Behavioral Health
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UCLA Health is a safe and supportive environment for transgender and gender diverse patients. Call 310-267-4334 to make an appointment.
UCLA’s Gender Health Program offers various behavioral health services for children, adolescents, and adults.
These services may include:
Assessment/Diagnosis: Assessment, and as indicated, diagnosis of behavioral health concerns and gender dysphoria. Assistance with referrals to mental health providers, such as therapists and psychiatrists, as appropriate.
Therapy: Therapy sessions for gender identity exploration and support through social, medical, and/or surgical transition. Assistance with addressing behavioral health concerns such as anxiety, depression, and social difficulties.
Medication Management: Management of psychiatric medications.
Documentation: Assistance with obtaining documentation of medical and surgical readiness.
Care Coordination: At the UCLA Gender Health Program, we understand the unique challenges that gender-diverse patients face when searching for health care. Providing personalized care often involves collaboration between specialty physicians. Our dedicated Care Coordination Team provides our gender-diverse patients with assistance navigating the UCLA Health system, specifically including:
- Providing information about UCLA’s Gender Health Program.
- Conducting a phone intake to understand each person’s health care needs and goals.
- Ensuring patients are established with a primary care provider.
- Coordinating referrals for gender-affirming surgeries.
- Identifying appropriate providers and coordinating referrals for other services.
- Coordinating insurance and benefits coverage.
- Advocacy within UCLA Health in all aspects of care.
- Providing linkages to UCLA and community-based resources.
Behavioral Health Clinical Services
Patients established with a GHP primary care provider (PCP) or endocrinologist may be able to see a GHP psychologist for short-term psychotherapy or a GHP psychiatrist for medication management. These providers can also provide diagnostic assessments, consultations, and statements of support for GHP-established patients.
Med-Peds Psychology Resident Clinic
In line with the educational mission of UCLA Health and the David Geffen School of Medicine, MPPRC is a virtual setting in which clinical services (e.g., assessment, surgery letter evaluations, psychotherapy) are conducted by a treatment team consisting of supervised, doctoral-level (Ph.D. or Psy.D) Psychology Residents and a faculty/staff supervisor.
The MPPRC team is committed to providing gender-affirming and evidence-based approaches to help you set and meet your mental health goals to align within its short-term model (10-15 sessions for psychotherapy). Faculty and Staff Supervisors are licensed clinical psychologists who meet weekly with Psychology Residents to further guide their progress in helping MPPRC patients meet their treatment goals. Supervisors possess expertise in delivering gender-affirming care to individuals across the lifespan. They also have extensive experience training mental health professionals in gender-affirming care.
UCLA EMPWR (empower") Program
The EMPWR (“empower”) Program is an initiative of the UCLA Division of Population Behavioral Health designed to promote well-being and resilience in LGBTQ+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning) children, teenagers, and adults. EMPWR provides a safe, affirming environment for LGBTQ+ clients with mental health concerns related to stressful and/ or traumatic experiences.
This program links families to an expert team of attending psychiatrists and psychologists as well as supervised advanced psychology and psychiatry trainees who deliver comprehensive mental health care.
Services Provided: Individual therapy, Group Therapy (Teen and Parent/Caregiver Resilience Groups, Family Therapy, and Psychiatric Evaluation and Medication Evaluation.
Contact Information: 310-825-7573 | [email protected]
