At MindWork Group, our focus is on people’s capacity to learn, grow, and be in relationship with others by developing a mind capable of working with other people. This requires:

• Neuropsychiatric stability

• Emotional Regulation

• Mentalization

• Mental flexibility

• Grieving Capacity

We achieve this through various psychotherapeutic approaches, therapeutic community, and necessary medical intervention. Rather than an exclusive focus on symptoms, we see developing capacity in the areas of thought, relationships, and the world as the true goals of treatment. While this sometimes follows from symptom reduction, people who have had long periods of illness, trauma, substance abuse, or developmental issues may need much more to be able to lead satisfying lives.

In addition to offering psychiatric treatment and psychotherapy, MindWork offers an Intensive Outpatient Program, or IOP. That means that our patients don’t live at our facility as full-time patients. Rather, we work around our patients’ life commitments so that we can guide them through their recovery processes while they can maintain their obligations at home and at work. Please note that we do offer a supportive housing option.

You’ll spend several hours a day at our facility. We’ll work together closely and intensively to: understand your ​triggers and your relationships, examine how you deal with stressors, regulate your anxiety, manage any pain, set acceptable boundaries within your relationships, make more healthy life choices and develop coping skills.

There are several types of people who are ideal candidates for an intensive outpatient program:

• You’ve already been to a residential treatment facility, but need a bit more support to prevent relapse.

• You know you need substantial help, but you haven’t quite hit rock bottom yet. Treatment in your community has not led to sufficient improvement, resulting in ongoing disability or poor functioning.

• You feel stuck or have plateaued in outpatient treatment.

• You have a strong support system at home and work to help you remain in recovery.

• You’re a busy professional, or you run your own business and it’s not feasible to take the time off to attend a residential program.

• You prefer a comfortable setting with smaller groups and more individual attention.

• You do not require 24 hour nursing care.

• You prefer to live at home or in a hotel rather than a hospital to access more intensive treatment.

• You would prefer to spend weekends at home rather than in a hospital or residential treatment center.

• You want treatment recommendations to be made between our treatment team and the patient/family without the interference of third party payers or insurance companies.

• You would like a comprehensive evaluation and treatment recommendation as a second opinion or consultation to help your current treaters.

• You prefer to have intensive outpatient treatment that includes several hours of 1:1 therapy a week in addition to group therapy with experienced leaders and vetted peers.

Choosing the correct level of care is critical in getting appropriate and successful care. In broad terms levels of care include:

Inpatient: A locked unit at a hospital for people who are not safely treated in the community. This is appropriate if someone is intent on hurting themselves or their thinking is so disorganized that they can't take care of their basic needs in the community. Stays at this level of care are generally 3-5 days and focus entirely on addressing acute safety concerns and discharging people from this level of care as quickly as possible. Close observation and 24 hour nursing care are provided as well as daily contact with a physician or nurse practitioner.

Residential: An unlocked therapeutic setting for people who have severe illnesses that cannot be managed on an outpatient basis but who are not so acutely ill that they need the containment and observation of a locked inpatient unit. Stays at this level of care tend to last weeks-months rather than days and give a treatment team the time to get to know people intimately enough to actually address underlying causes of illness. Being out of the home environment is necessary for many who have difficult family situations or maladaptive behaviors that cannot be managed at home such as eating disorders, severe substance use disorders, OCD or PTSD.

Psychotherapeutic Intensive Outpatient Treatment (PIOP): A treatment setting for people who would benefit from residential care, but who can manage their maladaptive behaviors safely in the community. There are several hours a day of programming including group therapy with skilled practitioners and individual therapy, art therapy, family therapy, and the healing of being in a therapeutic community. Groups are kept smaller and practitioners have ample staff time to discuss cases. Stays at this level of care tend to last weeks to months.

Partial Hospital Program (PHP) /Intensive Outpatient Treatment (IOP) Several hours a day of treatment provided to people who are living in the community while they attend daily groups. Length of stays tend to be shorter (days to weeks) as the focus is more medical and psychoeducational than psychotherapeutic. Groups tend to be larger and are often not led by psychotherapists. These programs tend to be step-downs from inpatient programs at the same institution.

Outpatient: People seeing practitioners in their offices or virtually from home. While there are folks who have stabilized in their treatment and have a good connection with their providers, for many others the care is fragmented and visits are infrequent. When there are multiple practitioners involved, communication is often challenged or absent altogether. Many times, patients may benefit from more frequent visits or more intensive outpatient psychotherapy, but these options are not available or not accessible.

This is much more difficult than it should be. The credentialing bodies really are looking at the minimums and programs are graded on a pass/fail basis. Programs can experience significant changes with management and/or staff turnover such that a program can be great one month and poor the next. Even places with great reputations overall can have ups and downs.

Generally nonprofits tend to be better than for-profit entities. It's often the case that a for-profit company will buy a nonprofit with a good reputation and fire a huge number of staff members and change the ethos such that profit comes before people. Insurance companies and for-profit companies exist to make money, not take care of people.

Online reviews are not a great way to choose a program. In behavioral health generally only the most dissatisfied people post anything at all, and there are many complicated reasons why patients leave programs without getting their desired results. Programs are unable to respond due to confidentiality rules while unhappy patients can say whatever they want. Happy customers are generally grateful yet quiet, as they complete their treatment and move forward.

When you look at a program’s website, see if there are bios of all or majority of the staff. You may also inquire if the staff listings are up to date on the website. A place that won't promote its staff is likely a place with high turnover.

Beware online clearinghouses that will find a program for you. Some of them literally have someone in the background shopping your case to places while you are on the phone and they sell you to the highest bidder.

If you can talk to a person who was at a program within the last few months that's amazing, but this is of course rare. Sometimes you can ask to talk to a recent patient. Often places will promote testimonials of satisfied patients.

Talking to local practitioners who have some knowledge of a place but don't work for them is also a great way to get a read on a program. Your outpatient treater should be able to reach out to their professional network and do some of this legwork.

Ask about the level of experience of the staff. Younger staff, recently out of training, can do good work, but they need the support of more experienced practitioners working alongside them. If the bulk of people providing care are in their first year or two out of graduate school or residency, this can mean high turnover or lack of importance placed on experience and wisdom in the profession.

Take a tour of the facility if you can. Is it modern and comfortable or dingy and overcrowded?

Yes! Please check out our “meet our staff” page.

Our psychiatrists will be able to review your medication regimen, offer consultation, and prescribe medications as appropriate.

• Psychiatric consultation

• Psychotherapy

• Psychoanalysis

• Medication management

• Professional consultation and supervision

• Substance use disorder treatment

Everyone has an array of emotions coming into treatment. Often people are anxious, excited, sad, relieved, irritable, or even angry. Meeting new people and having to learn the routines of a new situation are difficult under the best of circumstances, but people entering treatment are never at their best making this transition even more challenging. Many people are afraid. Of trying new things, of letting go of old ways of coping, or of facing hard truths they have been trying to avoid or forget. We understand this and will do our best to make your entry into MindWork group a positive, generative experience.

You will meet the key members of your treatment team on day one including your psychiatrist, primary therapist and family therapist. You will be oriented to the program space and routines and meet our administrative staff. On your second day you will attend groups and meet your peers in the program. Patients often report that interactions with peers in group is one of the most transformative elements of the program.

Our address is 2 Hamill Road, Suite 320, Baltimore, Maryland 21210. It’s about a 20 minute drive to the heart of Baltimore, and about an hour and 15 minutes to Washington, D.C.

The office is located in one of the first mixed-use developments by James W. Rouse and features mid-century architecture including a Frank Gehry highrise. Across the street is Roland Park, a leafy neighborhood designed by Frederick Law Olmstead filled with charming late Victorian houses and a stunning urban forest.

There is an onsite hotel, The Delta Hotel.

The office is located:

• an hour from Washington DC

• 90 minutes from Philadelphia

• 5.5 miles from the Four Seasons Baltimore

• 3 miles to the Ivy Hotel

• a 20 minute drive to Baltimore's Inner Harbour.

• 10 minutes from Penn Station Baltimore, where you can access the MARC Train as well as Amtrak

We offer a wide array of services at varying price points. Our premiere offering, the Psychotherapeutic Intensive Outpatient Program, requires an initial commitment of 10 consecutive clinical care days at $1500 per day.

We understand that paying for mental health treatment can be a challenge for many families.

First and foremost, it is important to understand that while we do not participate in any insurance networks, many insurance plans do offer out-of-network benefits. Out-of-network benefits allow policyholders to receive reimbursement for services received from providers who are not in their insurance network.This means that you may be able to submit your bill to your insurance company and receive partial to full reimbursement.

The process for submitting invoices for out-of-network benefits can vary depending on the insurance company and policy, so it is important for you to check with your individual insurance provider for specific instructions.

One way to submit an invoice for out-of-network benefits is to fill out a claim form provided by the insurance company. This form will typically require information such as the client's policy number, the dates of service, the provider's name and contact information, and the cost of the services received. You will also need to attach itemized receipts or invoices from MindWork Group, which we are happy to provide.

It is important to note that submitting a claim for out-of-network benefits does not guarantee reimbursement. The insurance company will review the claim and determine if the services are covered under the policy.

Please let us know if you plan to use out-of-network benefits so that we can assist you in any way possible.

Thank you for choosing MindWork Group for your mental health and addiction treatment needs. We are committed to providing you with the highest quality care and support.

MindWork Group's 10 day program runs from Monday to Friday and does not offer treatment on weekends. The cost to participate is $1500 per day of active programming. Many other programs that break down their daily cost include Saturdays and Sundays in their calculations, even though they offer limited treatment on the weekends. This misrepresents the cost per day of programming. When comparing apples to apples, you'll likely find that our cost is in line, or even less, than many other treatment options.

Insurance companies are designed to provide the least amount of care to the greatest number of people. This is how they make money. By being a participating provider with insurance companies clinicians agree to take as full payment whatever insurance companies deem appropriate. This often ends up being only a fraction of what excellent care costs.

Ten days of the Psychotherapeutic IOP includes over 35 hours of direct care including group therapies, individual therapy, family therapy and team meetings involving a number of professionals.

Groups are kept small, and many are run by physicians and licensed therapists. The staff at MindWork Group has hours a week of protected time to think and talk about our work with patients.

This allows for us to work more closely together and understand different aspects of your experience, as it comes through with various clinicians. Ten days of IOP care involves nearly 50 person hours of professional work, plus the administrative overhead of having a comfortable setting to work in and support our staff.

For up to date information about the No Surprises Act, please visit this page.

Just click on the link called “patient portal” in the top menu.

Our practice utilizes Luminello, an Electronic Medical Records (EMR) system, for all of our record keeping, billing and communication needs. Luminello is a HIPAA compliant, highly secure EMR which allows us to communicate with each other in a safe and private manner.

Through the patient portal in Luminello, you will be able to:

- review and complete administrative forms and provide clinical information

- add payment information as well as review and pay invoices

- securely message your treatment providers

Emergency: 911

Mental Health Emergency: 988

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1- 800-799-7233

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

National Hopeline Network: 1-800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433)

Crisis Text Line: Text "DESERVE" TO 741-741

Lifeline Crisis Chat (Online live messaging): https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/chat/

Self-Harm Hotline: 1-800-DONT CUT (1-800-366-8288)

Essential local and community services: 211, https://www.211.org/

Planned Parenthood Hotline: 1-800-230-PLAN (7526)
American Association of Poison Control Centers: 1-800-222-1222

National Council on Alcoholism & Drug Dependency Hope Line: 1-800-622-2255

National Crisis Line - Anorexia and Bulimia: 1-800-233-4357

LGBT Hotline: 1-888-843-4564

REVOR Crisis Hotline: 1-866-488-7386

AIDS Crisis Line: 1-800-221-7044

Veterans Crisis Line: www.veteranscrisisline.net

TransLifeline: www.translifeline.org - 877-565-8860