Adult Mental Health Partial Hospitalization Program, (PHP)
Structured support when weekly therapy is not enough
Moving Forward Counseling’s Partial Hospitalization Program, also called PHP or Day Treatment, provides intensive mental health support without requiring an overnight hospital stay.
Our program serves adults experiencing significant mental health symptoms that interfere with their safety, stability, relationships, work, or daily functioning. PHP may be appropriate when outpatient therapy is not providing enough support or when someone needs continued stabilization after inpatient hospitalization.
Call or text 801-810-5037 to request a confidential assessment.
Our PHP 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 may benefit from PHP?
PHP may be appropriate for adults who:
- Need more support than weekly outpatient therapy
- Are experiencing worsening or persistent mental health symptoms
- Have recently received inpatient or emergency psychiatric care
- Need help stabilizing suicidal thoughts or self-harming behaviors
- Are struggling to maintain daily responsibilities
- Require frequent clinical support and structured treatment
- Can safely return home outside program hours
WHAT OUR PATIENTS SAY
What does PHP include?
Participants receive approximately 24–26 hours of structured clinical programming each week, including:
- Daily process groups
- Psychoeducational groups
- Experiential groups (including yoga, breath-work, acupuncture)
- Coping and emotional-regulation skills
- Two individual therapy sessions each week
- One Medication-management appointment
- Treatment planning and progress monitoring
- Peer support in a professionally facilitated environment
- Discharge and aftercare planning
Program schedule
Monday–Thursday: 8:30 a.m.–2:45 p.m.
Friday: 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
Participants return home after programming each day.
How long does PHP last?
The length of treatment depends on each person’s clinical needs, progress, safety, and insurance authorization. Many participants attend PHP for approximately six weeks before transitioning to a lower level of care.
When appropriate, participants may step down into Moving Forward Counseling’s Intensive Outpatient Program, IOP.
Why choose Moving Forward Counseling?
Many intensive treatment programs primarily focus on substance use. Moving Forward Counseling’s PHP was designed specifically for adults whose primary treatment need is mental health.
Our program provides a supportive setting where participants can address their mental health symptoms throughout individual therapy, group treatment, skills development, and medication management.
Begin with a confidential assessment
Our team will help determine whether PHP, IOP, or another level of care is 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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