There are three outpatient programs:

  • Partial Hospitalization Services (PHP)

  • Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

  • Non-Intensive/Recovery Management Program

Read more about each below or download this pdf.


Partial Hospitalization Services (PHP)

Partial Hospitalization Services (PHP) serves clients who require medical, psychiatric, and substance use disorder services in an integrated, multi-disciplinary setting that provides intensive daily structure and support.

PHP is designed to serve clients who need a safe and structured environment and all-day monitoring by clinical and nursing staff to achieve treatment progress and demonstrate recovery skills, achieve stabilization both medically and psychiatrically, and build emotional management skills. Clients are encouraged to demonstrate healthy coping skills and boundaries for managing emotions, psychiatric needs, legal problems, medical needs, relationships with peers, triggers, cravings, and lingering symptoms of Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome. 

The PHP chemical dependency treatment services will encompass: five (5) hours of psycho-educational groups per day, five (5) days per week and individual counseling with the client’s Primary Counselor, as needed.  The total hours of direct service will be a minimum of twenty (20) per week.  Individual and group counseling will employ a dialectical and cognitive-behavioral therapy model.  Educational groups will cover a broad range of topics related to recovery: Substance Use Disorders, anger management, communication skills, assertiveness skills, depression, anxiety, and trauma.  All of Stella Maris’s treatment interventions are based upon an integrated service delivery model and current evidence-based practices.  

WAYS TO ATTEND

  • in person and/or while living in Supportive Housing at Stella Maris

  • virtually from home


Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

IOP serves clients who require regular, structured support in a therapeutic group setting several times a week, but who can manage their daily lives without constant monitoring.

Clients typically spend the most time in IOP and have the opportunity to demonstrate significant progress in the tasks of daily living, the recovery process, the process of obtaining a sober network, the process of repairing relationships, and education about the effects that Substance Use Disorders have on everyday life.

The total hours of direct service will be a minimum of fifteen (15) to twenty (20) hours per week.  Individual and group counseling will employ a cognitive-behavioral therapy model.

All of Stella Maris’s treatment interventions are based upon an integrated service delivery model and current evidence-based practices.   


Non-Intensive/Recovery Management Program

Non-Intensive Outpatient Services or Recovery Management serves clients who require minimal, structured support in a therapeutic group setting one to two times per week, and who have achieved some recovery and daily living skills.

Recovery Management is where clients work on refining skills learned and progress achieved in the tasks of daily living, the recovery process, attaining a sober support network, repairing relationships, and education surrounding the effect that Substance Use Disorders have on everyday life.    

The Recovery Management Program consists of two (2) hours of therapeutic, psycho-educational groups two (2) times per week for three (3) weeks before stepping down to once (1) a week for four (4) weeks, with one (1) hour of individual counseling every 21 days, or more often if needed, with the Primary Counselor.