Breakthrough TMS – Glendale, California TMS Therapy Clinics

✓ Edited by Angelica Bottaro for HealingMaps Editorial Staff

Known For: A TMS-only clinic in downtown Glendale offering BrainsWay Deep TMS for depression, OCD and smoking cessation, including accelerated TMS and care for teens 15 and up.

HealingMaps Take: Breakthrough TMS is a TMS-only psychiatric clinic in downtown Glendale, led by psychiatrist Artur Saakyan, MD, offering BrainsWay Deep TMS for adults and adolescents 15 and older. It treats major depression, depression with anxiety symptoms, late-life depression, OCD and smoking cessation, and offers an FDA-cleared accelerated Deep TMS protocol that condenses the core depression course into six treatment days, along with its own Theta and Theta Premium schedules, designed to fit a full course into fewer weeks and fewer trips so treatment works around work, school and family. It works with UnitedHealthcare and Optum, Aetna, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Anthem Blue Cross, Medicare, Medi-Cal and TriWest Healthcare Alliance, and its staff handles the benefits check and prior authorization. Breakthrough TMS treats alongside a patient’s own psychiatrist or therapist rather than replacing them.

Market Position: Breakthrough TMS gives Glendale, Burbank, Pasadena and the San Fernando Valley a dedicated Deep TMS clinic open 7am to 7pm on weekdays, with prior authorization handled in-house and care in English, Armenian, Russian and Spanish.

Deep TMS Treatments at Breakthrough TMS

Every treatment uses the BrainsWay Deep TMS system: the H1 coil for depression and the H7 coil for OCD. Pricing isn’t published; ask for a quote or a benefits check.

What to Expect at Your First Breakthrough TMS Appointment

1. Free consultation — Call (818) 793-5067 or send the form on tmsbreakthrough.com; no referral is needed. The free consultation is with the care team, by phone or in the office, and goes over insurance, candidacy and what a course would look like for you.
2. Psychiatric evaluation — If Deep TMS looks like a fit, Artur Saakyan, MD, confirms the diagnosis, reviews your treatment history and completes the safety screening.
3. Benefits check and authorization — Staff verify your benefits and submit the prior authorization request with the supporting documentation. If you pay cash instead, you get the itemized cost of the full course in writing first.
4. Mapping and treatment — Your first treatment visit includes motor threshold mapping, so it runs longer. After that, sessions take about 20 minutes, five days a week, in a time slot held for the length of your course, and you can drive yourself home.

What to Ask on Your Breakthrough TMS Consult Call

• Which schedule fits what matters most to me: the shortest course, the lowest cost, the fewest trips, or a personalized mix of all three?
• Does my plan cover TMS, and how many sessions is the authorization likely to approve?
• If I pay cash, what will my full course cost?
• Can I keep seeing my own psychiatrist or therapist during treatment?

Glendale Market Snapshot

Sources: U.S. Census 2020.

• Los Angeles County population: 10,014,009 (2020 Census); Glendale: 196,543

Behind this data: HealingMaps has analyzed 23,496 patient inquiries (Oct 2022 – Mar 2026), mapped 1,800 verified clinics across 3,142 counties, reviewed 132 clinic pricing pages, and collected 658 practitioner survey responses. This snapshot reflects our multi-source methodology.

About Breakthrough TMS

Breakthrough TMS is at 100 W Broadway, Suite 1050, Glendale, CA 91210, in downtown Glendale near the Americana at Brand, an easy reach from the SR-134, SR-2 and I-5 freeways. It’s open Monday through Friday, 7am to 7pm. Call (818) 793-5067 or email info@tmsbreakthrough.com; no referral is needed. Parking is validated in Structure B, next to the Glendale Galleria structure, with a discreet entrance and exit. The office is wheelchair accessible, and patient transportation is available. Care is offered in English, Armenian, Russian and Spanish.

Breakthrough TMS is a TMS-only clinic using the BrainsWay Deep TMS system, a noninvasive, FDA-cleared treatment in which an H-coil held in a cushioned helmet delivers magnetic pulses to the brain networks involved in mood and behavior. You stay awake, with no anesthesia or sedation. Most sessions take about 20 minutes, and most people drive themselves home afterward. Before treatment begins, motor threshold mapping sets the location and intensity for you, so the first treatment visit runs longer. A standard course runs five days a week for six weeks, plus two weeks of taper sessions, for about eight weeks in all.

Deep TMS here treats major depressive disorder in adults whose depression hasn’t improved enough with medication or therapy; depression with anxiety symptoms; late-life depression, with FDA-cleared labeling that covers patients through age 86; OCD, using the H7 coil and a brief provocation step before each session; and smoking, as an aid for short-term smoking cessation in adults. Adolescents 15 and older can receive Deep TMS for major depressive disorder. For adults with major depression, accelerated Deep TMS condenses the core course into 2 weeks of one-hour office visits, followed by a lighter maintenance phase. OCD and smoking cessation each follow their own dedicated Deep TMS course. The practice also provides medication management for depression and OCD.

Artur Saakyan, MD, is the psychiatrist behind Breakthrough TMS and its medical director. He studied neuroscience at USC, earned his medical degree at Ross University School of Medicine in 2017 and completed his psychiatry residency through the UCLA-Kern program in 2022, training across inpatient, emergency and crisis psychiatry, county outpatient clinics and child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr. Saakyan has been licensed in California since 2020 and sees patients in English and Armenian. Breakthrough TMS treats alongside the psychiatrists and therapists who refer patients, and returns them to that clinician’s care when the course ends.

Breakthrough TMS works with UnitedHealthcare and Optum, Aetna, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Anthem Blue Cross, Medicare, Medi-Cal and TriWest Healthcare Alliance; coverage and candidacy vary by diagnosis, plan and clinical evaluation. The consultation is free, and staff verify your benefits, then assemble and submit the prior authorization request and handle any appeal. Cash pay is also available. Pricing depends on the protocol your diagnosis calls for and the number of sessions, and the cost of a full course is itemized in writing before you agree to anything; Breakthrough TMS doesn’t publish prices, so ask for a quote for your situation.

Patient Questions about Breakthrough TMS

This 7-question summary is matched to the treatments and conditions Breakthrough TMS lists. Editorial responses are HealingMaps-authored.

What does Breakthrough TMS treat?

Breakthrough TMS uses BrainsWay Deep TMS for major depressive disorder in adults and adolescents 15 and older, depression with anxiety symptoms, late-life depression, OCD and smoking cessation. It also provides medication management for depression and OCD.

Does Breakthrough TMS take insurance?

Yes. Breakthrough TMS works with UnitedHealthcare and Optum, Aetna, Blue Shield of California, Cigna, Anthem Blue Cross, Medicare, Medi-Cal and TriWest Healthcare Alliance. Staff verify your benefits and handle prior authorization. Cash pay is also available, with the cost of a full course itemized in writing before you start.

What are the Theta schedules?

Theta and Theta Premium are Breakthrough TMS’s own schedules for depression, designed to fit a full course into fewer weeks and fewer trips so treatment fits around your life. The core treatment takes 2 to 3 weeks, with visits of 30 to 60 minutes. The Breakthrough TMS team will walk you through which schedule fits your goals.

How long does a course of Deep TMS take?

A standard course runs five days a week for six weeks, plus two weeks of taper sessions, for about eight weeks. Most sessions take about 20 minutes, and most patients drive themselves home and return to their day.

Does Breakthrough TMS treat teenagers?

Yes. Breakthrough TMS offers Deep TMS for adolescents 15 and older with major depressive disorder.

Who is the psychiatrist at Breakthrough TMS?

Artur Saakyan, MD, a psychiatrist trained through the UCLA-Kern residency program, is the medical director and supervising psychiatrist. He sees patients in English and Armenian.

What are Breakthrough TMS’s hours?

Breakthrough TMS is open Monday through Friday, 7am to 7pm. Parking is validated, and patient transportation is available.

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