Mental Health Day Treatment

Mental Health Day Treatment at Programs For People, Inc. offers a daily (Monday - Friday, 9am to 3pm) therapeutic group program for adults. It is designed to empower individuals to learn self-management and coping skills for emotional regulation, promote the development of healthy interpersonal relationships and other life skills, and prevent or shorten psychiatric hospitalization.

The program can be used to increase an individual's ability to make constructive changes and achieve one’s personal goals. Members of the program form a close community and gain a great deal of support from each other as well as from the staff.

    • Individual and group counselling

    • Milieu therapy

    • Expressive arts

    • Medication Education and Consultation

    • Prevocational support

    • Assistance with self-management skills

    • Promotion of health and wellness

    • Active liaison/collaboration with referent and other relevant service providers as needed

    • Prevention of hospitalization and assessment services

    • Follow-up services, available on a long-term basis, when necessary

    • DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy)

    • Relationships Group

    • CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy)

    • Topics in Health and Wellness

    • Managing Anxiety Group

    • Open Processing Group

    • Positive Psychology

    • Mindfulness

    • Depression and Anger Support Group

    • Expressive Therapies (Art Therapy and Writing Groups)

    • Self-compassion group

    • “Feel to Heal” group 

    • Social Hour

    • Community Meeting

    • Stress Management

    • Life Skills group

    • Current Events

    In-person and Telehealth options available.

    Group topics periodically change based on client feedback, interest, and needs.