Partial Hospitalization Program (Day Treatment)
Inova’s CATS Partial Hospitalization Program is commonly referred to as our day treatment program. The program’s goal is to build participants’ skills to support their ongoing recovery from addiction. It can serve as a step down from a residential program or inpatient medical detox, or it can serve as a point of entry to addiction treatment. The program combines a high level of structure and support with an outpatient setting. People in the program spend the day in small-group therapy and skill-building sessions, but they return to their homes, families and communities each evening. It’s a holistic approach that embraces the whole person, providing support, skills and encouragement for recovery.
Our day treatment program for the CATS Partial Hospitalization Program runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. each weekday and is offered at our clinic near Inova Fairfax Hospital in Falls Church, VA. How long participants stay in the program depends on each individual’s treatment plan, but patients generally stay at this level of care for five days.
Intensive Outpatient Program
Inova’s CATS Intensive Outpatient Program supports participants as they continue to build their recovery skills. It offers an intensive, curriculum-based, small group approach. Participants can return to work and family responsibilities, while still benefiting from a serious focus on their individual recovery journeys.
Each program session offers a deep dive into a single topic, with a different topic each day. Like the CATS Partial Hospitalization Program, participants build trust with their fellow group members as well as the CATS staff. Unlike day treatment, however, each day is devoted to learning about one aspect of addiction or recovery.
Each participant’s experience in the program is customized for that individual. For example, the program offers a dual-diagnosis track with a trauma-informed approach for people with co-occurring mental health issues and addiction.
The CATS Intensive Outpatient Program is offered three hours a day, three days a week for up to 10 weeks. It is generally offered as a step down from day treatment program, but it can also be its own point of entry to treatment, if appropriate.
Relapse Prevention
As participants continue to strengthen their recovery skills, their needs tend to change. Designed as a step down from the CATS Intensive Outpatient Program, Relapse Prevention provides ongoing recovery support in a flexible format.
Relapse Prevention takes a holistic approach, supporting multiple dimensions of wellness as participants work to avoid relapse. It also helps participants navigate challenging situations or “stuck points” as they establish new support systems in their lives.
Relapse Prevention is offered twice a week for two hours each day. Progress through this level of care is based on participants’ progress toward the goals they have outlined for themselves.
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Note: CATS has recently converted many of its outpatient services to be available online.
Sober Living
As individuals progress along their recovery journeys, they integrate sobriety into their lives. The Sober Living Program is a weekly support group that helps individuals stay on track for the long term.
Sober Living is the least intensive step in the CATS program, designed for people who have progressed through the previous levels of treatment. It is a support group, led by a licensed professional counselor or certified addiction counselor, that provides ongoing support and accountability as individuals navigate their lives while maintaining their sobriety.
Sober Living meets once a week for two hours. Participants can participate in the program as long as they find it helpful.
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Note: CATS has recently converted many of its outpatient services to be available online.
Early Recovery
The Early Recovery Program is an eight-week program designed for individuals struggling with the line between using substances and being dependent on them. The program is designed for those who are using substances to manage stress and who may also be experiencing legal consequences related to their substance use. We offer a combination of psychology, education and therapeutic processing in this group therapy program.
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Note: CATS has recently converted many of its outpatient services to be available online.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Medication-assisted treatment supports individuals through recovery by providing medications to help decrease cravings and reduce the potential for relapse using. In combination with therapy, medication-assisted treatment can be a powerful tool to address substance use disorders. Medications include:
- Long-acting naltrexone (Vivitrol) – helps to reduce cravings and block the effects of opioid medication. Vivitrol is also used to help manage cravings for those with alcohol use disorder.
- Suboxone – helps to reduce cravings and manage withdrawal symptoms for those who are dependent on opioids, including prescription pain medications and heroin.
The medication-assisted treatment clinic will partner with community physicians to provide the Vivitrol and psychotropic long-acting injections to their patients. The nursing team will work with patients to register and begin delivery of the medication.
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Individual Therapy
Addiction affects the individual facing the substance use disorder, but its effects extend to that individual’s family, friends, colleagues and loved ones as well. Focusing on improving relationships through better communication can help people in treatment build the support system they need to sustain recovery.
CATS offers individual and family counseling to support the recovery of participants in any level of CATS. These are short-term, solution-focused therapy sessions. How it works:
- Therapy is structured as a series of weekly appointments for up to 12 weeks total.
- During the initial meeting, the therapist and patient work together to set goals.
- Then, the therapist uses an evidence-based, solution-focused counseling approach that may include cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing, skill building, mindfulness and other techniques.
Each of our therapists has Master’s level training and is credentialed as a certified addiction counselor, licensed professional counselor or licensed clinical social worker. Note: Therapy is available to current CATS program participants only.
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