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What happens in rehab? Group therapy, individual sessions, psychiatric check-ins, skills work, and going home to practice.

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Group therapy, individual sessions, psychiatric check-ins, skills work, and going home to practice.

  • Question: What does a day in outpatient rehab look like?
  • Category: Addiction
  • Phone: 469-747-1201

A typical PHP day: morning check-in, group therapy (CBT/DBT skills, trauma-informed groups, relapse prevention), individual therapy, psychiatric time if medication is part of the plan, and dismissal by mid-afternoon.

IOP compresses that into a 3-hour block, morning or evening.

Between sessions you live your life. That's the point — skills get tested in real conditions and brought back into the next day.

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  • What is PHP?

    PHP is the highest-intensity outpatient level of care — roughly 5 to 6 hours a day, 5 to 6 days a week.

  • What is IOP?

    IOP is structured outpatient care, roughly 3 hours a day, 3 to 5 days a week, with morning or evening tracks.

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