WestBridge Groups and Programming for Residential, Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Community Integration Program (CIP)

Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) Schedule 
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Community Integration Program (CIP) Schedule.
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Group Schedule by Group Name – All Programs

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Group (Residential) (PHP)
ACT helps people live more meaningful lives by teaching them to accept difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that reflect their values. Using mindfulness and practical strategies, ACT builds psychological flexibility—empowering individuals to stay present, adapt, and move forward.

Alternate Experience Group (Residential) (CIP)
For participants joined by shared goals and values, it incorporates a fundamental belief that there are many ways to understand hearing voices, seeing things others do not see, and/or other unusual or commonly misunderstood experiences. It is a place where people can meet to talk about their experience without fear of judgment. It offers mutual support with the opportunity to explore experiences and learn from others with similar stories.

Case Management (Residential)
Staff support individuals accessing and coordinating the services and resources needed to support their mental health, substance use recovery, and overall well-being during treatment, in addition to planning for after-care. This promotes stability, increases independence, reduces barriers to treatment, and improves overall functioning by ensuring coordinated and person-centered care.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Group (Residential) (PHP) (IOP) (CIP)
Supports identifying and modifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors that underlie symptoms caused by psychological distress. CBT inspired concepts focus on learning how to change thoughts from negative and self-defeating to positive and self-affirming.

Community Integration (Residential)
Times are scheduled throughout the week for participants to be part of the outside community to practice skills, identify triggers, or just enjoy life. The goal of these activities is to increase social confidence, prevent feeling isolated and to experience sober fun. Each weekend, participants will work together as a community to identify an activity to engage in.

Community Meeting (Residential)
A group that is facilitated weekly by participants and staff that provides a forum to discuss issues related to the house, including general issues, relationships, maintenance and activities. Impromptu Community Meetings can also be called in order to have an opportunity to work through something in the moment.

Communication Skills Group (Residential)
Helps participants develop effective verbal and nonverbal communication strategies that enhance interpersonal relationships, emotional expression, conflict resolution, and overall social functioning.

Conflict Management Group (PHP)
Designed to help individuals understand and navigate conflict in healthy, constructive ways. This group aims to explore the roots of conflict and build effective strategies for communication, setting boundaries, problem-solving, and emotional regulation.

Coping Skills (DBT-informed) (CIP) (PHP)
Using a number of different Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) inspired resources, this group aims to teach four different sets of skills: core mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are aimed at developing awareness of emotional responses and developing or enhancing effective coping skills that help to reduce distress, regulate intense emotions, and improve relationships.

Coping Skills & Problem Solving Group (Residential)
Using a number of different resources, this group aims to help participants develop awareness of emotional responses and develop or enhance effective coping strategies and decision making skills to reduce distress, regulate intense emotions, and improve relationships.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills Group (IOP)
Using a number of different Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) inspired resources, this group aims to teach four different sets of skills: core mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness. These skills are aimed at developing awareness of emotional responses and developing or enhancing effective coping skills that help to reduce distress, regulate intense emotions, and improve relationships.

Enhanced Illness Management and Recovery (E-IMR) Group (Residential) (PHP)
Helps participants acquire information and skills to develop more mastery over their mental illness and make progress towards their own personal recovery. The goals of E-IMR are to instill hope that change is possible, help participants establish personally meaningful goals, teach information about mental illness and co-occurring disorders, and develop skills for reducing relapses, dealing with stress and coping with symptoms.

Exploring Change Group (Residential)
Focuses on how the process of exploring change can more closely examine how co-occurring disorders impact one’s health. Topics for discussion may include how to change negative thinking, change negative behavior, change our environments, and how to strengthen our ability to cope, manage, and overcome by making positive changes.

Expressive Arts Group (Residential) (PHP)
Uses creative mediums like drawing, painting, music, and writing to support emotional healing and self-discovery. No artistic experience is needed—just a willingness to explore. This group encourages self-expression, reduces stress, and helps process thoughts and feelings in a new, meaningful way.

Future Planning Group (PHP)
The Future Planning Group is a goal-oriented and empowering format designed to help individuals explore their hopes, values, and long-term aspirations. This group supports participants in identifying personal goals, developing realistic action plans, and building the confidence and skills needed to move forward in life. Whether planning for employment, education, independent living, recovery, or personal growth, this group helps participants take meaningful steps toward their future.

Goals Group (PHP) (IOP)
Each group begins with a thought of the day or reflection and allows each participant to identify their personal goals. Beginning the day with a positive attitude and intention can be encouraging and uplifting. Learning objectives related to the content of other groups that day are also reviewed, providing a framework that enhances skill growth.

Goals & Progress Group (Residential)
Occurs daily and is facilitated by participants & staff. Each group begins with a thought of the day or reflection and allows each participant an opportunity to review accomplishments, goals, and areas that may need more attention in relation to daily living and working towards daily goals.

Guided Recovery Activity (Residential)
Guided recovery activities provide structure and support to participants navigating the process of healing and recovery, whether from mental health challenges or co-occurring disorders. These activities are guided by one’s treatment plan and include a combination of therapeutic techniques and coping strategies to promote recovery and personal growth.

Healing Roots Group (Residential)
Designed to support individuals in understanding and healing from the psychological and emotional impact of trauma. The group allows participants to explore trauma-related experiences, develop coping strategies, and build resilience. It focuses on skill-building and stabilization to support trauma recovery.

Health & Wellness Group (IOP)
This group provides an opportunity for participants to learn new skills, concepts and ideas as well as identify healthy behaviors in the areas of physical health, exercise, nutrition, smoking cessation, and sleep hygiene. Opportunities for practical activities may be available.

Health & Wellness Group (PHP)
Facilitated by members of the Medical Team, this group provides an opportunity for participants to learn new skills, concepts and ideas as well as practice healthy behaviors in the arenas of physical health, exercise, nutrition, smoking cessation, sleep hygiene, and other common chronic health conditions. Sessions are facilitated through education, discussion and implementing self-management strategies that encourage participants to put more emphasis on their health and wellbeing.

Health 101 Group (Residential)
Facilitated by members of the Medical Team, this group provides an opportunity for participants to learn new skills, concepts and ideas as well as practice healthy behaviors in the arenas of physical health, exercise, nutrition, smoking cessation, sleep hygiene, and other common chronic health conditions. Using Addressing Chronic Diseases: Health-Management Strategies for Use with Behavioral Health Clients by Mary Brunette, MD, and Delia Cimpean Hendrick, MD, sessions are facilitated through education, discussion and implementing self-management strategies that encourage participants to put more emphasis on their health and wellbeing.

Healthy Supports Group (PHP)
Relationships are the source of both positive and negative stress in individuals’ lives. This group works to support individuals develop effective communication strategies, ask for what they need, set appropriate boundaries and remove themselves from unhealthy relationships.

Holistic Skill Building Group (PHP)
This group provides an opportunity for participants to learn new independent living skills, concepts and ideas as well as identify healthy behaviors in the areas of community connection, budgeting, physical health, exercise, nutrition, smoking cessation, and sleep hygiene. Opportunities for practical activities may be available.

In The Moment (Mindfulness) Group (PHP) (IOP)
Combines the ideas of cognitive therapy with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness. The heart of this work lies in becoming acquainted with the modes of mind that often characterize mood disorders while simultaneously learning to develop a new relationship to them.

Individual Appointments (Residential)
Times provided may be utilized for individual sessions, family updates or educational sessions, medical appointments, or other clinical interventions.

Mindful Change Group (Residential)
Serves as a structured, psychoeducational therapy group designed to help participants develop skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness. The group aims to enhance participants’ ability to manage intense emotions, reduce maladaptive behaviors, and improve overall functioning in relationships and daily life.

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) (CIP)
Combines the ideas of cognitive therapy with meditative practices and attitudes based on the cultivation of mindfulness. The heart of this work lies in becoming acquainted with the modes of mind that often characterize mood disorders while simultaneously learning to develop a new relationship to them.

Mutual Help Meetings (Residential)
Peer support and healthy connection are essential to wellness and achieving one’s goals. Attending community mutual help meetings can be an integral part of recovery. These groups may support learning about the structure and function of meetings, the 12 Steps, and sponsorship through community participation.

Nutrition/Culinary Group (Residential)
Cooking is a basic skill for daily living, a social experience, and an entertaining leisure activity. Cooking can also be therapeutic. Under the supervision of our chef, participants learn about kitchen safety, technical skills in the kitchen, discuss healthy eating patterns and practice basic meal planning skills that will support independent living.

Personal Time (Residential)
Times provided to be used for participant’s choosing. This may include using the time for personal reflection, rest, socializing within the milieu, connecting with team members or other interventions that may support individual goals.

Progress Group (PHP) (IOP)
At the end of each day, participants reflect on what they’ve learned, share key takeaways, and set personal goals to support continued growth. This group helps reinforce progress, build motivation, and encourage mindful, intentional living beyond the program.

Recovery Activity (Residential)
Recovery oriented activities may take place as a group in-house or in the community. These group activities may include discussion of a mutual help nature, be facilitated by peers or alumni, and involve activities such as journaling, creative expression, tai chi, mindfulness, etc.
Recovery Wellness Group (CIP)
This group focuses on developing the basic and reinforcement skills necessary to long term recovery. It is common in early recovery to lose sight of the basics and the result is often relapse or recurrence of symptoms of illness due to an underdeveloped foundation in the recovery process.

Recreation/Leisure Activity (CIP)
Opportunities to reconnect with sober or wellness-oriented group activities help prevent isolation and encourages connection and meaningful activity. Utilizing exercise to manage stress, anxiety, weight gain, or emotional well-being are valuable additions to treatment and increases self-confidence.

Relapse Prevention Group (Residential) (PHP)
Focuses on providing participants with the skills, strategies, and emotional support needed to maintain their recovery and reduce the likelihood of returning to harmful behaviors, such as substance use or unhealthy habits. By addressing underlying issues, building resilience, and developing coping skills, participants are able to work towards sustained healing and personal growth.

Safety Planning Group (PHP)
The Safety Planning Group is a supportive space designed to help individuals develop personalized strategies for staying physically and emotionally safe as they head into the weekend. This group focuses on identifying potential risks, building protective factors, and creating concrete, actionable safety plans tailored to each participant’s unique needs and circumstances.

Seeking Healthy Supports Group (IOP)
Relationships are the source of both positive and negative stress in individuals’ lives. This group works to support individuals develop effective communication strategies, ask for what they need, set appropriate boundaries and remove themselves from unhealthy relationships.

Seeking Safety Group (Residential) (PHP)
The Seeking Safety curriculum is built on trauma-informed principles, working toward having group members feel safe, respected, and empowered while exploring the interplay between trauma and substance use. Trauma often plays a significant role in the development and perpetuation of addictive behaviors. By simultaneously addressing trauma and substance use, this group helps individuals break the cycle of using substances as a coping mechanism for unresolved trauma.

Skills for Independent Living Group (Residential)
Helps participants in developing skills necessary for independent living in the community. This includes promoting self-sufficiency through managing daily tasks, such as cooking nutritious meals or cleaning, promoting social connections and personal empowerment.

Skills in Practice Group (Residential) (PHP) (IOP)
Designed to bridge the gap between learning and doing, this group focuses on practicing strategies that promote emotional regulation, healthy communication, problem-solving, and resilience. Participants will build confidence through role-play, feedback and reflection, practice coping techniques and reinforce skills learned in individual and group therapy.

Social Engagement Group (CIP)
A social group gathering centered around fellowship through a group game or activity. Skills around building healthy social connections, refusal skills and discussion of sober activities are incorporated.

Social Skills Group (Residential)
Participants build social competence and self-esteem by developing essential communication skills, build empathy, learn to navigate social situations, and improve their ability to interact effectively with others.

Suite Checks (Residential)
Occurs each morning by residential staff, usually while participants are in goals group. They are done to support creating healthy routines, daily habits and structure in early recovery. Staff will check that rooms are being maintained in accordance with expectations (i.e. cleanliness, bed made, laundry off the floor, etc.) and to offer participants side by side support and/or prompting around these daily living skills as needed.

Team Meetings (Residential)
Meetings between individual participants and multidisciplinary staff to provide mutual feedback, check in, explore progress towards goals and set new goals. This encourages forward movement and remaining goal-oriented in treatment. Teams can also be called as an opportunity to address something in the moment.

“This Is How We Do It” Group (Residential)
Characterized as a “peer-to-peer” group format, WestBridge’s Alumni Coordinator shares recovery-related experiences with the group. The emphasis is not to tell participants the “right way” to navigate recovery, but to discuss what has worked best for some alumni in recovery. Recovery and sobriety are always underlying themes, but discussions include family, work, relationships, hobbies, money, goals, etc.

Vocational Group (Residential)
Provides support, skill building, and resource sharing to help participants identify and attain their vocational goals. Computers will be used for resume development, letter writing, and on-line job searches. Topics covered may include identifying vocational strengths and goals, resume writing, how to interview, how to dress for success, managing stressors, conflict or triggers at work etc. At various times there may also be a group volunteer component.

Wellness Activities (Residential)
Participants are provided daily opportunities for physical activity. Learning to reconnect with sober activities and utilize exercise to manage stress, anxiety, weight gain, or emotional well-being are valuable additions to treatment and increases self-confidence.

Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) Group (Residential) (PHP) (IOP)
The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP), developed by Mary Ellen Copeland, PhD, is a structured system for monitoring, reducing and eliminating uncomfortable or dangerous behaviors and feelings, including addictions. In this group participants develop their individual WRAP to enhance awareness and understanding. This plan is based on empowerment and personal responsibility. It encourages participants to focus on their personal resources, strengths and wellness.

Yoga (Residential)
Yoga, a mind and body practice, has positive benefits on physical and mental health. Yoga increases body awareness, relieves stress, reduces muscle tension, sharpens attention, as well as calms and centers the nervous system. Growing research has shown that yoga enhances social well-being through a sense of belonging, and improves symptoms of depression, ADHD, and sleep disorders.

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WestBridge accepts Aetna, Athem Blue Cross Blue Shield, Carelon, Cigna, ComPsych, Humana, Magellan Health, Point32Health, Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare, Tufts Health Plan, United Health Care, Optum, and Optum VA Community Care Network agreement for CCN Region 1.

“Please note, residential and IOP are contracted with all insurances above. PHP is contracted with all insurances above, except those indicated with an asterisk.”

WestBridge offers two Intensive Outpatient Programs, a morning IOP and an evening IOP. Individuals are able to attend programming in-person or virtually via Zoom. Additional flexible options will be available soon.

For frequently asked questions about our IOP program, please visit our IOP FAQs page.

The WestBridge outpatient Community Integration Program (CIP) follows the Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) model, an evidence-based practice designed for individuals with serious mental illness, with or without co-occurring substance use disorders. Treatment includes comprehensive, wrap-around services that vary in support and intensity based on the participant’s needs, with access to our team 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. While some services are provided in an office setting, CIP team members primarily work with individuals in both their homes and in the community.