Vista Del Mar Child and Family Services

Our nationally recognized clinical programs have been awarded a Gold Seal by the Joint Commission, the highest level of accreditation a behavioral health organization can achieve. Our facilities in Santa Monica, West LA, and Hollywood provide a variety of mental health services to children, adults and families. Services include Counseling and Psychotherapy, School-Based Mental Health, Teen Parenting, Trauma-Informed and Evidence-Based Practices, Early Intervention, and Therapeutic and Psychoeducational Groups.

In our Therapeutic Residential Facilities, we house 48 youth at a time ages 12 to 18, serving more than 100 each year. Most are here because they suffered complex trauma from abuse, neglect, domestic violence or sexual exploitation, which caused severe emotional, cognitive, and behavioral problems. Vista is often their last resort—by the time they are referred here for treatment, many have been on the streets or cycling through foster homes, shelters, and jails. They are in dire need of help, and we are committed to giving them the best care possible.

The Adoptions Services Program at Vista is one of the largest state licensed programs in California. Our program is open to all. Whether single, married, partnered, or LGBTQ, we assist and support our clients in building their families through adoption. We offer home studies, adoption education, as well as connections with birth parents, adoption attorneys, and adoption facilitators.

Our Foster Care and Foster-to-Adopt program serves some of our most vulnerable youth. By training and preparing foster parents who are willing to open their homes to these children when they are at their most vulnerable, we hope to increase our positive impact in the community. And ultimately, when it clear that a child will not be reunifying with their biological family, we help them through the sensitive transition to a forever family.