Athens Treatment Center

If you or your loved one looking for an Athens treatment center have never been to treatment before, knowing what to expect can help. Here are the treatment services or levels of care we offer and what each program entails. If you’re unsure which program is best for you, we can help. Before you start your treatment program, you’ll get an intake assessment where we’ll get an idea of your needs, history, and goals. Then, we’ll work with you to decide on the right level of care.

Adult PHP

Partial hospitalization programs (PHP) are the most intensive form of addiction and mental health treatment you can get without attending an inpatient treatment center. Group sessions are a core part of our partial hospitalization program for adults. In PHP, you’ll attend groups Monday-Friday from 10 AM to 3:30 PM daily. We use various treatment modalities and activities in group therapy sessions, including but not limited to the following:

• Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT)
• Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT)
• Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT)
• Mindfulness and meditation training
• Gender-specific groups
• Ongoing recovery coaching
• Music and writing therapy
• Trauma therapy
• Process groups
• Experiential therapy
• Grief therapy
• Spirituality groups
• Personal training
• Yoga therapy
• Art

PHP at The Berman Center also involves two family therapy sessions per month, a weekly individual psychotherapy session, medication management, and 24/7 counselor support. Adult PHP only lasts for ten weeks, but it can have an incredible impact on your life. 

Adult IOP

Our intensive outpatient program (IOP) for adults meets three days per week on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Starting at 10 AM on treatment days, you’ll attend process groups, skill-building groups, experiential group sessions, electives, and other relevant activities. Like in PHP, you will also attend a once-weekly individual therapy session. While PHP continues until 3:30 PM, IOP ends at 1 PM each treatment day. Additionally, our adult IOP program lasts for eight weeks rather than ten.

IOP is generally ideal for those who don’t need care as intensive as PHP, are ready to step down from a higher level of care, like PHP, or are unable to commit to PHP due to work, school, or other obligations.

Teen IOP

Our intensive outpatient program for teens ages 14-18 is a 10-week program called Ignite. Ignite is designed to address mental health concerns in teens. In Ignite, teens get an individualized treatment plan and learn important life and coping skills. Treatment will include individual therapy sessions, groups and electives, family therapy, and other activities relevant to your teen. Our elective activities for teens include but aren’t limited to the following:

• ACT
• Art therapy
• Body image therapy
• Music therapy
• Narrative therapy
• Yoga
• Psychodrama therapy
• Expressive arts
• Life skills
• Mindfulness
• Meditation
• Nutrition

We offer tutoring by professionals trained to work with students facing mental health concerns, and our academic liaison will work with your child’s school to ensure they stay on top of assignments while getting the most out of treatment. Since inpatient programs do not typically allow teens to stay enrolled in school, this is one of the advantages of choosing The Berman Center.