Levels of care
The most immersive level of outpatient addiction treatment we offer — full days, structured weeks, real clinical work, no inpatient stay required. Based in Ellicott City, serving Howard County, Baltimore, Columbia, Annapolis, and the wider central Maryland area.
PHP · Full day · Howard County, Maryland
Our Partial Hospitalization Program is a full-day clinical experience built for adults who need a high level of structure and clinical support without going inpatient. PHP runs five days a week with a mix of process groups, individual therapy, psychoeducation, experiential and creative modalities, and time built in for clinical reflection.
It’s the right level of care if you’ve completed detox or residential and you’re not ready to step all the way down — or if outpatient alone won’t hold the weight of what you’re carrying right now.
A typical day
Days are structured around clinical groups, individual time, and creative process. Process groups go below the surface — we’re not running scripted curriculum from a 1995 binder. Psychoeducation is current and evidence-based. Experiential and art-based work is woven in because it gets at things talk therapy alone often can’t.
Every patient gets individual therapy alongside groups. Your treatment plan evolves as you do — when you’re ready to step down to IOP, we make that transition deliberately, not on a fixed calendar.
Insurance & coverage
We verify benefits and walk you through coverage clearly before you commit. No mystery language, no bait-and-switch, no clinical fog. Self-pay is also an option — ask us when you reach out.
If full-day programming is more than you need, our Intensive Outpatient Program is a lower-intensity option that still does real work.