Psychiatry and Behavioral Health Services

Cost: $15,000+

Our Therapeutic Outpatient Assessment (in person and/or virtual) is a thorough, multidisciplinary assessment designed to produce maximal diagnostic clarity, optimize insight and stimulate change processes — as well as create a roadmap for future interventions.

Our Therapeutic Outpatient Assessment services are tailored to individuals who are seeking an accurate understanding, diagnosis and treatment plan for complex and/or persistent psychiatric conditions — and in some cases, with a comorbid medical condition. We provide services to patients struggling with a broad range of conditions, including depression, anxiety-related disorders, trauma, psychosis, interpersonal dysfunction, chronic pain, sleep disorders, emotional regulation problems and suicidality.

Our team-based, multidisciplinary assessment is designed to optimize insight, produce maximal diagnostic clarity and create a roadmap for future treatment. In-depth dialogue with our patients is at the heart of our assessment process, tailored to the individual needs of each patient.  Our assessment process includes:

• Psychiatric evaluation
• Addictions evaluation
• Suicide risk assessment
• Genetic testing
• Neuropsychological testing
• MRI and other imaging tests
• Psychological testing
• Psychosocial evaluation
• Family system evaluation
• Pain assessment, as indicated
• Sleep studies, as indicated
• Additional tests, as indicated
• Routine laboratory tests and specialized tests, as indicated
• Urine toxicology screens
• Specialty consultation, as indicated
• Coordination of all testing and consultation
• Discharge planning and referral for ongoing care in home community or at other treatment centers around the country

To compile a comprehensive summary and recommendations for treatment, our team conducts a thorough review of:

• Records of referring and previous clinicians
• Medical and treatment history 
• Input from past providers, family and loved ones

After a thorough review of the assessments and test results, as well as reports from family and referring clinicians, our team meets with the patient and family to share our findings and recommendations. This process results in:

• Better understanding of diagnoses and the factors that contribute to complex or recurring problems
• Establishing common goals for ongoing and future treatment
• Personalized referrals for ongoing care or treatment, helping to select the best options for the patient across the full continuum of care — either in his or her home community or elsewhere in the country 

The core interdisciplinary team conducting these assessments consists of senior-level psychologists and psychiatrists. Consultants with specific areas of expertise are added as needed. Therapeutic Outpatient Assessments vary in duration depending on need, but typically last five to 10 days, at the conclusion of which the patient, family, and the team of providers meet as a group to review findings and to discuss next steps. Patients are provided with a comprehensive report. Next level of care providers will also receive a written summary and/or verbal handoff (with the patient’s permission).

Duration: 5 to 8 weeks, Monday-Friday, 4-5 hours per day
Cost: $40,000+

Our five- to eight-week Partial Hospitalization Program is designed to help individuals who struggle to engage in a meaningful and productive life and are increasingly constrained due to psychiatric or emotional problems. This includes individuals who have not responded to treatment efforts and/or live with a treatment-resistant mood disorder, such as treatment-resistant depression. For some of our patients, these psychiatric problems arise in response to or in conjunction with significant health or medical problems.

Our approach to treating patients incorporates an understanding of the broader context in which difficulties arise, rather than seeing the individual or his or her illness or symptoms in isolation.

We aim to reduce symptoms where possible, while striving to maximize each patient’s ability to live with purpose and vitality. The program is available on an outpatient and virtual basis, allowing patients the opportunity to complete treatment while remaining engaged with their lives.

Patients may continue their treatment on an individual basis following the completion of the Partial Hospitalization Program. We offer services to meet the varied and dynamic needs of our clients, including medication management, individual psychotherapy, psychological testing, and neuropsychological evaluation.

Treatment takes place daily, Monday through Friday. Programming begins at 10 a.m. and ends around 3 p.m. Each morning, patients participate in two group therapy sessions. Each afternoon patients participate in two individual therapy. Patients can expect 10 group sessions and 10 individual sessions every week. While group programming tends to be a bit more structured, individual therapy sessions are tailored to each patient’s unique needs.

Treatment modalities include:

• Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
• Art therapy
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Compassion-focused therapy (CFT)
• Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)
• Emotion-focused therapy (EFT)
• Family systems therapy (FST)
• Mentalization-based therapy (MBT)
• Mindfulness-based yoga (MBY)
• Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
• Music therapy
• Nutrition and dietary recommendations
• Process group-based therapy (PGT)