Co-occurring disorders treatment at Sol Women's Treatment helps women care for mental health and substance use together, here in Riverside, CA. Our women-only outpatient programs bring trauma-informed care alongside EMDR, CBT, and DBT, so you can move at a pace that feels safe and step down as you steady.
Understanding Co-Occurring Disorders in Women
Co-occurring disorders, also called dual diagnosis, means living with a mental health condition and a substance use disorder at once. Many women carry both, and each can make the other harder to manage. At Sol, your team works on both together in a women-only outpatient setting, so therapy, skills, and medication when appropriate pull the same direction.
You will not be asked to choose which one to treat first.
For a lot of the women who come to us, the two have been tangled together for years. Anxiety that never quite settles, and a drink that takes the edge off. A trauma history that surfaces at night, and something to help with sleep. None of that makes you difficult to treat. It makes you someone whose care needs to hold more than one thing at a time.
Not sure where to start?
Call us at (951) 972-5085 and a woman from our admissions team will help you take the first step.
Symptoms feed each other. Anxiety, depression, trauma responses, and substance use often move in a cycle, which makes any one of them harder to work on alone.
Both sides need attention. Working on only one side can leave the triggers behind it untouched.
Care that lines up is easier to follow. When therapy, skills practice, and medication when appropriate are pointed at the same goals, the plan holds together.
A women-only space changes how it feels. Many women find it easier to speak openly, and to keep showing up, when the room is all women.
Why Women Are at Higher Risk for Dual Diagnosis
Women’s experiences with co-occurring disorders are shaped by biology, trauma, and social pressures.
Trauma Histories
Experiences of abuse or assault can sit underneath PTSD, depression, and substance use.
Biology and Hormones
Hormonal shifts across the cycle, pregnancy, and menopause can make mood and anxiety symptoms feel louder.
Caregiving Pressures
Holding work, school, or parenting together raises stress, and self-medicating can start there.
Maternal Mental Health
Postpartum depression and anxiety deserve care that is specific to them, and gentle.
Stigma and Judgment
Worry about judgment, or about custody, keeps many women from asking for help sooner than they would like.
Signs of a Co-Occurring Disorder
There is no single picture, and you do not need to be certain before you reach out. These are some of the patterns women describe to us:
Mood that moves with use. Feeling steadier for a short while after drinking or using, and lower than before once it wears off.
Using to manage symptoms. Reaching for something to quiet anxiety, get to sleep, lift a low mood, or dull a memory.
Needing more for the same relief. The amount that used to help no longer does
Pulling away. Less contact with people who know you well, and more time spent alone or explaining.
Slipping commitments. Work, school, or family responsibilities getting harder to hold, even when you want to.
Feeling like you are managing two problems at once, and getting nowhere with either.
If your safety feels at risk, or you are having thoughts of harming yourself, please reach out now. Call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, or call us and we will help you find the right support.
Common Co-Occurring Disorders in Women
Women may experience many different combinations of mental health and substance use challenges. Here are some of the most frequent pairings we treat at Sol Women’s Treatment:
Depression with alcohol use. Alcohol can quiet sadness for a short while, and often leaves both mood and sleep worse afterward.
Anxiety with benzodiazepine use. As the body adjusts, anxiety can feel sharper between doses, which makes the pattern hard to break alone.
PTSD with opioid use. Using pain medication or heroin to dull trauma symptoms can deepen avoidance and make emotions harder to ride out.
Bipolar disorder with stimulant use. Cocaine or meth can unsettle mood cycles and make crashes and agitation more likely.
Borderline personality disorder with multiple substances. Intense feelings and impulsivity can pull several substances into the same pattern.
Postpartum depression with alcohol or prescription drugs. New mothers need support that holds both, gently and without judgment.
OCD with alcohol use. Drinking to quiet intrusive thoughts tends to make compulsions and low mood harder over time.
ADHD with stimulant misuse. Taking stimulants that were not prescribed can add anxiety, sleep trouble, and rebound symptoms.
Why Treating Both Together Matters
Caring for mental health and substance use in one plan means the pieces stop working against each other. Your therapists share goals, so what you practice in skills group connects to what you work on in individual sessions, and medication when appropriate supports both. As you steady, care can step down from PHP to IOP to OP at a pace that fits you.
“We address mental health and substance use together rather than treating them as separate concerns. In a women only setting, care is structured around creating a space where women can participate in treatment at a pace that feels safe, supported, and relevant to their individual needs.”
Tania Acevedo, MA, LPCC
Founder & Chief Clinical Officer · Sol Women’s Treatment
Our Approach to Co-Occurring Disorder Treatment
Evidence-Based Therapies
How EMDR fits in
“EMDR is incorporated alongside evidence based approaches such as CBT and DBT as a woman progresses through PHP, IOP, and OP. The clinical team coordinates these modalities based on her current needs, readiness, and level of care, allowing trauma focused work to complement the skills and coping strategies developed throughout treatment.”
Fabiola Pacheco, MSW, LCSW
EMDR Therapist · Sol Women’s Treatment
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
A practical look at the thoughts and habits that feed cravings, anxiety, and low mood, and how to shift them.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Skills for riding out distress, staying present, and steadying relationships.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Trauma-focused work that helps take some of the charge out of difficult memories and the things that trigger them.
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
Our psychiatric team can review whether medication has a place in your plan.
Somatic and Mindfulness Work
Gentle practices that help the nervous system settle.
Motivational Interviewing and Group Therapy
Space to find your own reasons for change, alongside women who understand.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Reframing harmful thoughts that fuel both mental health struggles and substance use.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Building emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and healthier relationships.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
A proven method for processing trauma and reducing PTSD symptoms.
Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT)
When appropriate, psychiatric medication management supports stabilization.
Holistic Healing
Yoga, breathwork, and mindfulness. Gentle practices to calm the body, ease reactivity, and support sleep.
Nutrition and wellness. Support from a registered dietitian to rebuild energy and routine.
Movement and fitness. Coaching that meets you where your body is today.
Art and creative therapies. A safe way to say what words do not reach yet.
Whole-person focus. Mind, body, and feelings cared for together, not in separate boxes. Meet the team behind this care on our Our Team page.
Women-only housing with a 24/7 female house manager and a sober community.
Extra steadiness while you attend PHP, IOP, or OP.
Care usually moves from PHP to IOP to OP as you steady, and family therapy and alumni support run alongside it. Our partner's supportive housing can sit next to any level.
If there’s a setback
“When a patient experiences a clinical setback or recurrence of symptoms, the multidisciplinary team objectively reassesses her clinical needs to adjust her level of care upward or modify her current treatment plan. This transition is as a routine, clinical decision support mechanism rather than a punitive measure, ensuring the patient remains actively engaged in the therapeutic alliance. By continuing to provide support without judgment and adjusting care as needed, the team helps maintain trust, dignity, and continuity throughout treatment.”
Alejandro Alva, MD
Medical Director · Sol Women’s Treatment
What Dual Diagnosis Treatment Looks Like for Women at Sol
1
Talk with admissions
Tell us what is going on. We will listen, answer questions, and walk through what comes next, in a confidential call with a woman on our team.
2
Verify your insurance
We review your benefits and come back to you, usually within one business day.
3
Complete a comprehensive assessment
Your team learns your history, your goals, and what you need to feel safe, so your plan fits from day one.
4
Start your personalized plan
Most women begin in PHP or IOP, with partner supportive housing available if extra structure would help.
5
Begin integrated therapy
EMDR, CBT, DBT, and somatic and mindfulness work sit together in one plan, alongside group support.
6
Add medication support, when appropriate
A psychiatric evaluation can tell you whether medication belongs in your plan.
7
Bring in your people
Family sessions can help with boundaries, communication, and what home feels like.
8
Step down and stay connected
As you steady, care moves to OP, and alumni support keeps the community close.
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My Love, gratitude, growth, and connection cannot be described by words. This healing space brought me on my journey to safety and knowing that I was the miracle that I was always searching for. Sol’s supportive teachers were incredible people that guided me to trust myself. These wonderful & gracious people truly helped me everyday! The friends that I have made through this program will forever be apart of me . I am so grateful for my SOL family! I honestly feel that after graduating from this program that I have life tools greater than most professionals in the field. Sol enabled me to be a free spirit and express myself fully! I was able to share my own gifts and carry on the knowledge attained by this precious place. SOL means Sunshine, the light in the darkness . SOL also means to me my Soul Sisters, soul tribe. No coincidence, I was also born in Seoul. Sometimes, you experience challenges & hardships in early life to end up in the place where you were meant to be. This was my healing space and my healing grace. Thank you everyone at Sol for supporting me & showing me the strength that I always had but just needed to find. Thank you Maatisak, Jenni, Whitnee, Fabiola, Johna, Tania, Milton, Miranda and Steven! There is a good reason why people come from all over the country to be here. Thank you SOL for the guided transformation . I am honored to be apart of your lives. My soul is peaceful. “When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.” ❤️
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Corrie Dinsley
148 days ago
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Sol helped me through one of the hardest chapters in my life and helped me reintegrate into my daily life, but also make the changes I needed to grow. I’m so thankful for the staff and the support they’ve shown me. The community I got from connecting with other women of all ages really inspired me as well. If you’re looking for support, feel lost and don’t know where to turn, and want a team who truly cares for you (or your female loved one) give them a call. I’ll always treasure my time here.
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Marina gonzales
198 days ago
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I just want to say I love this place and was so grateful to have gone here the Team here are truly the best and really helped me with my mental Health!! I also love that it was all women based that was truly the best and I would always looked forward to going and and attending if your considering of finding a place That will help you with your mental health I would consider Sol they really do care. The owners of this place are super sweet d
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Marisol
198 days ago
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I will forever be grateful to Sol Women’s Treatment for changing my life in ways I never thought were possible. Walking through those doors was one of the hardest decisions I’ve ever made, but it turned out to be the most life-changing and beautiful one.
The therapists there are truly incredible, they are truly ANGELS on earth. They are compassionate, patient, and deeply dedicated. They created a safe space where I felt seen, heard, and understood during a time when I needed it the most. Their guidance helped me find strength within myself that I didn’t even know I had.
One of the most special parts of my journey was the connection I built with the women in group therapy. What started as shared vulnerability turned into genuine friendships. We supported each other, lifted each other up, and created bonds that I will carry with me forever.
This place didn’t just help me heal, it helped me rediscover who I am and gave me hope again. Sol Women’s Treatment truly saved my life, and for that, I am endlessly thankful.
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Briana Gonzalez
261 days ago
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This program really helped me when I was at my lowest. My depression was deep and with all my past therapist were not working for me I was losing hope that I would never change. With Sol I feel like a whole new person, I never thought I could achieve this amount of happiness. The staff are amazing people, so easy to talk to and have amazing attitudes! Thank you Sol for everything!!
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K B
300 days ago
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I cannot express enough how transformative my experience at Sol Women’s Treatment has been. From the moment I walked through the doors, I was met with warmth and compassion. The staff truly understands the unique challenges women face and provides a safe, supportive environment that fosters healing and growth.
The program is well-structured and tailored to address individual needs. The therapists and counselors are not only knowledgeable but also genuinely invested in each client's recovery journey. Their holistic approach, combining therapy, wellness activities, and life skills training, has empowered me to reclaim my life and build a brighter future.
The sense of community among the women in the program is incredible. I formed lifelong friendships and found a supportive network that is invaluable in recovery. Sol Women’s Treatment also offers a variety of activities that promote self-discovery and personal development.
I am forever grateful for the guidance, encouragement, and love I received during my time at Sol. If you or a loved one is seeking help, I wholeheartedly recommend Sol Women’s Treatment. It has truly changed my life for the better!
Thank you, Sol, for everything! 💖
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Adreena Villegas
309 days ago
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This place is so amazing they truly helped me overcome my struggles. This group has been life-changing for me. The holistic therapy approach creates such a safe, healing environment. I’ve grown so much mentally and emotionally thanks to the support of the facilitators and the women here. I can’t say enough good things about this group. The therapists genuinely care, the energy is welcoming, and the holistic tools we learn actually help in everyday life. I’ve never felt more supported :)
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Karina Gonzalez
311 days ago
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I lived at the grateful steps homes for about 5 months. This home was one of the best decisions I made all year. The house managers are the most amazing people who truly care about your recovery. I was a client at Sol women treatment where I got the best treatment for my conditions. They helped me get back into the real world after suffering from major disorders. I live all the way in Texas and I still would only choose this place to do my recovery.
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victoria campos
323 days ago
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I had such a positive experience at this SOL women’s mental health center. From the moment you walk in, the environment feels warm, comforting, and genuinely welcoming. You can tell they put real thought into creating a space where women feel safe and supported.
The staff is kind, patient, and attentive. Everyone I interacted with made me feel heard and understood. The therapist is knowledgeable and compassionate, and the owners care deeply about the community they’re building. You can feel their dedication in the way the center is run and the support they offer. I recommend SOL Mental Wellness to any woman looking for good support to work on their mental health!
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Katie
324 days ago
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I was a patient at Sol and was slightly apprehensive at first. I did not want to take time from my busy life to sit in groups and learn "coping skills". I really thought it would be a waste of my time.
I am sooooo grateful I went and stayed for the duration of my treatment. Every person involved in the magic there was a piece of my journey in healing. They each allowed me to be myself and encouraged me to. Shine bright. I was respected and honored by each of them. They supported my family goals and even tailored therapy for that. They helped me with my career goals and provided resources to reach those goals. The psychiatrist listened to my concerns about meds and helped me dial in my regimen. Johnna, the therapist is very professional, calming supportive and caring. Jenni, the case manager is one of the kindest women I've encountered. She is warm, insightful, and resourceful. Whitney, Milton, EVERYONE is an ingredient to the recipe of Magic. I'm so grateful I was "sentenced" to go there by my husband, it was the greatest gift he could ever give me. Thank you SOL staff for being a huge part of my journey. ☀️I SHINE BRIGHT AGAIN! ☀️
Why Women Choose Sol Women’s Treatment in Riverside
Integrated Care
A space built for women healing from trauma, mental health, and substance use, together.
Small Groups
Groups usually run around six to eight women, so there is room for you in the room.
Expert Clinicians
Led by our Founder and Chief Clinical Officer, Tania Acevedo, MA, LPCC, with a multidisciplinary team.
Continuum of Care
PHP, IOP, and OP, plus our partner's women-only supportive housing with a 24/7 female house manager.
Local Access
We serve Riverside and the Inland Empire, and women travel to us from Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego.
Inside our groups
“Small groups create more space for meaningful conversation and individual attention. With fewer people in the room, women have more opportunities to share their experiences, ask questions, and participate in a setting where their voices can be heard.”
Jenni Hall, RAC
Program Manager · Sol Women’s Treatment
Admissions & Insurance
Getting started is simple.
Call our admissions team for a free consultation.
Verify your insurance (most major providers accepted).
We work with a range of commercial insurance carriers, and coverage varies from policy to policy. The quickest way to know where you stand is to let us check for you.
Carriers we work with include Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Carelon, CareFirst, Cigna, UC SHIP, and UnitedHealthcare.
If you have an HMO plan, we can sometimes arrange care through a single case agreement. It is worth asking.
Sol does not accept Medi-Cal, Medicaid, or Medicare.
We serve Riverside and the wider Inland Empire, and women come to us from Orange County, Los Angeles, and San Diego. Care here is outpatient, so you can begin close to home, in a women-only setting, and keep the parts of your life that are working. See all the areas we serve on our Locations We Serve page.
It means living with a mental health condition and a substance use disorder at the same time, which you may also hear called dual diagnosis. Care at Sol brings therapy, skills, and medication when appropriate into one plan, so both are looked after together.
You do not have to choose which one to treat first.
Women-only, trauma-informed outpatient care in Riverside. Reach out whenever you are ready, and we will take it from there.
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