Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Focused structure that protects progress

Pax Healing’s IOP provides targeted daytime or evening treatment for adults who need more than weekly therapy while staying engaged at work, school, or caregiving. Clients practice concrete skills, strengthen accountability, and maintain momentum between sessions. The aim is stability that shows up in daily life.

Who IOP is for

Step down from Full Day Program with continued structure

Step up from OP when symptoms or use increase

Adults balancing employment, school, parenting, or court requirements

Clients with co occurring mental health conditions who benefit from coordinated therapy and psychiatry

Core components of care

Skills based group therapy

Practice emotion regulation, craving management, communication, boundary setting, and relapse prevention using CBT and DBT informed methods.

Individual therapy

Turn goals into weekly actions. Identify triggers, build replacement behaviors, and reinforce accountability with measurable checkpoints.

Psychiatric support

Evaluation and medication management when clinically appropriate. Plans emphasize safety, functioning, and adherence, and align with therapy objectives.

Family education

Coaching for loved ones on communication, boundaries, and home routines that reinforce progress.

Clinical approach

Trauma informed, person first care

Integrated dual diagnosis treatment so mental health and substance use are addressed together

Measured adjustments driven by data from sessions and client reported outcomes

What a typical week looks like

Schedule

about 3 hours per day, 3 to 5 days per week

Team

primary therapist, group facilitators, and psychiatric provider as indicated

Orientation

clear expectations for attendance, participation, and between session practice

Review

weekly plan review focused on skills used, symptom change, and risk

How Our IOP Delivers Results

Clear goals that guide the week

Each client has written targets for symptoms, skills, and functioning. Sessions map directly to those targets.

Daily life application

Short practice assignments bridge sessions and real contexts like work, school, and family routines. Wins and barriers are reviewed in the next meeting.

Integrated feedback loop

Therapists and psychiatric providers share observations so changes to plans or medications are timely and purposeful.

Accountability that builds confidence

Expectations are transparent. Feedback is specific and respectful so responsibility becomes confidence, not shame.

Outcome targets we monitor

Stability and safety: fewer high risk situations, active safety plan use
Symptom improvement: lower anxiety and depression scores, steadier sleep and routines
Substance use change: reduced cravings and use frequency, increased coping during triggers
Functioning: improved work or school attendance, consistent follow through on obligations
Family communication: clearer boundaries, reduced conflict