we offer IOP and PHP programs. We can provide a referral for those who come to us for outpatient treatment from outside of Tucson, AZ, to an Arizona Recovery Housing Association-certified sober living home during their program.

Safe, Effective Medical Detox and Medication Management

If you are coming to Catalina for addiction treatment, your path to sobriety will start with medical detoxification. As you clear the substances from your body, your brain will start to panic. In many cases, it will send distress signals throughout your body that manifest as withdrawal symptoms.

In a clinical detox setting. you have a team to support you. Should you develop extreme discomfort, we will do an assessment and administer prescription medication to help ease the withdrawal

Some clients will receive FDA-approved prescriptions to help alleviate painful withdrawal symptoms when they step down from certain substances, specifically alcohol and opioids. The clinic’s doctor conducts a thorough assessment of your needs to ensure safety and nurses will ensure you receive the correct doses under the psychiatrist’s supervision.

Trauma-informed Care for PTSD

Trauma-informed care makes long-term recovery possible for clients struggling with the impact of a traumatic event. Our program focuses on desensitizing the traumatic event while helping you master coping tools to use when needed.

Evidence-Based Therapies for Individuals and Families

Your struggle with mental health might impact more than just you. You will have individual therapy to work on your internal struggles and change your behavior. Discovering the root of your mental health conditions and working past them with a therapist is a key part of healing.

However, family members, parents, children, or even your partner have also been there throughout your mental health concerns. Family therapy helps families communicate and rebuild connections that have weakened due to depression, addiction, or anxiety. These are the people you’ll rely on for long-term recovery.

Long-term Recovery Plans for Returning to Phoenix, Arizona After Treatment

Your healing journey is still near its beginning when you return to Phoenix, AZ. You will have worked hard to develop your new skills but you’ll continue to make progress by implementing an aftercare plan.

Aftercare planning, or relapse prevention planning in the case of addiction, is key to helping maintain good mental health for clients leaving treatment facilities.

This plan is a valuable roadmap as you carry on with your journey despite the many distractions you may encounter in Phoenix. Developed in collaboration with your therapy team, you will pinpoint which people and places are safe to visit and which to avoid. You’ll create a list of supportive family and friends to call if you begin to feel an oncoming slip-up.

Finally, you will also find new, wellness-supporting activities to try, continuing the healing journey on your own schedule.

Call Catalina for Effective Mental Health Treatment Services

You are taking a major stride on your mental health journey by gathering the information needed to decide to get treatment and enjoy wellness again.

Creating a new life after mental health is possible but requires hard work and a dedicated treatment team to help you make permanent changes.

You are ready, and we have the facilities and compassionate treatment staff to guide you on the next step of the journey. Let’s begin right now. Call us today.