Intensive Life Skills
Outpatient Day Program

The Intensive Life Skills Outpatient Program has a DBT or Dialectical Behavior Therapy focus. It offers therapeutically coordinated and specialized clinical services within a stable therapeutic milieu as an alternative to, prevention of, or transition from hospitalization or hospital based services.

This is a four hour / three day a week program. It is offered both mornings and afternoons, either from 8:30-12:30 am on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays or 12:00-4:00 pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays. The following is a general outline of the days and topics addressed.

Day One		Day Two		Day Three
Mindfulness teaching and practice		Mindful Movement		Mindfulness teaching and practice
Diary Card Review Check In		Diary Card Review Check In		Diary Card Review Check In
Break		Break		Break
Challenging Automatic Behavior Patterns Or Healthy Eating Or Behavior Analysis		Experiential Time Or Spirituality and Finding Self Identity		CARE Skill Or Problem Solving Or Skills Reinforcement
Break		Break		Break
Managing Relationships Or Managing Emotions		Managing Stress		Goal Setting and Weekend Planning And Building Pleasure
Wind Down exercise and observations		Wind Down exercise and observations		Wind Down exercise and observations

As indicated the program incorporates…

The goal of this 12 week program, which may be repeated, is to help stabilize and prevent decompensation as well as helping the client to learn skills to regulate behaviors and emotions, and to learn skills to more effectively manage relationships and stress.

Clients may seek treatment themselves, or health care professionals such as therapists, psychiatrists, hospital personnel or substance abuse treatment program personnel may refer clients to this program.

After a complete psychosocial assessment, clients will begin either the morning or afternoon track .  Clients who are in this program will also continue with their outpatient therapy, and medication management outside our facility, or they may receive these services by our team. In either case care coordination between client, family, and all medical professionals is an ongoing part of the program.