Your Treatment Experience

If everyday life feels like a tightrope, the MindWork Intensive Outpatient Program may be a good match.

Our IOP is the most complete and individualized outpatient mental health treatment available in the United States. It’s specifically for people with complex, chronic or treatment-resistant conditions.

Many patients say it’s the first time they’ve ever spoken with psychiatrists and therapists who weren’t constantly checking the clock.

You’ll receive 20+ hours/week of immersive psychotherapeutic care which includes: 

• Extensive personalized assessment by your psychiatrist at MindWork Group

• Medication-assisted treatment tailored to your specific needs

• Extensive individual psychotherapy from experienced licensed therapists

• Small group therapy capped at 10 patients/group, focused on psychological, relational, experiential and learning aspects of treatment

• Family therapy 

• Art therapy, recreation therapy, nature therapy, exercise therapy & other evidence-based care

You’ll participate in individual and group therapy 5 days/week, Monday - Friday. This gives you maximum access to care personalized to your goals.

Your weekends are free, so you have time to rebuild your energy stores and attend to other commitments. The downtime also helps your brain consolidate each week’s learnings.

Program Structure

Our mission throughout treatment is to prepare you with the insight, knowledge and tools so you can:

• Handle what comes your way

• Protect your own wellbeing

• Consistently show up for those you care about.

While every patient’s plan is unique, here’s a typical schedule:

Week 1

Complete the enrollment process

• Become acquainted with our space and the areas we’ve designed to make it easier to think, focus and feel

• Meet with the psychiatrist who performs your initial evaluation, assesses your current medications, and guides your ongoing treatment

• Meet with your primary therapist to discuss mutual goals and treatment plan

• Meet with your family therapist

• Begin three daily group therapy sessions (Mon through Fri)

• Begin weekly meetings with other therapists based on your unique needs

Weeks 2 and beyond

• Three daily group therapy sessions (Mon through Fri)

• Weekly meetings with your psychiatrist for progress check-ins, medication adjustments and other treatment changes

• Up to three weekly meetings with your primary therapist to continue to explore and understand the difficulties that brought you into treatment

• Weekly meetings with your family therapist 

• Weekly meetings with other licensed counselors tailored to your goals, progress, and current needs

Treatment Conference

At the end of your first two weeks, we typically meet with your circle of care: you, your loved ones, and your treatment team. 

The goal of this meeting is to

• Update everyone on your current treatment status and outlook

• Align everyone’s expectations around the outlook for treatment

• Discuss the next steps in treatment

• Help everyone gain a shared understanding of your medical status.

We continue meeting with your loved ones every four to six weeks.

Patient Outcomes

After completing our program, our patients tell us that our IOP helped them feel positive and hopeful about life, relationships and work again for the first time in a very long time.

Most important, they often say that strategies they developed in the IOP now help them spot early warning signs of issues that derailed them in the past. That gives time to use their new skills to stay on track, and pull in extra support if needed.