Tailored
Intensive Outpatient.
There is Hope
If your Teen, Young Adult or anyone you love is experiencing school failure, work struggle, suicidal ideation, unusual isolation, depression or anxiety that has not responded to traditional outpatient therapy, KSBH’s EmpowerU Intensive Outpatient Program is your answer. EmpowerU offers an Innovative & Holistic approach to individualized Intensive Outpatient Treatment offering connection and action focused programing that includes the family.
The EmpowerU Intensive Outpatient Program provides an intensive therapeutic experience that takes recovery to a whole new level. While the program is typically recommended for 8 weeks, collaboration with the patient, family and all clinicians part of your person’s care team will determine the most appropriate program timeline for you. This program is recommended for a client returning home from a residential treatment center, or a client who needs more intensive therapy than can be achieved in a traditional weekly therapy session.
There is Hope
If your Teen, Young Adult or anyone you love is experiencing school failure, work struggle, suicidal ideation, unusual isolation, depression or anxiety that has not responded to traditional outpatient therapy, KSBH’s EmpowerU Intensive Outpatient Program is your answer. EmpowerU offers an Innovative & Holistic approach to individualized Intensive Outpatient Treatment offering connection and action focused programing that includes the family.
The EmpowerU Intensive Outpatient Program provides an intensive therapeutic experience that takes recovery to a whole new level. While the program is typically recommended for 8 weeks, collaboration with the patient, family and all clinicians part of your person’s care team will determine the most appropriate program timeline for you. This program is recommended for a client returning home from a residential treatment center, or a client who needs more intensive therapy than can be achieved in a traditional weekly therapy session.
Intensive Outpatient Approach
Empower U Intensive Outpatient treatment is delivered through a combination of Group, Individual and Family Therapy. While the program formally concludes after 8 weeks, or the timeframe developed for your patient’s specific needs, our Empower U clients and families generally remain engaged with their therapists and our Continuing Care groups indefinitely. The program includes 5 primary components delivered by Licensed Mental Health professionals. These include group therapy and education, life skills / personal development, individual therapy & family skills. By utilizing these different components, we can tailor your experience to meet your unique needs.
1. Education
The interactive Empower U curriculum engages the client and the family in meaningful dialogue and understanding of some of the most complicated mental health concerns. We learn not only how the illnesses behave, but why we feel hijacked by them and how to regain control. We learn how to manage some of the most difficult aspects of mental illness like, “how do I support my person without enabling them,” or, “how do I set appropriate behavioral, emotional and financial boundaries.”
2. Group Therapy
Group Therapy is a critical component of this program, offering our clients and their families the opportunity to develop or enhance social and communication skills, feel included in a judgment free-environment, and develop a network of support. Group discussions offer the opportunity for each person to share personal concerns, to receive feedback from other members, and to feel embraced by the collective support of the group.
A professionally facilitated therapeutic group remains available to all Empower U members at no charge following completion of the program for as long as a member wishes to attend.
3. Life Skills
At Karla Smith Behavioral Health, we know that recovery is not just an idea. It often requires complicated life style changes. Even the thought of these changes can be very difficult for most of our clients. So, we work diligently and methodically with each client to identify their personal goals and ultimately create a plan to help them achieve those goals. In this section of the program, we are specifically focused on creating a future vision for the client, and a step-by-step, goal-based plan to achieve that vision. Without something to work towards, we move backwards. The goal of this section is to keep our clients moving forward into deeper and longer term recovery.
4. Individual Therapy
While Individual therapy is not usually included in Outpatient Treatment programs, at Karla Smith Behavioral Health, we believe that the development of a therapeutic relationship with the client is essential for long term support and recovery. During the required therapy hours, you and your therapist will explore your specific needs as an individual, and work on your specific goals.
5. Family Skills
Family is at the core of everything we do. When we as family members have education and emotional support, we are better equipped to help restore balance to our person with illness and our family life in general. Unique to the EmpowerU Intensive Outpatient Program, each family engages in a Family Skills group to learn and gain support. Family Skills teaches everything from communication tools, to boundary setting, to family goal setting and much more.