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"Intensive Outpatient Therapy" - the intensive program is designed to complement the treatment program provided by a referring therapist and the referring individual remains the primary treatment provider throughout the intensive experience.
It is an ideal "step down" from an inpatient facility and also serves as an evaluation tool to determine a patient’s need for a higher level of care.
Intensives are especially effective in treating individuals who are "stuck" in the process of recovery or who are facing a current crisis that necessitates more intensive therapeutic involvement.
Programs are designed to complement an individual's current treatment through a multi-dimensional, multi-modal approach to healing and growth. For example, a person with an addiction to sex has continued to relapse and is now facing the loss of a job, a marriage, and/or their freedom if sobriety is not achieved and maintained; or a couple has been unable to identify and resolve key issues in their marriage and are now feeling intensely frustrated and fearful of imminent divorce.
Intensives are an excellent option when weekly, one-hour sessions do not seem to be providing fast enough and/or significant enough progress.
Unlike most inpatient settings, intensives bring couples closer together while providing individual therapy.
By utilizing the skills of several therapists trained in the area of the prescribed treatment, participants gain invaluable knowledge and skills. These skills can be used when returning home and in continuing ongoing therapy.
A major benefit of intensive therapy is a lack of distractions from everyday life. An individual must concentrate entirely on the therapy without worrying about home, work, or other aspects of family life. But unlike inpatient settings, intensive participants are not fully isolated from the real world. Patients leave at the end of the day to return to their own lodging. This keeps participants in contact with the outside world and promotes the reality of "living life" while participating in their therapy.
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