Clearview Treatment Programs

Depth Elements

Venice, CA, United States

psychiatric

About

Clearview Treatment Programs, founded in 2000 and located in Venice Beach, Los Angeles, has established itself as one of the premier residential programs on the West Coast for the treatment of borderline personality disorder and related conditions. The Women's Mental Health Program, launched in 2008, combines comprehensive dialectical behavior therapy with mentalization-based treatment and somatic experiencing — an integration that bridges behavioral and psychodynamic clinical traditions. Dr. Charles Swenson, a nationally recognized figure in DBT who has developed inpatient, outpatient, and day treatment programs for BPD since 1987, provides ongoing consultation to the clinical team. The program's inclusion of mentalization-based interventions reflects an engagement with psychoanalytic theory — specifically the attachment-theoretical and object-relational framework developed by Fonagy and Bateman — that distinguishes it from purely behavioral approaches to personality disorder treatment. Clearview's residential setting, situated one mile from the beach in tranquil Venice homes, maintains a therapeutic environment emphasizing community integration and real-world skill application.

Depth Orientation

Clearview's integration of mentalization-based treatment (MBT) — a psychodynamic intervention developed by Peter Fonagy and Anthony Bateman from attachment theory and psychoanalytic object relations — as a core modality alongside DBT positions the program within a depth-informed clinical framework. The addition of somatic experiencing therapy addresses the embodied dimensions of psychological trauma through body-based processing of unconscious material. Together, these modalities reflect a treatment philosophy that engages with underlying relational and affective structures rather than exclusively targeting surface-level symptom management.

Treatment Modalities

Dialectical Behavior TherapyMentalization-Based TreatmentEMDRSomatic ExperiencingCognitive Behavioral TherapyAcceptance and Commitment TherapyFamily TherapyArt TherapyYoga Therapy

Program Details

Length of Stay Variable; typically several weeks to months depending on clinical need

Cost In-network with Anthem Blue Cross and Kaiser; negotiated rates with First Health and Multiplan PPO. Out-of-network benefits accepted. Sliding scale available.

Insurance Accepted

Populations Women (cisgender and transgender), LGBTQIA2+ individuals, Adults 18+, Borderline personality disorder, Co-occurring disorders

Best for

Borderline personality disorder
Co-occurring personality and mood disorders
Women with treatment-resistant BPD
Depression and bipolar disorder with personality pathology
Substance abuse with personality disorder

Notable Clinicians

Charles Swenson, MD — Consulting psychiatrist; nationally recognized DBT and BPD expert; program developer since 1987

Contact

Website +1-323-402-1622