Greenhouse Outpatient Treatment Facility

This version of outpatient treatment still allows the individual to stay at home in the evenings, but counseling sessions are longer and more frequent, so the forms of therapy provided are more like those in inpatient treatment programs. IOPs typically involve 10-20 hours of counseling per week, over three days or more. The individual will spend much of their time focusing on their treatment and recovery, but can still spend time with loved ones when they are not attending counseling sessions. Intensive outpatient treatment typically lasts for a few weeks to a few months. This intensity over a brief period of time may benefit those who do not respond well to more relaxed treatment, such as that offered in standard outpatient care.

This is a low-intensity form of treatment, in which a person attends 1-3 counseling sessions per week. These are typically group counseling, although one may be individual counseling. Sessions are scheduled during evenings and on weekends, in addition to daytime options, to provide flexibility for those who have work or family responsibilities.

As part of our programs, individual therapy, sometimes called “one-on-one” therapy, is a component of each client’s treatment plan. Upon arrival at our facility, the client is assigned a primary therapist who will provide individual therapy sessions during the treatment stay. During the sessions, topics will include the client’s specific addiction history, coping skills to address any mental health issues (anxiety, depression, PTSD, Bipolar Disorder, and others) and the addiction, aftercare planning, and other needs as determined by the client and multidisciplinary treatment team.

Much of the addiction therapy for our programs is facilitated using the peer group setting. During groups, the client has the opportunity to explore issues and process his/her recovery in a safe, peer-supported atmosphere. These peer relationships are helpful in the recovery process because they reduce the client’s sense of isolation and allow the client to see how others deal with similar problems (SAMHSA, Treatment Improvement Protocol 41).