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Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Integrated treatment personalized around each client’s needs, relationships, and long-term goals.

Program overview

A personalized care team for more intensive support.

When you or someone you love needs more intensive support, our Adult Intensive Outpatient Program offers a different kind of care. Our integrated behavioral health program strengthens coping skills, emotional regulation, practical life skills, and the relationships that matter most.

Every client is paired with a family therapist and a dedicated case manager or substance use counselor, because lasting change takes coordination and a long-term view.

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Coordinated care

What’s included in IOP

  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Family therapy
  • Case management
  • Medication management
  • Group therapy
  • TMS access

Who we support

Our program helps with

  • Depression, anxiety, and extreme mood symptoms
  • Social anxiety, impulsivity, and peer difficulties
  • Interpersonal and childhood trauma
  • Substance use concerns
  • Disordered eating and body image concerns
  • Low self-esteem, self-harm, and suicidal thinking
  • Family distress and relationship strain
  • Difficulty moving into mature adulthood

This brief self-check is informational only. It is not a clinical assessment or crisis service.

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Three levels of weekly care

IOP program options

Choose from three-, four-, or five-day scheduling. Each option includes two group therapy sessions per IOP day, with specialized services added according to clinical need. Admissions includes a phone conversation, online intake, and one-on-one clinical evaluation to determine level of care, group placement, and therapist matching.

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3-Day IOP

12 weekly hours

A three-day schedule with individualized services added around core group care.

Program days
3 per week
Group care
6 group sessions

Weekly rhythmMore time between program days for work, school, family, and independent practice.

4-Day IOP

15 weekly hours

A four-day schedule that adds another day of group care and clinical contact.

Program days
4 per week
Group care
8 group sessions

Weekly rhythmOne weekday remains outside the core IOP schedule for other responsibilities.

5-Day IOP

18 weekly hours

A five-day schedule with additional groups or appointments added when clinically appropriate.

Program days
5 per week
Group care
10 group sessions

Weekly rhythmThe most consistent weekday structure and the most frequent contact with the care team.

Adjunct and advanced services

  • Neuropsychological evaluation
  • Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy
  • Transcranial magnetic stimulation

These services are customized and prescribed by the treating psychiatrist.

Example weekly schedules

What a week in IOP could look like

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4 program days15 weekly hours8 group sessions

Monday

  1. Group therapy
    Increasing Connection
  2. Group therapy
    Interpersonal Effectiveness Skills
  3. Psychiatric
    Psychiatric care

Tuesday

  1. Group therapy
    Self Compassion Group
  2. Group therapy
    Distress Tolerance

Thursday

  1. Case management
    Case management
  2. Group therapy
    Goals Group
  3. Group therapy
    Post-Traumatic Growth
  4. Individual
    Individual therapy

Friday

  1. Family
    Family therapy
  2. Group therapy
    Family and Relationship Issues
  3. Group therapy
    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Illustrative example. Group titles, appointment times, format, and availability can change. Admissions and your care team create the final schedule with you.

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Two groups each program day

IOP group therapy

Group therapy focuses on maintaining stability, reducing stress, regulating emotions, and strengthening interpersonal relationships. Our groups are evidence based and intentionally diverse because a single approach does not fit everyone.

20+groups each week
2groups per program day
1personalized group plan

A sample of current offerings

Group programs

  • Mindfulness SkillsAwareness and emotional regulation
  • Interpersonal EffectivenessCommunication and relationships
  • Distress ToleranceCoping through difficult moments
  • Cognitive Behavioral TherapyThought patterns and behavioral goals
  • Self-CompassionStress, shame, and inner resilience
  • Stress and AddictionHealthier ways to manage life challenges
  • Post-Traumatic GrowthBuilding meaning after adversity
  • Family and Relationship IssuesPatterns, tools, and support systems

Live schedule

Find the groups that fit your treatment plan.

Browse current morning and afternoon groups, locations, and virtual or hybrid availability.

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The Mind Therapy Clinic model

What makes our program different?

Area of careMind Therapy Clinic IOPTypical IOP
Continuity of CareWith rolling admissions, care starts and continues as long as needed. After IOP, clients can stay with their care team and join groups for ongoing support.Operates on fixed 8–10 week cohorts. Clients often need to find a new treatment team afterward.
Psychiatric IntegrationOn-site full-time psychiatrists lead treatment and are fully integrated within the care team.Psychiatric support is often part-time or consulting, focused mainly on medication management.
Personalized Care TeamMultidisciplinary team — psychiatrist, individual and family therapists, case manager, and specialists chosen to match each client’s needs.Teams usually include therapists and group facilitators covering a wide range of clients within a standard structure.
Family InvolvementFamily is a key component of intensive treatment. Every client has a dedicated family therapist that helps their family best support them.Family sessions may occur occasionally, if at all, with the individual therapist.
Advanced Treatment OptionsIntegrated access to TMS, Ketamine treatment, and Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) when appropriate.Clients need to find advanced treatment elsewhere.
Expert StaffTherapists are doctoral and master’s level psychologists with advanced training in evidence-based care.Typically staffed by master’s-level therapists and counselors providing supportive treatment.

Common questions

FAQs about IOP

Our admissions team can answer questions about clinical fit, scheduling, insurance, and next steps.

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IOP provides coordinated, interdisciplinary mental health care for people who need more structure than weekly outpatient appointments but do not need hospital or residential care. Clients can participate while living at home, in sober living, or at E Street supportive housing.

Our admissions process includes an initial clinical assessment. That conversation helps determine the appropriate level of care, treatment goals, group placement, and provider matching. Recommendations can be adjusted as treatment needs change.

The average program length is about three months, although timing is based on personal treatment goals and progress. The minimum program length is one month, and care can step down gradually as needs change. Clients can often continue with the groups and providers that have been most helpful as they move into standard outpatient care.

Programs are customized from three-, four-, or five-day options. With more than 20 groups offered each week, the admissions assessment helps the care team build a plan that balances clinical needs with work, school, family, and other responsibilities.

Mind Therapy Clinic programs are out of network. Coverage and out-of-pocket cost depend on each plan. After an initial call, our team can complete a Verification of Benefits and provide an estimate before treatment begins, then continue helping clients navigate their benefits during care.

Our clinicians practice Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), psychodynamic therapy, relational therapy, and other approaches. They also have expertise in concerns including depression, anxiety, substance use, and trauma. During the pre-admissions assessment, we ask what has and has not been helpful in the past so we can match each client with a treatment team suited to their goals.

Not sure whether IOP is the right fit?

Start with a private admissions conversation. We’ll listen, answer practical questions, and explain what an assessment would involve.

Contact us about IOP Call our admissions team: 415.945.9870

Inside the program

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