Intensive Outpatient Mental Health Treatment

Pathlight’s intensive outpatient program (IOP) provides supportive, evidence-based mental health care several days a week. This option is an ideal fit for those who are ready to engage fully in their daily lives outside of treatment.

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Our IOP offers individuals ages 12 and up intensive individual, group and family therapy three to four hours per day, three to five days per week. 

Our mental health IOP has been specially designed to provide support, structure and more hours of therapy than a traditional outpatient therapy model. One of the major benefits of our mental health IOP is that you can attend school or work each day and participate in intensive treatment.

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  • Programming three to four hours per day, three to five days per week,* provides wellness and relapse prevention planning
  • One weekly individual or family therapy session
  • Integrative group therapy experiences including process groups and skill building groups
  • Experiential therapies* including art, psychodrama, mindfulness, movement and yoga
  • Flexible programming allows participants to go to school, go to work or care for children all while living at home
  • Inclusive care, support and resources for LGBTQIA+ patients, the BIPOC community and others
  • Option to add on innovative neuropsychiatric treatments* such as ketamine, electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS)
  • Virtual IOP programming also available for those who prefer online therapy

*Program offerings vary by location

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81% of patients say they are likely to recommend Pathlight

“The points where people get most stuck in life are the places where the greatest opportunity for growth and healing exists.”

Elizabeth Easton, PsyD, CEDS, director of psychotherapy for Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center.
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IOP for children, teens and adolescents

Pathlight’s IOP offers children, teens and adolescents ages 12 and up the consistency, structure and support they need. Build connections and develop coping skills -- all in a safe and inclusive space.

Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills like mindfulness, emotion regulation, distress tolerance and interpersonal effectiveness are all emphasized throughout treatment.

Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps with core mental health recovery principles, including:

  • Identifying key values
  • Overcoming rigidity
  • Increasing flexibility
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Adult IOP

At Pathlight, we believe that you are the expert on your mental health journey. Our in-person IOP for adults empowers you to take ownership of your recovery so that you can actively participate in your life. This flexible treatment program is designed to help you go to work, go to school or care for children during the day and sleep at home at night. The goal? To help you develop skills and strategies to independently maintain your mental wellness.

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Support for families and caregivers

We strongly value and encourage family involvement within all of our programs. Before, during and after treatment, we will provide family members, friends and caregivers free ongoing education, resources and support groups.

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Support for alumni and aftercare

Treatment may end but our support will continue. Get to know our community outreach team, dedicated to providing you with the tools you need before, during and after treatment. Explore our aftercare resources:

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Discover Pathlight At Home: Virtual IOP

We are pleased to offer our award-winning online IOP Pathlight At Home. This virtual mental health IOP for ages 12 and up is just as effective as our in-person IOP. Our in-person and virtual IOP programs both use the same evidence-based curriculum and include nearly identical programming. Start healing from the comfort of home with nine-plus hours of weekly programming that fits into your daily life:

  • Individual and group therapy
  • Family therapy and education
  • Alumni support, groups and events

Recognized by top publications as the best online therapy service in 2022 and 2023, and covered by most major insurers, it’s easy to get started and take recovery home today.

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9 reasons to choose Pathlight’s continuum of care model

Think of Pathlight’s continuum of care as a “golden thread” providing you with smooth transitions and consistency throughout treatment. Pathlight’s continuum of care has been intentionally and carefully designed to:

  1. Get to know who you are as a whole person
  2. Provide consistent support that moves with you
  3. Reduce the risk of symptom relapse
  4. Eliminate the stress of your having to tell your story again and again
  5. Help you transition through care with the same peer group
  6. Offer education and support to families and caregivers
  7. Increase the likelihood of insurance approving or extending your coverageare
  8. Provide uninterrupted connections with school (for child/adolescent patients)
  9. Make sure that you have access to ongoing education, events and support groups after discharge

Our continuum of care model ensures that you will be connected with the right support at the right time, from initial assessment all the way through to aftercare.

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Get matched with the exact support you need.

With one conversation, our mental health professionals will help you better understand what you’re going through and what you need.

We will meet you where you are, listen to your story in a therapeutic setting, and match you with the level of support that meets your struggle.

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For Providers: Partner with the nation’s leading mental health experts

Hope matters. But healing demands more. That’s why our treatment plans are built by physicians shaping the field, informed by the latest medical advances and designed for measurable progress, giving you a trusted partner in caring for your patients.

Research-driven strategies. Rigorous clinical protocols. Evidence-based care from experts shaping behavioral health treatment. No matter what your patient is facing, healing isn’t just possible. It’s happening here – and we’ll partner with you every step of the way.

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Conditions we treat

  • Anxiety Disorders

    Anxiety Disorders Anxiety disorders cause people to have feelings of worry or fear that negatively affect their school, work, relationships or home life. They are among the most common mental illnesses in the United States. Anxiety disorders can be debilitating and make life very challenging.

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  • Depression

    People with depression regularly experience a strong sense of unhappiness most of the day, most days of the week, for several weeks or longer.

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  • Mood Disorders

    Mood disorders are characterized by persistent mood swings. People with mood disorders experience severe low mood (depression) or elevated mood (mania) for an extended period of time — above and beyond what most would consider to be typical feelings of sadness or happiness.

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  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorders

    OCD requires the presentation of both uncontrollable, obsessive, recurrent thoughts (obsessions) and compulsive behaviors that must be repeated over and over again (compulsions).

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  • PTSD

    Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental health condition that can develop following a traumatic experience.

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  • Trauma-Related Disorders

    A traumatic event is an event that involves relational trauma, death, serious injury or sexual violence. These events can be threatened or actually experienced. By nature, these events are shocking or overwhelming. When an individual develops chronic, long-lasting symptoms following a trauma, they may be diagnosed with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).

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  • Residential

    The Residential mood, anxiety and trauma-related treatment program offers medically stable patients a highly-structured and supportive 24-hour treatment environment.

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  • Partial Hospitalization

    Our Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) offers some of the same intensity and structure of Residential mood, anxiety, and trauma-related disorder treatment while providing additional opportunities to practice recovery outside of the controlled treatment environment during evenings at home or in peer-supported apartment communities.

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  • On-site Intensive Outpatient

    Our Intensive Outpatient program is a flexible mood, anxiety, and trauma-related disorder treatment program that allows patients to work, go to school, or care for children during the day and sleep at home at night.

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  • Virtual Intensive Outpatient - Pathlight At Home

    Pathlight is removing the barriers that can keep patients with mood and anxiety disorders from receiving treatment. Through telebehavioral health programming, Pathlight At Home (our virtual Intensive Outpatient Program) offers the same proven care as our in-person treatment centers.

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