Stars Behavioral Health Group delivers quality mental health and social services in California with proven results. SBHG helps people overcome tremendous challenges, grow and change. Today we offer a full continuum of community- and facility-based behavioral health and social services programs, as well as special education nonpublic schools and the Stars Training Academy which provides clinical practices trainings throughout the USA and in other countries. Intensive services include day treatment, crisis stabilization, crisis residential treatment, and acute and subacute inpatient treatment. We provide our clinically sound services through contracts with county mental health, child welfare, and juvenile justice departments, as well as with public school districts.
Crisis Centers - With two locations, one in downtown Victorville and another in Yucca Valley in the Morongo Basin, the centers provides urgent mental health services 24/7 to those of all ages in acute psychiatric stress who need immediate access to crisis mental health services.
Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center (BHUCC) - The Behavioral Health Urgent Care Center (BHUCC, pronounced "Buck") is a place where people with mental illness can go to be stabilized. It can be compared to an Urgent Care Center where people often go for a medical emergency instead of going to the hospital ER.
The BHUCC provides:
* Crisis stabilization service * Up to 12 adults and 6 adolescents (estimate about 30 clients a day) * 24/7 Outpatient Program
Acute Inpatient Centers - A 16-bed facility serving Fresno County and the rest of the Central Valley that focuses on acute care, stabilization, community transition, and counseling and aftercare for youth ages 12-17. The Youth PHF coordinates with families, counties, insurers, and community-based organizations for aftercare and maintaining safety for youth.
Services for Individuals, Families & Clients - We offer a variety of services for children, adolescents, families and adults, serving more than 20,000 people each year. The most rewarding part of our work is seeing people overcome tremendous challenges, grow, and change. Our community treatment programs focus on keeping clients with their families. We have been fortunate to be able to utilize parents, relative caregivers, legal guardians, neighbors, and extended families in helping our community treat children and youth.
Fees and Payment
We accept some insurane such as Medi-Cal, we are also a non profit agency, check the ABOUT us page for more information.
Services Offered To: Adults Couples Teens Children
Special Groups: Bilingual
Payment: Sliding Scale
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.
