Are You in Crisis Now?

About CBEM: California Behavioral Health Provider Since 2008

CBEM was founded in California in 2008, with the purpose of filling a gap between immediate crisis stabilization and the continued, community-based support individuals and families often need afterward. Today, we’re a highly trusted behavioral health provider throughout California.

CBEM’s Critical Intervention Service model brings together prevention, timely crisis response, stabilization, and continued care coordination. The model is grounded in understanding each person’s needs, recognizing emerging concerns when possible, and strengthening the support systems that promote safety and stability.

Beginning with five employees and one contract with Golden Gate Regional Center, CBEM has grown into a statewide provider of community-based crisis intervention and behavioral health services. The experience gained through this work continues to inform our development of person-centered mental and behavioral health solutions for new populations, partners, and communities.

The principles established in 2008 remain central to CBEM today: listen to the individual, respond to the full context of their needs, collaborate across systems, and provide support that extends beyond the immediate crisis.

How Can We Help?

Our Mission

Empowering people to lead safe and healthy lives through innovative social services.

What We Believe

Crisis care begins with prevention. By recognizing emerging needs, strengthening relationships and routines, and providing support in homes and communities, we can create more opportunities for safety, stability, and well-being.

Every person deserves timely, compassionate, and person-centered mental and behavioral health support; regardless of diagnosis, history, identity, or circumstance. Care should respect individual strengths and preferences, include the people they trust, and respond to the full context of their lives.

Where We Are Today

Since 2008, CBEM has grown from a five-person team serving one Regional Center in San Francisco to a statewide organization serving individuals across California:

  • 14+ Regional Center partnerships, from Northern to Southern California
  • 18+ offices statewide
  • A team of licensed clinical psychologists, BCBAs, licensed clinical social workers, and specialized consultants — all focused on one population, one model, one mission

Our Clinical Team

CBEM’s multidisciplinary team includes Licensed Clinical Psychologists, doctoral-level professionals with PhD and PsyD degrees, and master’s-level staff from psychology, social work, counseling, behavioral health, and related fields.

Our teams also have access to interdisciplinary consultation from Psychiatrists, Licensed Clinical Psychologists, and Board Certified Behavior Analysts. This collaborative structure brings multiple perspectives to assessment, service planning, crisis stabilization, and care coordination when individuals have complex or changing needs.

Together, our employees and consultants contribute specialized expertise in intellectual and developmental disabilities, crisis intervention, and community-based mental and behavioral health services. This foundation supports CBEM’s continued growth across populations, service lines, and communities.

Our History

2008

CBEM was founded as a Critical Intervention Service for Golden Gate Regional Center, beginning with a team of five.

2009

Critical Intervention Services extended to Alta Regional Center in Sacramento.

2012

CBEM begins partnering with North Bay Regional Center and opens the Napa office.

2014

CBEM begins partnering with San Gabriel Pomona Regional Center and opens the Covina office.

2016

CBEM begins partnering with Redwood Coast Regional Center, opening offices in Eureka and Ukiah.

2018

CBEM expands into Southern California, with new teams in Antelope Valley and Woodland Hills serving North Los Angeles Regional Center.

2019

CBEM reaches the Central Valley and Inland Empire, partnering with Valley Mountain Regional Center and San Bernardino Regional Center through new offices in Stockton and San Bernardino.

2020

A new office opens in Chico, extending services to individuals served by Far Northern Regional Center.

2021

A new office opens in Long Beach, serving individuals served by Harbor Regional Center.

2023

CBEM begins partnering with Central Valley Regional Center, serving Fresno, Merced, Tulare, Kings, Madera, and Mariposa counties.

Services within Far Northern Regional Center expand to Siskiyou, Plumas, Tehama, Lassen, Modoc, and Trinity counties.

2025

CBEM begins partnering with San Andreas Regional Center, serving Monterey, San Benito, Santa Cruz, and Santa Clara counties.

CBEM expands its partnership with Harbor Regional Center across Los Angeles County.

2026

CBEM begins partnering with San Diego Regional Center, serving San Diego County.

Coming soon

A new office in Los Angeles will serve individuals served by East Los Angeles Regional Center.

A new office in Irvine will serve individuals served by Regional Center of Orange County.

CBEM’s field teams are organized by Regional Center, allowing them to build local knowledge, strengthen community partnerships, and develop consistent relationships with the individuals, families, and support teams they serve. Our support office provides the clinical guidance, operational infrastructure, and organizational resources that help field teams remain focused on delivering responsive, person-centered support when it is needed most.

Our Care Teams

CBEM’s field teams are organized by Regional Center, allowing them to build local knowledge, strengthen community partnerships, and develop consistent relationships with the individuals, families, and support teams they serve. Our support office provides the clinical guidance, operational infrastructure, and organizational resources that help field teams remain focused on delivering responsive, person-centered support when it is needed most.

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Join a Team That’s Changing Mental and Behavioral Health in California

CBEM is growing, and we are looking for people who want to do this particular kind of work.

If you are a mission-driven behavioral health professional drawn to a specialization that few organizations offer, we would like to hear from you.

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