Due to the COVID-19 global pandemic, facility hours might change in accordance with Los Angeles County guidelines and Center for disease Control (CDC) Guidelines.
Our Drug testing hours have change in order to reduce the risk of exposure to our staff and patients/Clients.
Our temporary hours for testing are from 08:30 am to 4:45 pm
MELA's counseling programs, For both women and men who lost their children to the court systems because of substance use disorders or domestic violence. Our counselors help compliment their own efforts. Patients learn how they can control their need to use drugs and/or alcohol which includes; teaching self-esteem, life skills, health education, social activities, business skills, parenting, anger management skills.
Parents are usually sent to MELA to help them learn how to best handle their children in most situations. It is not easy to be a parent and each child is unique, therefore they must be cared for differently than their other children. Through this program, parents will learn the best approaches to care for their children.
There are times when anger becomes out of control. Clients will come to MELA to learn how they can learn ways to control their anger. MELA may help provide ways they can learn to maintain control of their anger and give them alternative behaviors.
Programas de consejería de MELA, tanto para mujeres como para hombres que Sufren pro trastornos por consumo de sustancias o violencia doméstica. Nuestros consejeros ayudan a complementar sus propios esfuerzos. Los pacientes aprenden cómo pueden controlar su necesidad de consumir drogas y/o alcohol, lo que incluye; enseñar autoestima, habilidades para la vida, educación para la salud, actividades sociales, crianza, habilidades de manejo de la ira.
