San Mateo County
The Crestwood Ponderosa Healing House is part of the San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services’ redesigned Cordilleras Health and Healing Campus. This campus consists of four independently operated, 16-bed MHRCs, each with a focus on providing specialized services to meet the different needs of individuals from San Mateo County with mental health issues. The Crestwood Ponderosa Healing House focuses on serving individuals who are medically complex with challenges such as hard to control diabetes, mobility issues and other conditions that require more nursing supports than a typical MHRC.
The Crestwood Ponderosa Healing House offers innovative trauma-informed recovery programs that are based on Crestwood’s commitment to providing a continuum of care that puts the people we serve, with significant mental health issues, on the road to recovery.
We welcome the people we serve into our homelike, therapeutic environment, where they participate in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), a self-help recovery treatment system designed to decrease symptoms, increase personal responsibility and improve quality of life. Our program also provides a versatile array of groups for persons served to join in during their recovery and encourages active involvement in treatment planning from the moment of their admission.
Special Features
24-hour nursing supervision and care.
24-hour psychiatric and mental health consultation.
Staff trained in treatment of significant and long-term mental health issues.
Integrated treatment planning process.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) – individual and team approach.
Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP).
Certified Peer Providers.
Dreamcatchers Empowerment Network vocational services as needed.
Psycho-educational groups, individual counseling and support.
Independent living skills training.
Dual-recovery training and support.
Motivational strategies to engage and continue engagement for this population.
Care and education for medical complexities not requiring skilled nursing.
Linkage to community support & resources.
Individualized recovery plans to achieve personal goals.
A therapeutic, homelike, trauma-informed environment.
Wellness and fitness support.
Zumba.
Heart-Healthy Diet.
Nutritional education, counseling and support.
Yoga, meditation and support for a spirituality path.
Medication groups.
Family support.
Discharge and transition planning to create and support movement as soon as possible
Individual counseling.
Accreditation
Crestwood Behavioral Health Inc. is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF), which provides international standards for rehabilitation organizations to follow that promotes the quality, value and optimal outcomes of services. Crestwood believes this accreditation demonstrates our unwavering commitment to achieving and maintaining the highest level of care and rehabilitation.
Ponderosa Healing House
At the Crestwood Ponderosa Healing House, we provide individuals with access to a wide range of wellness tools and staff support to assist them in recovering with an enhanced sense of resilience. Our mission is to restore hope, empowerment, community, and psychiatric stabilization in each person served seeking help while on their recovery journey.
Community reintegration strategies and dual recovery are key tenets of our MHRC program. Our reintegration practices are designed for persons served who need help developing some of the basic life skills necessary to thrive when they return to their communities. We accomplish successful reintegration through various modalities including classes, therapy, community service, and peer mentorship. We also provide persons served with an opportunity to participate in our Dreamcatchers Empowerment Network (DEN). DEN provides individuals with pre-employment training to gain professional development skills that support sustainable employment after leaving our campus. During their participation in DEN, the people we serve are able to become Dreamcatcher employees, which helps provide them with meaningful roles while being a part of our Crestwood community.
Licensed by the State Department of Health Care Services.
License #1528822343
Mental Health Rehabilitation Center
Programs
Contact
Crestwood Ponderosa Healing House
280 Edmonds Road, Bldg B
Redwood City, CA 94062
(650) 479-9090
Leadership Team
Bliss Ezike
Administrator
Priscilla Hernandez
Program Director
Gary Cheshire
Director of Nursing
Ashley Yount
Business Office Manager