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About Mary K Shell Mental Health Center
The Mary K. Shell Clinic in Bakersfield, California, which is also part of the Kern Behavioral Health and Recovery Services network provides outpatient addiction recovery services for adults. They offer dedicated programs for young adults, seniors, men, women, and persons with co-occurring disorders. Their primary treatment modalities include CBT and DBT based individual, group, and family counseling.
The Mary K. Shell Clinic is an outpatient drug and alcohol rehab for adults in Bakersfield, California. They specialize in dual diagnosis care and outpatient services, with dedicated programs for seniors, young adults, men, women, and persons with co-occurring disorders. Their trauma informed programs are based on CBT, and DBT focused individual, group, and family counseling.
Clients at the Mary K. Shell Clinic receive comprehensive mental health assessments and individualized, evidence based treatment plans to support sustained sobriety through robust mental health care.
The clinic’s outpatient programs encompass multiple levels of care to align with the client’s individual needs and goals. Intensive outpatient programs (IOP) offer more frequent and more time intensive counseling sessions, including morning, evening, night, and weekend meetings, to ensure consistent and substantive support for clients in early recovery or at a heightened relapse risk. Traditional outpatient programs are less time intensive but still provide consistent and frequent care opportunities to support clients as they cultivate their recovery. Addiction education and recovery focused life skills development are also prioritized, including training in stress management, coping, community and family reintegration, and relapse prevention.
A wide variety of dedicated programs are available at the Mary K. Shell Clinic. These include specialized services for adolescents, young adults, and seniors. Gender specific programs for men and women are also available. The clinic is located in a private setting to support clients’ comfort and confidentiality during treatment.
The Mary K. Shell Clinic accepts an array of payment options, including self pay, private insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare. Financial assistance and sliding scale payment plans are available based on need.
Payment Options
Private insurance 
Self-pay options 
Sliding scale payment assistance 
Medicare 
Medicaid
Levels of Care
Outpatient
Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.
Programs
Adolescence program
Adult program
Program for men
Program for women
Young adult program
Elderly program
Hearing impaired program
LGBTQ program
Military program
Settings & Amenities
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Private setting
Treatment
Alcoholism
The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.
Drug Addiction
Drug rehab in California teaches participants constructive ways to stay clean and sober. Treatment revolves around helping individuals stop using the substance they are addicted to and learn healthy habits to avoid relapse.
Dual Diagnosis
Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
Mental Health and Substance Abuse
A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.
Opioid Addiction
Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.
Clinical Services
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.
Group Therapy
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
Individual Therapy
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Trauma Therapy
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.
Couples Therapy
The goal of couples therapy in California is to strengthen the couple's relationship. The therapist may take one or more approaches to counseling which may include the Gottman method, emotionally focused therapy, behavioral therapy, and psychodynamic couple's therapy.
Family Therapy
Family therapy offers a platform for members to have an open dialogue about the challenges that addiction has placed on the family unit. Through guided sessions, therapists can help families develop healthy communication skills and address unresolved issues. By working together toward a common goal, they help to support their loved one's sobriety.
Contact
(661) 868-8080 
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