Fred Kennedy Associates Inc in San Pedro, CA

About This Facility

Directory information from SAMHSA N-SUMHSS 2025. This listing is not an endorsement or independent verification. Confirm current services, eligibility, and availability directly with the facility.

Services Listed in the Directory

• Adults

  Facility accepts adults (26-64) for treatment.

• Anger management

  Uses strategies to address the anger cycle, conflict resolution, assertiveness skills, and anger-control plans. The goal of anger management is to reduce both emotional feelings and the physiological arousal that anger causes.

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing

  A device for estimating blood alcohol content (BAC) from a breath sample.

• Brief intervention

  A short-term intervention, usually one to five sessions, for substance abusers who are not yet dependent.

• Cash or self-payment

  Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.

• Cognitive behavioral therapy

  Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.

• Case management service

  Helps people arrange for appropriate services and supports through a case manager who monitors the needs of clients/patients and their families and coordinates services, such as mental health, social work, health, educational, vocational, recreational, transportation, advocacy, and respite care, as needed.

• Comprehensive substance use assessment

• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

• Domestic violence services, including family or partner

  Provide safety assistance to victims of domestic violence.

• Female

  Female

• Group counseling

  Form of therapy where people with similar experiences/issues come together with a professional therapist.

• Individual counseling

  Process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.

• Male

  Male

• Motivational interviewing

  A counseling approach which acknowledges that many people experience ambivalence when deciding to make changes. The aim is not to focus immediately on the action of changing, but to work to enhance motivation to change.

• Does not use medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder

• Does not treat opioid use disorders

• Outpatient

  Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.

• Outreach to persons in the community

• Regular outpatient treatment

• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)

  A program which helps low-income, uninsured, or underinsured patients who need help paying for all or part of their medical bills.

• Private non-profit organization

  A charitable organization that does not qualify as a public charity.

• Substance use treatment

  Refers to a range of services, including problem identification and diagnosis, brief interventions, assessment of substance use and related problems, treatment planning, counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services, and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).

• Substance use disorder counseling

  A short-term treatment that has been generalized for a variety of disorders including opiate drug dependence and cocaine abuse. The therapy includes supportive techniques which encourage the patient to discuss personal experiences, and expressive techniques, which enable the patient to work through interpersonal relationship issues and gain greater self-understanding.

• Substance use disorder education

• Smoking not permitted

  Smoking is not allowed.

• Spanish

  Staff counselors provide treatment in Spanish.

• Screening for substance use

  Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of substance use and needs treatment.

• State mental health department

  Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring critical mental health services in their respective state.

• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

  The ability for healthcare providers, working remotely and using telecommunications technology, to communicate with patients, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, and discuss healthcare issues with other providers to ensure quality healthcare services are provided.

• Vaping not permitted

• Young Adults

  Facility accepts young adults (18-25) for treatment.

Contact and Location

1931 North Gaffey Street, Suite D, San Pedro, CA, 90731

Phone: 310-521-1263