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On Video
Group, individual, and family sessions over a secure connection with cameras on, at a genuinely intensive schedule. This is not a webinar.
Teen Virtual IOP
Evening sessions over a secure video connection, then your teen sleeps in their own bed. This is for families too far from our campus to drive in, and for teens stepping down after a stay here.
- 8-12 weeks
- Ages 12-17
- 9-12 hours
What this is
Intensive Treatment By Video, From Home
This is nine to twelve hours a week of group, individual, and family therapy over a secure connection. Sessions run on school-night evenings after your teen's own school day ends. It works as a step down after a stay in our Southern California houses, or as a first intensive option when distance prevents treatment. If nights at home are unsafe, this is the wrong option.
When this fits, and when it does not
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You Are Too Far To Drive In
You live hours from the campus, and a week of in-person evenings is not realistic. The same clinical team can run the program from your kitchen instead.
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Stepping Down After A Stay Here
Residential care built the foundation, and the next months are practice at home with clinicians who already know your teen rather than a new clinic starting over.
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Nights At Home Are Safe
You are not afraid to go to sleep, and a parent can be in the house during evening sessions. If the middle of the night is still the crisis, ask about residential care.
- 04
They Are Still Attending School
Your teen gets through the day at their own school, and sessions start afterward. We do not enroll virtual IOP teens in our on-site school.
- 05
Weekly Therapy Was Not Enough
One session a week has already been tried and things kept sliding. Your teen needs a full team and a real schedule, not longer gaps between appointments.
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We Will Say If Video Is Not Enough
If the week falls apart on video, Aaron Earnest and the admissions team will recommend residential care. We do not stretch this level until someone gets hurt.
Weekly life
Where Treatment Happens Each Week
Video sessions with our campus team, family in the house during those hours, and a bedroom we are not supervising after your teen logs off.
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With The Household
Family sessions are built into the week, because your home is the treatment environment now. You are not waiting in a parking lot.
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After They Log Off
Your teen's bedroom is the part we are not staffing, so phone use, bedtime, and Sunday evenings get written down, and we review whether that plan is holding.
Our approach
What Virtual IOP Actually Includes
Built for families who cannot drive in, or for teens who already completed a stay here. Not a watered-down copy of our in-person program.
- Core of the plan
Real Group Therapy On Camera
Small groups of teens the same age with a clinician running the session. Cameras stay on, because being genuinely present is what makes this work.
The Same Therapies, A Different Setting
Thought work, skills training, and family therapy stay in the mix at fewer hours per week. The approach is not watered down just because it is remote.
Evenings That Leave School Alone
Sessions run after the school day so your teen's credits and their place in class stay intact. Treatment does not cost them the year.
A Written Plan For The Evenings
The bedroom, the phone, and Sunday go into the same weekly plan. If it is not working, we name the next level of care rather than adding another video hour.
- When needed
An Honest Recommendation To Step Up
If the nights become a problem again, we do not stretch a remote program. Residential care on this campus is the other option, and we will say so.
Your part
You Cover The Hours The Screen Cannot
There is no overnight staff in a remote program, so a parent needs to be in the house during evening sessions. Family work is scheduled because your home is the treatment environment now.
They logged in, so we are covered.
Being Home During Evening Sessions
An adult stays in the house while your teen is in group. They get privacy for the session and you stay present in the home. Both are part of the plan.
The screen hour is their business.
Attending The Family Sessions
The pattern is still between you, in a house no camera can supervise after the session ends. A teen-only video call will not change that.
They can do group from under the covers.
Setting Up A Space That Works
A private room, a door that closes, a charged device, and a reliable connection all need to be sorted before week one. We walk through the setup with you.
Academics
They Stay At Their Own School
This program runs in the evenings, alongside the school your teen already attends, rather than pulling them into our classrooms.
Their Own Campus
Your teen stays enrolled and attends their own school. We contact counselors only when the treatment plan needs the school involved.
Sessions After The School Day
Groups run on school nights after the day your teen has already sat through. Homework still has to fit, and we schedule accordingly.
Working With Their Existing IEP Or 504
Send the current schedule and whatever plan they already have. We work with that rather than creating a parallel one.
Send the current school schedule and any IEP or 504 they already have.
Length of stay
8
weeks of evening sessions, by progress
Most remote courses run eight to twelve weeks, depending on whether evenings and nights are genuinely holding.
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How Long A Course Runs
A typical course runs eight to twelve weeks, longer when stepping down from residential and shorter when the goal is narrow. Nine to twelve hours a week happen on school-night evenings, and your teen sleeps at home. We do not set an end date before the work is done, and we do not stretch a remote program that is not working.
- Week one covers fit, technical setup, and a written plan for the evenings, not a forced breakthrough.
- Most teens finish in eight to twelve weeks, with hours reducing as the week stabilizes. Some continue longer.
- Aftercare means a local therapist and a family who already knows the approach, not a final logout and silence.
When to call
Call Us. We'll Tell You If This House Fits.
If your teen is leaving our houses and needs a next step, or distance makes in-person treatment impossible, call us. Aaron Earnest and the admissions team will tell you which option fits. If you can still drive to our campus after school, our outpatient page is the better fit. They will say no if nights at home are not safe.