Virtual IOP

 We’re committed to providing your family with the most accessible online therapy to help your adolescent, teen, or young adult throughout their healing journey. That's why we offer a virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP), providing you with premium mental health support for issues like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD).   

  

What Is a Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program at Embark?

Our therapists and specialists are committed to providing your family with the most accessible online therapy to help your adolescent or teen age 12-18 throughout their healing journey. That's why we offer a virtual intensive outpatient program (IOP), providing you with premium online mental health treatment and support for overcoming issues like OCD through therapies like exposure and response prevention (ERP).  

Teen in virtual IOP greets therapist..
Teen in virtual IOP greets therapist.
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What Is a Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program at Embark?

Our insurance-reimbursed virtual intensive outpatient program connects you to select state-of-the-art outpatient clinics and therapists through our secure patient portal. This is a convenient way for your adolescent, teen, and family to receive our high-quality care when attending in person is not an option or a virtual setting is preferred. Our online IOP provides individual and group therapy for your son or daughter as well as family therapy sessions to help meet your family’s needs.

What Are the Benefits of a Virtual IOP?

Teen in flexible virtual IOP program to help with depression.

Flexibility 

A virtual IOP gives your adolescent or teen the flexibility to connect with a therapist from home to overcome behavioral health challenges like OCD, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and substance use. 

Virtual IOP therapist in online program at Embark Behavioral Health.

Industry-Leading Therapists

Embark’s industry-leading online therapists offer virtual IOP treatment to adolescents and teens in select locations for issues like OCD. 

Adolescent and parent celebrate mental health progress in virtual IOP program for issues like OCD.

Measurable Results

Our therapists provide measurable information that shows you how far your child has progressed in our virtual intensive outpatient program. 

The CASA Developmental Framework

A Unique Approach to Creating a Therapeutic Relationship

Embark’s virtual IOP is guided by the CASA Developmental Framework, a unique developmental framework our therapists and specialists use to help adolescents and teens struggling with issues like OCD, bipolar disorder (BPD), and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). CASA stands for commitment, acceptance, security, and attunement (also known as empathy in action). 

Mother and teen daughter conveniently sign in for virtual iop session.

Convenience

Our secure patient portal lets your family easily access premium therapy from wherever you need us.

Teen in flexible online counseling program to help OCD

Accessibility

We aim to meet you where you’re at and that may be in a location that doesn’t have viable in-person treatment options. We can also serve as an option for those who prefer to be at home or are waiting to get into an in-person program. We’re here to help you navigate getting the quality care you need.

Adolescent in virtual IOP reminded to join online session for ADHD.

Attendance Reminders

Our patient portal will send you reminders so you and your child never miss a session. In addition, the convenience of accessing therapy from wherever you are has been shown to increase attendance rates, which helps drive better outcomes. 

Parent and Adolescent sign up for virtual IOP program at Embark Behavioral Health for ADHD.

Simple Sign-Up Process

To sign up for our virtual IOP, click the Get Started button. An Embark team member will be ready to assist you. 

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What Are IOPs and PHPs, and What Should You Expect?

Therapeutic day treatment programs, also known as partial hospitalization programs (PHPs), and intensive outpatient programs (IOPs) provide healing mental health treatment that can help your adolescent, teen, or young adult overcome difficult behavioral health challenges. Here’s what you need to know about these outpatient therapy options and how they fit into Embark Behavioral Health’s continuum of care, offered across the United States.

Virtual IOP Services

Teen enrolled in virtual IOP program for OCD.

Group Therapy

Individual Therapy

Family Therapy

Online OCD Therapy

Adolescent and parent celebrate mental health progress in virtual IOP program for issues like OCD.

Experiential activities  

Psychiatry

Medication Management

Online ERP Therapy

Experiential Activities in Our Virtual IOP

Virtual IOP Treatment Locations

At this time, Embark offers insurance-reimbursed virtual IOPs to residents in: 

  • Georgia.  
  • Maryland.
  • Colorado.
  • Texas.
  • Virginia.
  • Arizona.
  • California.
  • Pennsylvania.
  • Missouri.

More locations coming soon!

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Our Virtual Therapists and IOP Team

Alysa Romano

Position: Clinical Director

Alysa Romano

Clinical Director

Candice Henslee

Position: Enrollment Director

Candice Henslee

Enrollment Director

Tiffany King

Position: VP Virtual

Tiffany King

VP Virtual

How a Virtual IOP Works

Virtual IOP therapist talks to teen with trauma.

During online IOP treatment, your adolescent or teen will spend three hours per day, four days per week in a variety of interactive group therapy sessions. They’ll also have weekly individual sessions and online family therapy once every other week with our therapists and specialists to overcome issues like OCD.  

We’ll make the experience as engaging as possible, with your child receiving supplies for experiential activities throughout the 12-week curriculum. At the end of the program, we’ll work closely with you on discharge planning and next steps. 

Virtual IOP Enrollment

You’ll connect with an intake clinician and coordinator to get familiar with the program and complete your intake paperwork. 

Your child will take a mental health assessment and psychiatric evaluation. 

You’ll log into the patient portal to access program information and see the IOP schedule.  

A therapist will reach out to discuss a treatment plan and goals for your child. 

Therapist greets teen who iis enrolling in virtual IOP program at Embark Behavioral Health.

Virtual IOP FAQ 

Interested In Our Virtual IOP? Get In Touch !

The best way to figure out if our online IOP program will help your teen, adolescent, and family overcome issues like OCD, substance use, anxiety, and depression is to talk with one of our mental health specialists. They’ll consider all symptoms and your family’s treatment history and then recommend next steps for your situation. 

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