Adult Mental Health Intensive Outpatient Program, (IOP)
More support while maintaining your daily life
Moving Forward Counseling’s Intensive Outpatient Program provides structured mental health treatment for adults who need more support than traditional weekly therapy but do not require the intensity of PHP or inpatient care.
IOP can also provide a gradual transition for adults stepping down from a psychiatric hospital, residential program, or PHP.
Call or text 801-810-5037 to request a confidential assessment.
Our IOP focuses on mental health as the primary treatment need.
We commonly work with adults experiencing:
Anxiety Disorders
Bipolar Disorder
Suicidal Thoughts
Depression
ADHD
Personality Disorders
Trauma/PTSD
OCD
Mood Disorders
Grief/Loss
Self-Harm
Co-occurring substance use when mental health remains the primary diagnosis
Who will benefit from IOP?
IOP is appropriate for adults who:
- Need more structure than weekly outpatient therapy provides
- Are experiencing symptoms that interfere with daily functioning
- Want additional support and accountability
- Need help practicing healthier coping strategies
- Are transitioning from PHP, residential treatment, or hospitalization
- Can remain safe and stable outside program hours
- Need structured care while continuing certain work, school, or family responsibilities
WHAT OUR PATIENTS SAY
What does IOP include?
Participants receive approximately 14 hours of treatment over four days each week, including:
- Professionally facilitated group therapy
- Psychoeducational groups
- Coping and emotional-regulation skills
- One individual therapy session each week
- Peer support and accountability
- Individualized treatment planning
- Progress monitoring
- Discharge and aftercare planning
*Medication management is not included as a standard part of IOP, but appointments may be available separately through Moving Forward Counseling’s outpatient services.
Program schedule
Monday–Thursday: 8:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Participants return home after programming each day.
How long does IOP last?
Treatment length depends on clinical needs, progress, attendance, and insurance authorization. Many participants attend IOP for approximately 8–12 weeks.
After completing IOP, participants may transition to regular outpatient therapy at Moving Forward Counseling or return to an established community therapist.
Mental-health-focused intensive treatment
Moving Forward Counseling’s IOP is specifically designed for adults whose primary treatment need is mental health. This allows group discussions, therapeutic interventions, and skills training to remain centered on mental and emotional well-being.
We can also support certain co-occurring substance-use concerns when mental health is the primary diagnosis.
Begin with a confidential assessment
Our admissions team will help determine whether IOP, PHP, or another service is most appropriate.
Call or text: 801-810-5037
Email: admissions@movingforwardutah.com
TREATMENT PROGRAM FAQ'S
Partial Hospitalization, also known as “Day Treatment” or PHP, provides a structured treatment program in an outpatient psychiatric setting. The goal is to provide structure and routine through individual, group therapy and medication management that can help clients regain stability as opposed to getting admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility. The clinical schedule is similar to what one would have in residential treatment, but instead of staying overnight, people go home in the afternoon after the clinical day has concluded.
Day Treatment (PHP) is a treatment program offered that is similar to a clinical schedule one would receive while in residential treatment. At Moving Forward Counseling, Day Treatment is between 24 – 28 clinical programming hours over a five-day clinical week. This includes group therapy, psycho-educational groups, two individual therapy sessions and one medication management appointment per week.
Intensive outpatient (IOP) is a treatment program offered for those who need less clinical programming and structure than those in Day Treatment. The IOP clinical week varies in weekly programming depending on the track you choose. IOP is 12 – 14 hours over a four-day week. This includes group therapy, psycho-educational groups, one individual therapy session per week, but does not include a medication management appointment. Although a medication management appointment can be set up through Moving Forward Counseling general outpatient.
- Aetna
- Anthem
- DMBA
- EMI
- HMHI
- PEHP
- Medicaid
- State of Utah
- Optum SL County and Tooele County
- Healthy U
- MotivHealth
- Regence BCBS
- Select Health
- UMR
- United Healthcare
- University of Utah Health Plans
Day Treatment (PHP)
Monday through Thursday 8:30 am – 2:45 pm
Friday 8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Monday through Thursday 8:30 am – 12:00 pm
This depends on several factors. First, insurance usually has an idea of how long they would like their members in each level of treatment. The next piece is how well the client is progressing and if the client is on track to finish near their “discharge date,” or if the clinical recommendation is to continue in the program before stepping down to a lower level of care.
Generally, Day Treatment (PHP) clients are in the program for around 6 weeks. IOP clients are in that program for 8-12 weeks.
Our program is on its way to being “one of a kind” because the focus on mental health being the primary diagnosis. Unfortunately, so many people with mental health issues are being put into programs that are “dual diagnosis” but end up being primarily for substance abuse clients. The result is generally the mental health diagnosis clients only connect with pieces of these programs and end up getting some help from their individual sessions only. For that reason, we created mental health Day Treatment and IOP for those people to have their voices heard and have a chance to focus on their mental health struggles in each of their groups and therapy sessions.
Yes, we can also treat those struggling with substance abuse/addiction issues, but our primary focus of our programming is mental health treatment. So if your substance abuse is secondary, and mental health diagnosis is primary, we can help you.
Once the client finishes Day Treatment, their treatment team will discuss what is the best step-down recommendation for them. This could include stepping down to the IOP at Moving Forward Counseling. Once a client completes IOP, the recommendation will be for that client to continue regular individual therapy sessions with a general outpatient therapist either at Moving Forward Counseling, or a return to their previous therapist they had prior to entering the programs.
In our treatment programs, Day Treatment and IOP, we treat adults that are 18 and up.
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