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Aftercare and step-downStep down from residential without stepping back into chaos.
A virtual intensive outpatient program designed to follow a residential or detox stay. Coordinates with your aftercare plan, your therapist, and your sponsor. Most PPO plans verified before you commit.
You finished the hard part. The next 90 days are where it sticks.
Residential and detox programs are structured. The transition back to your life is the most fragile part of recovery, and it is where most return-to-use happens. The program is built to give you the clinical structure of residential without the residential setting, so you can rebuild your life with support around you.
Your existing team, kept intact.
The facility you just left
With your written consent, we receive your discharge summary, treatment plan, and any medications. We do not duplicate work. We pick up where they left off.
Your outside therapist
If you have an outpatient therapist who knows you, we keep them. Coordination with consent. We do not poach.
Your sponsor and home meetings
The 12-step community is a separate, parallel support. We do not replace it and we do not interfere with it. We schedule around your home meetings.
Your case manager
Discharge planners and case managers from the residential facility often stay in touch for the first 90 days. We coordinate with them on attendance, progress, and clinical changes.
The honest answers.
Can you coordinate with the facility I just left?
Yes, with your written consent. We accept the discharge summary, the treatment plan, the medication list, and any aftercare-specific recommendations. We integrate those into our care plan.
Can I keep my outside therapist?
Yes. We coordinate with consent. Many patients keep their primary therapist alongside the intensive outpatient program, especially if the therapist knows them well.
Can I keep my sponsor?
Yes. Your sponsor relationship is yours. We do not interfere with it and we do not replace it.
Can I attend my home meetings?
Yes. We schedule around them. The 12-step community is a separate support.
What does the schedule look like?
The intensive outpatient phase is three evening groups plus one individual therapy session per week, roughly 10 contact hours per week. Maintenance phase is less intensive. The schedule fits around work and around your meetings.
Will you talk to my case manager?
Yes, with your written consent. Discharge planning case managers often stay in touch for the first 90 days, and we coordinate with them on your progress.
How fast can I start after discharge?
Same or next business day in most cases. Continuity of care is the priority.
What if I relapse?
Relapse happens. We do not have a "you blew it" policy. If you relapse, we do an assessment, we figure out whether the level of care needs to change (sometimes back up to PHP-intensity care at a partner facility, sometimes maintained at IOP), and we proceed.