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Description of Services

Description of Services

What makes up our virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)?

9 to 11 hours of treatment per week for 6 to 10 weeks:

  • 3 hours of group therapy, 3 times/week
  • 1 individual session/week
  • 1 family session/week
  • Psychiatric medication management as needed
What are our evidence-based practices?
  • Dialectical behavior therapy skills (DBT)
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
  • Mentalization Interviewing (MI)
  • Mindfulness
  • Attachment based family therapy (ABFT)
  • Trauma focused CBT (TF-CBT)
  • Care is culturally competent and gender-affirming
Who do we serve?
  • Ages 11 to 33
  • Mental health diagnosis or co-occurring mental health/substance use disorder (SUD) with SUD secondary, including:
    • Mood disorder (depressive disorder / bipolar disorder)
    • Generalized anxiety disorders
    • Personality disorders
    • Self-harm issues, suicidal ideation
    • Family conflict
    • Trauma / PTSD
    • School refusal/avoidance
  • Step-down from a higher level of care (e.g., ER, residential treatment, psychiatric unit)
  • Step-up from a lower-level of care (e.g., outpatient)
Who are our clinical staff members?
  • Child / adolescent and adult psychiatrists and NPs
  • Master's-level clinicians (e.g., LCSW, LPC, LMFT)
  • Experiential therapists (art, movement, dance, yoga)
  • Support from peer advisors and case managers
Which insurance plans do we accept?
  • Nearly all commercial health plans, including Optum/United Healthcare, Aetna, Cigna, BCBS, Tricare, and regional / local plans
  • Medicaid in states where IOP is covered
  • Self-pay
What is our intake & matching process?
  • Our comprehensive intake assessment informs assignment into a highly curated treatment group with peers of similar backgrounds
  • Matching factors include clinical presentation / history (e.g., treatment-resistant depression, trauma, abuse, PTSD, substance use, self-harm, suicidal ideation), patient maturation, LGBTQIA+ identity, racial/ethnic identity, religious affinity, familial conflict, and foster care experience.
When are we available?
  • Flexible scheduling, including evening and weekends to accommodate school / work
  • Groups typically run daytime and evenings for young adults, after-school / evening for adolescents
  • Individual / family therapy can be scheduled at any time, based on clinician & patient availability 
Exclusionary criteria
  • Active suicidal or homicidal ideation requiring immediate supervision in a closed setting
  • Active psychosis, hallucinations, or delusions not controllable or treatable in an outpatient setting
  • Active primary eating disorder requiring medical intervention
  • Primary SUD without co-occurring mental health issues
How have we helped?

We are a measurement-based program. Outcomes (patient- and clinician-reported) are collected at admission, weekly throughout treatment, and every three months following treatment. Our latest outcomes report, featuring peer-reviewed studies and original research, can be found here. Independent, third-party researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Yale University conduct these outcomes studies. Further details can be provided by our Clinical Research and Outcomes team upon request.

 

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