Outpatient programs provide a therapeutic, structured environment that helps individuals address a broad range of psychological and interpersonal challenges. Using group therapy and educational groups, each program helps patients improve their daily functioning and enables them to return home each day and maintain important family and community relationships.

Group therapy facilitates personal growth and change through the exploration of life challenges and stressors with the benefits of receiving multiple perspectives, support and encouragement. Educational groups teach a variety of skills for the improvement of functioning and emotional regulation. Topics may include stress and anger management, communication skills, boundaries, relapse prevention and medication and illness education.

Key features of our outpatient programs include:

• Therapeutic intervention
• Psychiatric evaluation and medication management
• Skill-building and coping strategies
• Flexibility in scheduling to maintain daily routines
• Accountability to attend scheduled sessions provides motivation and structure
• Group therapy offers the opportunity to connect with others facing similar challenges, fostering peer support
• Referral to appropriate specialists upon discharge
• Coordination with community resources

Our programs include:

• Full-day mental health treatment for adults
  • Monday – Friday from 9 am – 3 pm
  • Lunch is provided
• Half-day mental health treatment for adults
  • Monday – Friday from 9 am – 12 pm or 1 – 4 pm
• Substance use recovery & dual diagnosis outpatient program
  • Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1 – 4 pm
• Full-day mental health treatment for adolescents (age 12-17)
  • Monday – Friday from 8:30 am – 2 pm
  • Lunch is provided
• Half-day mental health treatment for adolescents (age 12-17)
  • Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 5 – 8 pm

When you contact The Carolina Center for a consultation, our caring staff conduct a same-day, no-cost health assessment. We listen carefully to your challenges, needs and priorities, then we recommend a program to meet your goals. This may include outpatient day treatment, inpatient treatment or another level of care.

If you are referred to outpatient programming, you will have a psychiatric evaluation within 24 hours to establish a diagnosis and develop a treatment plan, which may include:

• Changes to your medications or new medications
• Group therapy every day to build skills such as emotional regulation, coping skills and mindfulness
• Focus groups to help cope with specific issues, such as trauma or addiction

Our staff also helps you understand and address the costs of care. We accept Medicare, SC Medicaid, TRICARE® and most commercial insurances. We also accept private pay and offer flexible financing options. We explain the costs and help you with paperwork for absences from work, so your treatment doesn’t cause unnecessary anxiety.