Intensive Outpatient Program

Our morning program runs in 6 week cycles. It includes approximately 10 hours of group programming per week,  (3 hours a day -- Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday mornings) plus a weekly individual case management meeting with the patient's IOP team leader. 


Patients often benefit from repeating multiple cycles to allow for further solidification of goals and continued support as they work to integrate their understanding into their daily lives. 

Groups are designed to:

• educate patients about their illness;
  
• improve patients' coping skills, emotional awareness, and effectiveness in interpersonal situations; and
• increase patients' awareness of themselves and the issues that led to the development and/or intensification of their illness. 

In addition to group programming, patients meet with their IOP team leader once a week to assess their progress and to help fit the program to their unique treatment needs. The team leader serves as a link between each patient, the IOP treatment team, and the patient's individual therapist.

The team leader is not a replacement for the patient's individual therapist. In fact, we strongly encourage patients to continue working with their individual therapist while they are in our program. If patients do not have an individual therapist, however, we will help them find a good match.

Our IOP emphasizes the
importance of:

• Patient involvement 
• Individualized and continuous evaluation
  
• Strong, supportive community milieu
  
• Well-rounded group programming
  
• Experienced and skillful treatment team

Program Schedule:

Mondays (10:30am to 1:40pm)

• Goal Setting/Diary Card Review
• Psychodynamic Interpersonal Process
• Chain Analysis  (DBT Skills I)

Wednesdays (10am to 1pm)

• Understanding Emotions (DBT Skills II)
  
• Family Dynamics
  
• Topics in Treatment

Thursdays (10am to 1:10pm)

• Mentalization
  
• Psychodynamic Interpersonal Process
  
• Coping Skills/Prevention Planning          

                     (DBT Skills III)