Intensive Outpatient Therapy for Substance Abuse

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HamiltonDavis Mental Health, Inc. provides intensive outpatient programs  to adults eighteen (18) years or older with a substance abuse disorder.  Our agency utilize evidence-based practices to show verification that  our employees have completed  appropriate training. These services provide an alternative to  traditional residential treatment services or hospital settings. Our  intensive outpatient program allows individuals to continue to fulfill  their obligations to family, job, and community while  obtaining intensive treatment. These distinct services may be conducted  during the day or at night in order to meet the needs of the people  being served. 

Our intensive outpatient program is located in its own physical space,  separated from other substance use services and impermeable to use by  other services during hours of service operations. 

• Have small groups of 12 or less
• Has a minimum of three (3) sessions per week for at least ten (10) weeks. 
• Session times may vary but cannot be less than one (1) hour and cannot exceed three (3) hours daily 
• Individuals will receive a maximum of nine (9) total hours of group therapy per week. 

Groups may be centered around any of the following topics: 

• Psycho education  
• skills-development  
• drug or alcohol refusal training  
• relapse prevention techniques  
• assertiveness training
• stress management
• support groups (e.g., process-oriented recovery groups),  
• single-interest groups (can include gender issues, sexual orientation, criminal offense and histories of physical and sexual abuse)
• family or couples groups
   

• Discover, label, and learn to recognize feeling states 
• Initiate a foundation for sober living 
• Identify primary emotional "triggers" 
• Develop a wide variety of cognitive, emotional, and behavioral coping skills 
• Learn to employ and actively use appropriate coping skills in daily life 
• Seek out possible relapse warning signs 
• Construct a supportive recovery environment 
• Create a personalized and applicable Relapse Prevention Plan 
• Utilize and assist other group members constructively in the treatment experience