PCH Treatment Center

11/19/2025

President Donald Trump is facing searing criticism on social media after referring to a White House correspondent as “piggy.”

11/19/2025

Two murderers

The de facto ruler of Saudi Arabia was branded a pariah in 2018 after the killing of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi. Now, U.S.-Saudi relations are approaching a high point.

11/18/2025

Don Dementia doing an unscripted press conference w the murderer of Jamal Khashoggi

11/18/2025

🌧️💙 Thank You for Showing Up—Rain and All!

A huge thank you to everyone who came out to our PCH commUNITY Market, even in the rain! Your presence, energy, and support turned a stormy evening into a warm, vibrant celebration of connection and community.

We are especially grateful to our incredible vendors who showed up with heart and resilience. Your dedication and artistry are at the core of our Social Justice Initiative, and we’re honored to uplift and partner with you.

Special thank you to DJ Thomas, PCH’s Associate Admissions Director, who kept the evening going with his incredible tunes. 🎶 Your energy helped make the commUNITY Market unforgettable!

Deep gratitude to Honey Bianchi, LCSW and Client Program Director, for your hard work, leadership, and unwavering dedication to our Social Justice Committee. Your commitment was essential in organizing and bringing the commUNITY Market to life. 💙

Despite the weather, our campus was filled with music, culture, creativity, and joy—and that’s because of YOU.
Together, we continue building a community rooted in equity, empowerment, and unity.

Thank you for making the commUNITY Market a beautiful success! 💛🌿

11/17/2025

Adults with serious mental health challenges often experience the world through a sensory lens that is very different from neurotypical adults. Difficulties with sensory processing can impact emotion regulation, daily functioning, interpersonal relationships, and engagement in treatment.

In this in-house CE presentation, PCH occupational therapist Olivia Levy, OTR/L provide an overview of sensory processing in adulthood, explore how sensory modulation difficulties show up in serious mental illness, and introduce practical, trauma-informed strategies that clinicians can incorporate into their work. The session will integrate case examples from the PCH setting and offer concrete tools that providers can use immediately to support regulation, participation, and safety.

11/12/2025

🌍 Rain or Shine PCH Social Justice Initiative Presents: CommUNITY Market

📍 PCH West Los Angeles
📅 Friday, November 14th | 4:30–7:30 PM

Join us for an evening celebrating connection, creativity, and collective action! ✨

At PCH, our Social Justice Initiative is built on three pillars that bring our values to life:

💛 Service
True social justice manifests through action. Our community service programs engage clients and staff in meaningful work, emphasizing impact over intention and contribution over conversation.

🧠 Education
Understanding begins with learning. Through team dialogues and educational forums, we explore complex social issues and deepen our collective awareness. (Find the link to our weekly Zoom meeting in bio.)

🎨 Art
Art is transformation in motion. We celebrate creative expression as a vehicle for change—inviting our community to voice their experiences, challenge perspectives, and build empathy through artistic storytelling.

Come connect, create, and collaborate with local partners, makers, and advocates at the CommUNITY Market. Together, we move from awareness to action. 💫

11/11/2025

Honoring all who have served.

Your courage and sacrifice inspire us every day. 💙

11/07/2025

🎃PCH had a spooktacular Halloween as our Pasadena and West Los Angeles Campuses came together for a festive celebration, bake sale and bake off in support of our Social Justice Committee.

The event was filled with creativity, community spirit, and plenty of sweet treats! 🍪🧁

A special congratulations to Dee Lowe, Director of Admissions, who took home first place in our Bake-Off Competition.

Proceeds will be donated to our social justice committee and used for hygiene packages for our unhoused community.

Thank you to everyone who participated and helped make this year’s Halloween celebration such a frightfully fun success! 👻🎉

10/20/2025

🌍 PCH Social Justice Initiative Presents: CommUNITY Market

📍 PCH West Los Angeles
📅 Friday, November 14th | 4:30–7:30 PM

Join us for an evening celebrating connection, creativity, and collective action! ✨

At PCH, our Social Justice Initiative is built on three pillars that bring our values to life:

💛 Service
True social justice manifests through action. Our community service programs engage clients and staff in meaningful work, emphasizing impact over intention and contribution over conversation.

🧠 Education
Understanding begins with learning. Through team dialogues and educational forums, we explore complex social issues and deepen our collective awareness. (Find the link to our weekly Zoom meeting in bio.)

🎨 Art
Art is transformation in motion. We celebrate creative expression as a vehicle for change—inviting our community to voice their experiences, challenge perspectives, and build empathy through artistic storytelling.

Come connect, create, and collaborate with local partners, makers, and advocates at the CommUNITY Market. Together, we move from awareness to action. 💫

10/13/2025

YATA Conference Recap 🌟
From October 7–10, the Young Adult Transition Association (YATA) Conference in San Diego brought together leaders and innovators in the field of young adult mental health and transitional care.

PCH Treatment Center was proud to co-host a Mix & Mingle event with our colleagues from Galen Hope, Ellenhorn, and Koplin Consulting, fostering meaningful connection and collaboration within our community.

A highlight of the conference was Jeff Ball, PhD’s powerful presentation,
“Beyond the Clinical Gaze: Reclaiming Relationship and Context in Mental Health Care,” which invited us to re-examine the medical model and re-center the human relationships at the heart of healing.

09/26/2025

📣 Exciting Announcement! 📣

Join us at the YATA Conference for a thought-provoking session with Jeff Ball, PhD:

🗓 October 9th
⏰ 11:15 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 YATA Conference

Rethinking Mental Health
This talk challenges the dominance of the medical model in psychiatry and psychology, exploring how it reduces human suffering to diagnoses and brain chemistry. Dr. Ball will examine the enduring influence of the “clinical gaze” and the medical–pharmaceutical alliance, while making a powerful case for relational, contextual, and meaning-centered approaches to care.

Don’t miss this opportunity to be part of a conversation about shifting the paradigm of mental health treatment.

09/12/2025

Wishing our Chief Clinical Officer, Dr Adriana Westby Trent, PhD a very Happy Birthday!

Adriana Westby-Trent, PhD is a licensed clinical psychologist who has accompanied others on their healing journey for over 25 years. Fifteen of those years were in a non-profit setting with individuals and families from marginalized communities. She joined the PCH family in March of 2014: First as a Program Director in the OCD and Anxiety Clinic and then as the Executive Clinical Director in May 2016.
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Adriana has extensive experience working with children, adolescents, adults, families, and communities who have been impacted by trauma. She is trained in several trauma-responsive approaches as well as other treatment approaches for working with the myriad of physical, mental, and emotional issues we experience as humans.
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Adriana earned her B.A. in Clinical Psychology from the University of California, Los Angeles; her M.A. in Clinical Psychology (Summa Cum Laude) from California State University, Northridge; and her Ph.D. (Summa Cum Laude) in Clinical Child Psychology from the Reiss Davis Graduate School.