Outpatient Services

The day treatment program at Chris Kyle provides ongoing treatment after a crisis and may even help to avoid a mental health crisis in the future. Patients can attend group therapy three to five days a week, with medication management appointments available by request. A psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner will also be able to help with any necessary psychiatric medication.

The program is designed for active duty service members, first responders and veterans living with mood disorders such as depression, anxiety and PTSD or a mental illness such as bipolar disorder or schizophrenia. These are all health issues that can impede daily life. We want people who are struggling to cope to get back to living a life they want, and living it well.

Remember, it can take a long time to develop the proper skills to recover from a mental health crisis. Learning to manage an illness is essential to long-term recovery.

Our mental health program provides:

• A welcoming and warm environment for you to share
• Education on illness management
• Group therapy classes centered on emotion regulation, safety and mindfulness
• Medication management
• Supportive therapies for coping, including activity therapy.

Who Needs Outpatient Treatment?

Outpatient services are more intensive and focused than typical one-day-a-week (or month) therapy, but also far more flexible than inpatient treatment.

For those who are stepping up from outpatient psychiatry and therapy services to either partial hospitalization or intensive outpatient services (IOP or PHP), these programs can provide more frequent contact, assessment and education through group therapy with the goal of earlier intervention and stabilization that may alleviate the necessity for inpatient admission.

For those who are stepping down from inpatient treatment, our outpatient services provide additional treatment and support as you transition back to your home environment, keeping you connected to a similar — yet now flexible — support system that you had throughout inpatient care.

Program Details

Programming is offered five days a week, and schedules will depend on individual needs, but standard programming schedules are below. Individual therapy sessions occur during the same schedule (for example, a patient on Monday would have individual therapy from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. and then join group from 11 a.m. – 1 a.m., Wednesday and Friday they would be in group 10 a.m. – 1 a.m.) 

• PHP (Mental Health or Co-occurring)
  • M-W, & F 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Thursdays until 2 p.m.
• IOP *can be virtual or in-person
  • Primary Mental Health M,W,F 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
  • Primary SUD M,W,F, 12 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Attendance & Duration:

Duration of the program depends on individual needs and ability to process and apply skills learned during sessions. Average length of stay is 2 to 3 weeks for PHP, and 7 to 9 weeks for IOP.

No more than three absences, and except for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Years and Fourth of July, participants are expected in group on holidays.

Programming:

• Group Therapy: focuses on developing coping skills, healthy relationships, identifying triggers, and processing shared experiences through therapy modalities primarily consisting of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
• Individual therapy: Personal trauma experiences and individual therapy goals through therapy modalities primarily consisting of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and Accelerated Resolution Therapy
• Lunch is provided during the 12-1pm hour for those who are in-person

Discharges:

• We need 48 hours’ notice prior to discharge (unless acuity requires an immediate placement in a higher level of care) to complete a final session and required discharge paperwork.

Program Staff:

• Outpatient Director: Melina Breland, LMHC, LPC, LPC-S
• Clinicians
  • Joshua Miller, LCSW
  • Toni Monahan, PhD
  • Kidanys Arroyo Adorno, MA
• Case Manager
  • Estelle Halbrooks, BSW
• Master’s Level Interns
  • Jonathan Hillman
  • Anna Kerr

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