Co-Occurring IOP in Woodland Hills

What This Treatment Is

Intensive Outpatient (IOP) is a structured outpatient level of care between PHP and standard weekly outpatient. Patients attend 3-5 sessions per week, typically 3 hours per session, while living at home and (for many) continuing to work or attend school. It’s the most common outpatient level for co-occurring conditions that need meaningful clinical density but not full-day programming.

Why IOP for Co-Occurring Conditions

IOP delivers enough structure and clinical touch to produce real progress — group therapy multiple times per week, individual sessions, regular psychiatric appointments — while preserving the patient’s connection to normal life. For working adults with co-occurring depression/anxiety/PTSD and substance use disorder, IOP often fits better than PHP practically and produces solid outcomes when the clinical picture allows.

What IOP Includes

Programming includes: group therapy sessions (typically 3-5 per week) covering CBT skills, DBT distress tolerance, trauma-informed work, and substance use process groups; individual therapy sessions weekly; psychiatric medication management every 1-2 weeks depending on stability; MAT medication management for co-occurring SUD; family involvement (with authorization); and structured aftercare planning as the patient moves toward standard outpatient.

Elevated Healing’s Specialty-Led Approach

Our Woodland Hills IOP is delivered through coordinated specialty-led tracks. Group scheduling includes evening tracks for working adults. Psychiatric providers manage medication with real-time awareness of the SUD track’s decisions, and vice versa.

What patients typically experience:

• Full intake evaluation across psychiatric and substance use tracks.
• Group therapy 3-5 times per week (evening tracks available).
• Individual therapy weekly.
• Psychiatric provider visits every 1-2 weeks.
• MAT medication management for co-occurring SUD.
• Family involvement (with authorization) around education and boundary work.
• Aftercare planning as IOP progresses — step-down to OP is coordinated, not abrupt.

Access at Our Woodland Hills Campus

Our campus is at 21250 Califa St, Ste 114, Woodland Hills, CA 91367, in the West San Fernando Valley. Access is straightforward:

• From the 101 (Ventura Freeway) — exit at De Soto Avenue or Winnetka Avenue and drive a short distance north.
• From the 118 (Ronald Reagan Freeway) — take Winnetka or De Soto south into the West Valley.
• Nearby communities — Warner Center, Winnetka, West Hills, Canoga Park, Tarzana, and Encino are all a short drive.
• Telehealth — after your initial in-person assessment, most follow-up psychiatric visits can be done by video for California residents.

Parking and check-in details are provided at intake. If accessibility accommodations are needed, tell our admissions team when you call.

Program Levels That Deliver This Care

This service is delivered inside the level of care that matches your clinical need at intake. Level of care can shift over time as treatment progresses.

Insurance, Cost, and Getting Started

Most commercial insurance plans cover co-occurring iop under mental health and substance use disorder benefits, which are subject to federal parity requirements under the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act. Parity means insurers cannot impose stricter limits on behavioral health services than they apply to physical health services — a real legal protection worth knowing you have when you call.

The first step is a conversation with our admissions team. This call is free, confidential, and carries no obligation. During it, we:

• Verify your insurance benefits within one business day.
• Confirm what’s covered, what your copay or coinsurance will be, and whether prior authorization applies.
• Start any required prior authorization on your behalf so you’re not stuck on hold with your insurer.
• Schedule a clinical evaluation — usually within a few business days of your first call, sooner when the situation is time-sensitive.

If insurance doesn’t cover the service or your plan design doesn’t fit, self-pay options can be discussed. There is no charge to have this conversation. Reach us at (747) 888-3000 or use our insurance verification form.

What Progress Looks Like

Recovery through co-occurring iop is not a straight line, and durable clinical outcomes rarely happen in weeks. Realistic timelines matter here more than optimistic promises. Most patients notice measurable improvement in the first month of consistent treatment — reduced cravings, more stable mood, better sleep, easier engagement with therapy. Substantive behavioral change typically takes root over three to six months.

Progress is reviewed at every clinical visit. We measure it in specifics: frequency of the target behavior, functional recovery in work and relationships, sleep quality, and — where medications are involved — how well the pharmacology is holding cravings and side effects. When something isn’t working, we adjust. That might mean a dose change, a therapy focus shift, or a step up or down in level of care. The plan follows the patient’s clinical picture, not the other way around.

Setbacks are treated as clinical data, not moral failure. If a relapse or symptom flare happens, the team’s job is to understand what led to it and refine the plan. Patients are not discharged for a relapse. Long-term recovery is often what happens after the acute treatment phase ends, and we plan for that from the first visit — through aftercare planning, coordinated hand-offs, and telehealth follow-up available across California.

Confidentiality and HIPAA Protections

Treatment records at Elevated Healing are protected under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and, for substance use records specifically, under 42 CFR Part 2 — a federal regulation providing additional protection for substance use disorder treatment information. That means treatment status and clinical details are not disclosed to family members, employers, or third parties without your written authorization, except in narrowly defined legal circumstances (imminent harm, court order).

Practical protections include HIPAA-compliant scheduling and communication systems, secure insurance verification channels, and billing structured to minimize what appears on statements. Patients with heightened confidentiality concerns can request specific accommodations at intake — arrival timing, check-in flow, telehealth-first scheduling — and our admissions team will confirm what’s available.

Frequently Asked Questions