Launch To Wellness

Where Healing Becomes Forward Motion

Launch To Wellness

Outpatient Mental Health & Substance Use Treatment in Woodland Hills, CA

Launch To Wellness is a Joint Commission accredited outpatient center in Woodland Hills, CA, offering PHP, IOP, and OP for adults managing mental health conditions, substance use, and both together. Real structure, built around the life you’re actually living, not a program template.

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Trusted Care

Verified and Accredited Care in Woodland Hills, California

Launch To Wellness holds state licensing and national accreditation for our mental health and substance use programs, including PHP and IOP. Accreditation means we’re reviewed on an ongoing basis against national standards for patient safety and quality of care, not a one-time approval. Credentials shown below.

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The Joint Commission — Gold Seal of Approval

The Gold Seal is the Joint Commission’s highest recognition of quality and patient safety. It signals that Launch To Wellness meets rigorous national standards for behavioral health care, reviewed through on-site survey.

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California DHCS Licensed

Licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services, the state authority governing substance use disorder treatment. Licensure confirms Launch To Wellness operates in full compliance with California program and facility standards.

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SAMHSA Aligned

Launch To Wellness’s care model aligns with SAMHSA — the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration — the federal agency setting evidence-based standards for behavioral health treatment nationwide.

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WBENC Certified

Certified by the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council as a women-owned business — the most widely recognized certification of its kind in the United States.

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SBA 8(a) Certified

Certified through the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 8(a) Business Development program, which supports small businesses owned by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals.

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What We Treat

Care For What You’re Actually Facing

Whatever brought you here, mental health, substance use, or both at once, there’s a real plan for it, not a generic one.

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Mental Health

Depression, anxiety, trauma, and more.

Mental Health

Depression, anxiety, trauma, and more, treated by clinicians who know the difference between a diagnosis and a person.

Substance Use

Alcohol, opioids, and other substance use, treated seriously.

Substance Use

Alcohol, opioids, and other substance use disorders, treated with the same clinical seriousness as any other health condition.

Co-Occurring Disorders

When both show up together, we treat both.

Co-Occurring Disorders

When mental health and substance use show up together, treating only one usually isn’t enough. We treat both.

Eating Disorders

Treated directly, never as an afterthought.

Eating Disorders

Care that addresses eating disorders directly, not as an afterthought to something else.

Care That Sees the Whole Picture

Integrated Mental Health & Substance Use Treatment in Woodland Hills, CA

At Launch To Wellness, we treat mental health and substance use together, because they rarely exist in isolation. Anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction often overlap, so our clinicians build one plan around your full picture. Care is delivered across three levels in Woodland Hills, CA: partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and outpatient support.

You are more than a diagnosis. We look at the whole picture: your relationships, history, and daily routine. From there, we design a plan around your strengths and goals. Families are part of that plan too, with practical tools and honest guidance along the way.

If you are tired, scared, or not sure change is possible, you are in the right place. You don’t need to have everything figured out before you reach out. You only have to start, and you won’t walk through it alone.

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Support for Every Stage of Healing

Treatment Programs Built Around Your Life

Nobody arrives here the same way. Some people need somewhere to be every morning. Some need one hour a week and a person who remembers their name. You might be the one who needs help, or you might be the one trying to find it for someone else. Either way, tell us what your week actually looks like. The shifts. The classes. Whatever you can’t afford to lose. We’ll find the level of care that fits it. When that changes, we change it.

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Weekdays / Full Days

Partial Hospitalization Program

For when getting through the day on your own isn’t working. You’re here mornings through afternoon for therapy, psychiatry, real clinical hours. Then you sleep in your own bed.

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3–5 Days / Week

Intensive Outpatient Program

You don’t have to disappear from your life to get better. Keep the job. Do school pickup. Treatment happens in the hours you have.

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1–3 Groups / Week

Outpatient Program

The intensive part ends. The work doesn’t. This is where you keep what you fought for, with someone still in your corner.

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Evenings / Virtual

Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program

The same clinicians, from your kitchen table. For people who can’t make the drive, and for people who’d rather nobody saw them walk in.

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24/7 / Partner Facilities

Medical & Detox Resources

Some of this can’t be done at home, and trying is dangerous. If you need medical supervision to come off something, we get you into a place we trust.

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Court-Supported Care

Mental Health Diversion Program

If your charges trace back to a mental illness nobody treated, there’s another road. Our certified diversion program handles the treatment and the paperwork, and we speak to the court for you.

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Launch To Wellness clinical leadership team welcoming clients to their Woodland Hills outpatient treatment center A Message From Our Team

Featuring our CEO Larisa Krichevky, Director of Operations Kyna Sternlight, Clinical Director Desiree Golbahar, and Co-Clinical Director Annie Claire-Lowen.

Why Launch To Wellness

Care That Starts With Understanding You

Launch To Wellness is an outpatient behavioral health treatment center in Woodland Hills, California, serving adults across the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles. We provide mental health, substance use disorder, and dual diagnosis care through partial hospitalization (PHP), intensive outpatient (IOP), and outpatient (OP) programs. From your first call, our licensed clinicians take the time to understand your unique experience and personal goals. Most major insurance plans are accepted, and your care continuously adapts as you progress. Recovery is personal. Your treatment should be too.

Our Story and Mission

The Launch Difference

Care Built Around the Whole Person

At Launch To Wellness, care begins with truly knowing the person in front of us. Experienced clinicians provide structured, evidence-based support for mental health and substance use, personal and accountable from your first assessment onward.

Female-Led Clinical Team

Licensed clinicians provide compassionate, evidence-based care for mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders in a supportive environment.

Launch To Wellness lounge and waiting area in Woodland Hills, California

Personalized Treatment Plans

Every person receives care designed around their story, needs, strengths, and goals.

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Life Skills & Case Management

We help you build structure, navigate challenges, and develop tools for life beyond treatment.

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Whole-Person Recovery Community

You’re supported through meaningful connection, wellness practices, and a community built for healing.

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Launch To Wellness lounge and waiting area in Woodland Hills, California
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Our services

Therapies and Clinical Services

Launch To Wellness provides outpatient mental health and substance use treatment in Woodland Hills, California, serving people across the San Fernando Valley and greater Los Angeles. Our licensed clinicians combine individual, group, and family therapy with psychiatry, medication-assisted treatment (MAT), case management, and alumni aftercare. That’s seven connected services under one treatment plan, with most major PPO insurance accepted.

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    In-Network & Out-of-Network

    We Work With Most Major Insurance Providers

    Chances are, your plan is covered. Verify your benefits in minutes — confidentially and with no obligation.

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    Don’t see your provider? We likely still work with them out-of-network — and self-pay options are available if you prefer to keep care private. Let’s check.

    Our Space

    A Space Built Around You

    Our Woodland Hills, California center is built for outpatient care: private space for individual sessions, room for group work, and natural light. You come in for treatment and go home at the end of each day, in a space designed to feel calm and clinical.

    1. Launch To Wellness lobby with an orange sofa, lounge chairs, artwork, interior windows, and warm wood flooring.
      Welcome Area 01 A comfortable central space for arriving, waiting, and transitioning between sessions.
    2. Open group area with a large round table, chairs, lounge seating, and the reception desk beyond.
      Group Space 02 Room for structured group work, conversation, and shared clinical programming.
    3. Wide view across the Launch To Wellness common area with lounge seating, reception, artwork, plants, and treatment-room doors.
      Common Area 03 Open sightlines connect the shared spaces while individual rooms remain clearly defined.
    4. Bright interior corridor lined with private office and session-room doors and large interior windows.
      Private Rooms 04 Dedicated rooms support private conversations and individual clinical sessions.
    5. Launch To Wellness reception desk with the center logo, indoor plants, framed artwork, and the lounge beyond.
      Front Desk 05 A clear point of arrival connects visitors with the team and the rest of the center.
    6. Exterior of the brick office building at 20350 Ventura Boulevard that houses the Launch To Wellness Woodland Hills center.
      Woodland Hills 06 The outpatient center is located in Woodland Hills, California.

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    Welcome Area

    A comfortable central space for arriving, waiting, and transitioning between sessions.

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    Our Approach

    What Sets Our Care Apart

    Every plan at Launch To Wellness moves through the same six commitments, whether you’re starting Partial Hospitalization or stepping down to outpatient care. They aren’t marketing language. They’re how a treatment plan actually gets built.

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    1. Personalized Treatment Planning

      Every plan is built around your mental health, your substance use history, and your goals, wherever you’re starting from.

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    Meet Our Leadership

    The Team Behind the Care

    Our leadership stays closely connected to the care clients receive, guiding clinical quality, day-to-day operations, and the experience of every person who walks through our doors.

    • Portrait of Larisa Krichevsky

      Larisa Krichevsky LMFT

      CEO and Founder

      Larisa oversees the overall vision, leadership, and commitment to high-quality, compassionate care at Launch To Wellness. A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 15 years of experience, she creates a safe, strengths-based environment where clients feel accepted, understood, and capable of meaningful change.

    • Portrait of Kyna Sternlight

      Kyna Sternlight MSW

      Director of Operations

      Kyna oversees the day-to-day operations and systems that help clients receive organized, consistent, and responsive support throughout treatment. Her background in psychology, social work, dual-diagnosis care, and business leadership brings both clinical understanding and steady operational guidance to the client experience.

    • Portrait of Desiree Golbahar

      Desiree Golbahar LMFT

      Clinical Director

      Desiree oversees clinical programming, treatment quality, and the team responsible for supporting clients and their families. With more than 10 years of experience and specialized training in addiction, co-occurring disorders, and OCD, she combines clinical expertise with compassion, authenticity, and an individualized approach to care.

    • Portrait of Annie-Claire Lowen

      Annie-Claire Lowen LMFT

      Co-Clinical Director

      Annie-Claire oversees clinical care and helps ensure treatment responds to the history, needs, and goals of each client. Her training in trauma, attachment, substance use, and evidence-based therapies supports a calm, personalized approach designed to help clients feel safe, grounded, and supported throughout the process.

    Meet the clinicians, case managers, and support professionals who carry this standard of care into every client experience.

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    Our Commitment to Families

    Supporting the People Who Support You.

    Healing rarely happens in isolation. When families understand, communicate, and heal together, recovery becomes stronger and more lasting. We welcome loved ones into the process every step of the way.

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    Family Education

    From confusion to clarity

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    Family Education

    We help families understand mental health, substance use, and recovery, so confusion gives way to clarity and confidence.

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    Family Sessions

    A safe space to rebuild trust

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    Family Sessions

    In guided sessions, families work through challenges together, rebuild trust, and strengthen the bonds that support recovery.

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    Communication

    Listen well, speak clearly, set boundaries

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    Communication

    We teach healthier ways to listen, express needs, and set boundaries. These practical tools ease tension and deepen connection at home.

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    Ongoing Support

    Support that continues after treatment

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    Ongoing Support

    Our commitment does not end at discharge. We offer resources and guidance that help families sustain progress over the long term.

    When a family heals together, recovery lasts longer.

    Outcomes and success stories

    What Forward Motion Sounds Like

    One hundred people took the time to write about what happened here. They name the clinician who sat across from them. They name the week it got hard and the week it stopped being hard. Read them in full on Google, unedited, or start with these.

    5.0 out of 5 across 100 Google reviews

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    5.0 out of 5 on Google

    Launch To Wellness is truly a one of a kind experience. I struggled with alcohol and drug addiction for years, and this was the first program where the clinicians treated me like a person instead of a case file.
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    5.0 out of 5 on Google

    This place is proving life changing for me. The therapists have real experience, and because the groups stay small I was never just a name on a schedule that nobody followed up on.
    Former client review left on Google Intensive outpatient program

    5.0 out of 5 on Google

    My therapist changed the way I talk to myself. Individual sessions gave me somewhere honest to go on the hard weeks, and group work showed me I was not the only one carrying this.
    Former client review left on Google Intensive outpatient program

    5.0 out of 5 on Google

    Art therapy gave me a way in when talking felt impossible. Week by week the things I could not say out loud started showing up on paper, and eventually I could say them too.
    Former client review left on Google Partial hospitalization program

    5.0 out of 5 on Google

    I had been through treatment before and left with nothing that lasted. This time the plan was built around my actual life, my work schedule and my family, so I could keep going after I finished.
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    5.0 out of 5 on Google

    Care did not stop at discharge. The aftercare plan and the people I met here are the reason the progress kept moving once I was back home and nobody was checking my attendance.
    Former client review left on Google Intensive outpatient program

    About these reviews. Reviews are published voluntarily by clients and alumni on Google and are reproduced here with written permission. Individual experiences vary and are not a prediction of any other person’s result.

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    How It Works

    Four Steps, Start to Finish

    No surprises, no runaround. Here’s exactly what happens between your first call and your first day of treatment.

    See the Full Process Call (424) 327-4040

    Where We Serve

    Serving Woodland Hills, California

    Our center is in Woodland Hills, California, with in-person care across the San Fernando Valley and Los Angeles County. Virtual IOP extends that same care anywhere in California, for people who can’t make the drive or would rather do treatment somewhere more private.

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      Woodland Hills, California

      In-person care, our primary location

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      San Fernando Valley

      In-person care

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      Los Angeles County

      In-person care

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      Statewide, California

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    You Don’t Have to Figure This Out Alone

    One call is enough to get real answers, not a sales pitch. Whether you’re ready to schedule a clinical assessment or you just have questions, we’re here.

    Start a Clinical Assessment Call (424) 327-4040

    • Joint Commission National Quality Approval gold seal

      Joint Commission Accreditation, National Gold Seal of Approval, ID 700145

      National Gold Seal of Approval

      ID: #700145 Effective: 10/27/2023 Expires: 10/27/2026
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