Joint Commission Accredited
Gold Seal of Approval for behavioral health care — the highest national accreditation in the United States.
About Mental Health LA
Care that meets youwhere you are.
We were founded on a quiet conviction: that mental health treatment can be rigorous, evidence-based, and deeply human all at once. This is the practice we wished existed — for our patients, our colleagues, and the people we love.
Our Origin
A practice built around the patient.
Mental Health LA was founded by clinicians who had spent decades inside large hospitals and high-volume clinics. They saw the gap clearly: extraordinary treatment was possible, but rarely delivered with the dignity, privacy, and continuity their patients deserved.
So they built something quieter. A small, beautifully designed home in Los Angeles. A handpicked team of master's and doctoral-level clinicians. Long appointments. A real philosophy of care. And an answer to a single question: “What would treatment look like if we built it for the people we love most?”
That answer is this practice.
2014
Founded in Los Angeles
11 yrs
Of continuous care
Track Record
Numbers we are quietly proud of.
Outcomes data is reviewed quarterly by an independent clinical advisory board and published annually to our families.
01
11+
Years of continuous care
02
1,400
Patients welcomed
03
92%
Completion rate, residential program
04
4.9
Average post-discharge rating
Leadership
Founded and led by working clinicians.
Our founders still see patients every week. It is the only way they know how to lead a clinical team — from inside the work, never above it.
Dr. Eleanor Reyes
Co-Founder · Clinical Director
Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Twenty-two years specializing in trauma-focused care, complex PTSD, and treatment-resistant depression. Former director of an academic mood-disorders program.
Dr. Marcus Hale
Co-Founder · Medical Director
M.D., Board-certified Psychiatrist
Eighteen years in psychopharmacology and integrative psychiatry. Faculty appointment at a Los Angeles teaching hospital. Believes in fewer medications, prescribed better.
Co-Founders
“The work is too important to do at scale.”
The Setting
The room itselfis part of the treatment.
We chose a private home, in a quiet residential neighborhood, on purpose. Healing happens faster when nervous systems feel safe. So we made everything — the light, the textures, the meals, the silence between sessions — intentional.
Tour the homeStandards of Care
Quietly held to the highest standards.
Accreditation is a baseline, not a finish line. We pursue these standards because they protect the people we serve — not because we have to display the seals.
LegitScript Certified
Verified ethical practices in patient acquisition, marketing, and billing across our entire continuum of care.
DHCS Licensed
Licensed by the California Department of Health Care Services for residential and outpatient mental health treatment.
HIPAA Compliant
Annual third-party audits of every system that touches patient data. Privacy is treated as a clinical issue.
APA Member Practice
Affiliated through our medical director with the American Psychiatric Association and California Psychiatric Society.
Evidence-Based Modalities
CBT, DBT, EMDR, ACT, IFS, and CPT delivered by clinicians trained and supervised in each protocol.
A Family's Voice
We had spent years — and a great deal of money — in places that were either cold and clinical or warm and unserious. Mental Health LA was the first place that was both rigorous and humane. They gave our daughter back to us.
The Lautner Family
Parents of a residential graduate
An Invitation
We would be glad tohear from you.
A first call is just a conversation. Confidential, unhurried, and answered by a real clinician — not a call center. There is no obligation, and no judgment for where you are today.
In crisis? Call or text 988 for the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline. You are not alone.