Substance useOutpatient
Outpatient Program
Continuing care for people who have completed intensive treatment: group sessions three to five times a week, an hour at a time, because recovery is an ongoing journey rather than a single event.
For people who have stabilized in early recovery and want to keep learning in a supportive group, having recognized the value of sustained, structured engagement.
3–5
Group sessions a week
1 hour
Each session
After intensive
Treatment here or elsewhere
Group
Peer support is the mechanism
Cadence
Three to five a week
an hour at a time
What keeps recovery standing
Nothing here is new work. It is the maintenance that stops the intensive work coming undone.
Regular peer support
The group is the point: people at the same stage, meeting often enough for it to hold.
Reinforced coping strategies
The tools built during intensive treatment, practiced until they are habit rather than effort.
Continued guidance
Experienced facilitators keeping the sessions useful, not just regular.
A structured routine
A fixed weekly rhythm, which is often what early recovery is missing most.
Continuing care is $35 a session. Or $5. Or nothing.
Outpatient sessions are priced on the same published scale as everything else here, set against household size and income under the federal poverty guidelines. Nothing changes when you step down to this level.
Clients are never denied services because of an inability to pay current or past fees.
Estimate your own fee- ≤ 100%100% discountFreeFree
- 101–133%90% discount$5$7.50
- 134–150%85% discount$5.25$11.25
- 151–185%75% discount$8.75$18.75
- > 185%No discount$35$75
Full fees are $35 individual and $75 group. Insurance is billed first where you have it, and the scale applies to what is left.
What the first three weeks look like
No patient is placed in a program before an assessment, and no assessment happens before we have told you what it will cost.
Days 1–2
Intake call and benefits check
A coordinator confirms eligibility, verifies your insurance, and schedules your appointment. If you are unable to pay, a sliding-scale discount is applied and you are told the cost before anything is scheduled.
Week 1
Clinical assessment
A licensed clinician completes the biopsychosocial evaluation, covering history, medications and risk screening, then issues a provisional diagnosis with an ASAM level of care.
Weeks 2–3
Treatment plan in motion
You start with the prescriber and therapist who will stay with you, and the plan is reviewed at every update as your level of care steps up or down.
What usually comes before
Most people arrive here from one of these, having stabilized in early recovery.
Residential Treatment 3.1, 3.3 & 3.5
Structured living with 24-hour recovery-focused support. 3.1 is clinically managed low-intensity; 3.3 is population-specific high-intensity, for people with cognitive, developmental or psychiatric needs.
- 24/7 supervision
- Life skills training
- Group counseling
- Peer support
Partial Hospitalization Program
Intensive, integrated care available up to seven days a week, without full-time inpatient admission, for people who are medically stable and have a supportive home to return to each evening.
Learn moreIntensive Outpatient (IOP)
Structured therapy and recovery work that fits around daily life, aimed at abstinence and positive behavioral change, with employment readiness and vocational training built in.
Learn moreMedication-Assisted Treatment
Medication combined with counseling and behavioral therapy for opioid use disorder: Suboxone (buprenorphine and naloxone), plus other FDA-approved options.
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One appointment
Start with an assessment
- The diagnosis
- The level of care
- What it will cost
Benefits verification is free, whether or not you go on to book.
Telehealth
Psychiatry and therapy by secure video anywhere in Maryland.
Confidentiality
Substance use records protected under 42 CFR Part 2.