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Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) in Raleigh, NC
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Partial Hospitalization at Green Hill gives you access to something most people don’t know exists outside of a hospital — expert, daily care from a full team of psychiatrists, therapists, and medication providers, all working together around you. It’s built for the moments when things have gotten serious enough that you need focused help right now.
What Is a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)?
A Partial Hospitalization Program — PHP — is the most intensive outpatient level of care available. Think of it as the most support you can get without checking into a facility overnight.
It’s for people whose mental health or substance use has gotten to a point where it’s affecting everything — their ability to function, their relationships, their safety — and who need daily clinical support to start turning things around. Whether that’s managing intense cravings, emotional dysregulation, or mental health symptoms that are making it hard to get through the day.
At Green Hill, PHP is five days a week with therapists, psychiatrists, and medication providers all working together around you.
Therapists lead the clinical experience — groups, individual sessions, skill building. Psychiatrists and medication providers make sure the medical foundation is solid — easing cravings, managing the physical effects of early recovery, and adjusting medications so that the hard work of therapy can actually land.
PHP Schedule
Monday – Friday | 9:30 AM – 2:30 PM
Each day is structured around a mix of evidence-based group therapy, individual therapy, and medical support. A typical week includes:
Morning Session (9:30 – 11:00 AM): Each day starts with a group focused on the fundamentals — understanding your own patterns, building motivation, and developing real skills you can use when things get hard. Sessions draw on Motivational Interviewing, a proven approach that helps you find your own reasons to change, and Mindfulness, which teaches you to slow down, stay present, and respond to difficult moments instead of react to them.
Mid-Morning Session (11:15 AM – 12:30 PM): This block rotates through focused groups each day of the week, covering the full picture of recovery. Addiction Education helps you understand what’s happening in your brain and body. DBT Skill Building gives you practical tools for managing emotions and relationships. ACT and CBT help you identify unhelpful thought patterns and take action aligned with your values. Family Dynamics explores how your relationships affect your recovery. Each group builds on the last.
Lunch (12:30 – 1:00 PM)
Afternoon Session (1:15 – 2:30 PM): Afternoon groups rotate through Recovery Preparation, Relapse Prevention, Art Therapy, and Experiential groups that put skills into practice. Once a week, a member of our medical team leads a group covering the science behind addiction and mental health — helping you understand what’s happening biologically and what you can do about it.
Individual Therapy: Once a week you’ll meet one-on-one with your therapist to review your progress, work through what’s coming up, and focus on building the practical skills to confidently take on whatever is in front of you.
Yoga: Several times a week, a trained yoga instructor leads sessions designed to help you regulate stress, reconnect with your body, and build resilience — because recovery isn’t just mental.
How Do I Know If PHP Is A Good Fit For Me?
PHP is for adults whose symptoms are interfering with their ability to function — and who need a higher level of clinical support to get a stable foundation to start building progress. You don’t have to have everything figured out before you call — that’s what our clinical team is here for. But PHP is likely a good fit if any of the following feel true:
- You're experiencing intense cravings or withdrawal symptoms that are difficult to manage on your own
- You're having thoughts of self-harm or suicide, or your mental health has deteriorated to a point that feels unsafe
- Depression, anxiety, or other mental health symptoms are making it hard to get out of bed, go to work, or take care of basic responsibilities
- You're using substances daily or in ways that are causing serious harm to your health, relationships, or ability to function
- You've recently completed a medical detox and need continued clinical support to stay stable
- You're experiencing a mental health crisis that has come on suddenly and requires immediate, structured attention
- You have both a substance use disorder and a mental health condition that need to be treated at the same time
We use the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) criteria — the clinical gold standard for determining the right level of care — to make sure PHP is the right fit for you. If it isn’t, we’ll be honest about that and help point you in the right direction. Our goal is to get you the right help, not just any help.
Clinical Outcomes
80 IOP /PHP patients entered with active substance use (BAM) Substance Use Score > 0)
65%
achieved zero substance use by most recent assessment
Mean substance use score 4.3 → 0.9 (-79% reduction) | 52 of 80 patients
Risk Factors
84%
of patients improved
15.5 → 10.2 (high risk subgroup)
Protective Factors
60%
of patients improved
16.5 → 17.8 (mean score)
Zero-Use Maintanance
85%
Zero-Use Maintained
67 patients entering with no active use (coming from residential treatment)
What to Expect During PHP In Raleigh?
Your first day begins with a clinical assessment so we can understand what’s going on and start building your treatment plan. From there you’ll meet your therapist, be introduced to your team, and begin attending groups.
By the middle of your first week you’ll be fully integrated into the daily schedule — attending morning and afternoon groups, meeting with your individual therapist, and beginning to work with our medical team. Your psychiatrist isn’t just managing your medications from a distance. They lead groups alongside you, which means they’re getting to know you as a person — not just a patient.
Most people in PHP begin to feel more stable within the first week. The goal of the program isn’t just stabilization, though. It’s building the skills, insight, and support system you’ll carry with you when you move to the next level of care.
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Therapies Used In PHP
Every therapy we use at Green Hill is backed by research — and chosen because it focuses on developing skills you can use in your daily life, not just insights you leave in the therapy room.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) — teaches you how to manage strong emotions, handle stress in healthy ways, and communicate better in your relationships. Especially helpful if emotions have felt overwhelming or out of control.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) — helps you notice the thoughts that lead to harmful behaviors and learn how to change them. One of the most proven tools in mental health and addiction treatment.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) — helps you stop fighting the thoughts and feelings that naturally come up in your life. When we resist what we’re feeling, it often creates more anxiety and frustration. ACT teaches you practical exercises to recognize what’s coming up for you, sit with it instead of struggling against it, and find more peace as a result. It’s especially effective for breaking out of thought loops and mental patterns that keep you stuck.
Motivational Interviewing — helps you find your own reasons to change rather than being told what to do. People make lasting changes when the motivation comes from within and not outside pressure. Through honest conversation, this approach helps you get clear on what matters to you, understand what’s been getting in the way, and work through the back-and-forth thinking that often makes taking that first step so hard.
Mindfulness — teaches you to slow down and pay attention to what’s happening in your mind and body in real time, so that when something hard comes up — a craving, a stressful situation, an overwhelming emotion — you can pause and choose how to respond instead of acting on impulse. It sounds simple, but for most people it’s a skill that takes practice. And once you have it, it changes how you move through the world.
Relapse Prevention — helps you understand what specifically puts you at risk. What situations, emotions, people, or places tend to pull you back toward old behaviors? This work helps you map that out clearly, build a practical plan for what to do when those moments come up, and develop the habits and support systems that make it harder to fall back into old patterns.
How Effective is PHP?
The research on PHP is compelling — structured, intensive outpatient care with psychiatric involvement and evidence-based therapies consistently produces strong outcomes for adults with substance use and mental health conditions. But we don’t just point to other people’s research. We measure what happens to our own patients over time — and the data is clear.
Across our PHP and IOP programs, patients show significant reductions in substance use, meaningful improvements in risk factors for relapse, and stronger protective factors that support long-term recovery. We invest in measuring outcomes because it helps us identify what is working and what isn’t — so we can keep improving and get our patients the best results possible.
Does Insurance Cover PHP in Raleigh?
In most cases, yes. PHP is a medically recognized level of care and is covered by most major insurance plans when clinically indicated. Green Hill Recovery is in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna/Evernorth, Aetna, UNC Health Alliance, Optum/United, the NC State Health Plan, TRICARE, Ambetter, and more.
We verify your insurance on your behalf and walk you through your benefits before you make any decisions. Verifying your coverage is free and takes only a few minutes.
Why Green Hill?
The difference at Green Hill isn’t a single thing. It’s how everything works together.
We practice Recovery Oriented System of Care — a model built on the understanding that recovery isn’t linear and that people need different levels of support at different times. Our programs are designed to flex around that reality.
Psychiatrists, therapists, and medication providers work together as one coordinated team — treating substance use and mental health as the interconnected challenges they almost always are. And when PHP ends, you don’t lose that team. You move to a lower level of support with the same people already in your corner.
Most programs treat the crisis in front of them. We built something different. Getting through a crisis is the first step — but what comes after is just as important. We built a system designed to support people through every phase of getting better, not just the hardest one.
The Advaita Health Advantage - Life After PHP
One of the most common fears people have at the end of a PHP program is what happens next. At Green Hill, that transition is built into the system from day one.
When you’re ready to move out of PHP, you transition into our Substance Use IOP — the same team, a less intensive schedule, continuing the work you’ve already started. From there, many patients move into ongoing psychiatric and medication support through AIM: Advaita Integrated Medicine — our sibling company, built by us and located right next door, specifically so that our patients would always have access to expert psychiatric and medication care long after a structured program ends.
Many patients are already working with an AIM provider during PHP — which means by the time the program ends, that relationship is already in place. No new intake. No explaining your story to someone new. Just the next phase of care with people who already know you.
Getting better isn’t a straight line. People need more support at some points and less at others — and sometimes things get hard again after a period of doing well. That’s a normal part of the process, not a failure.
We built Green Hill and AIM as one connected system precisely because we wanted our patients to always have somewhere familiar to turn, no matter where they are in their journey.
Dr. R. Dewayne Book
Chief Medical Officer
Dr. Dewayne Book oversees medical services across both Green Hill Recovery and AIM: Advaita Integrated Medicine...
Meaghan Brackin, MS, LCMHC, LCAS, CRC
Manager of Substance Use Programs
Deana Luciano is the clinical backbone of Green Hill's substance use programming. As Director of Substance Use Programs...
Deana Luciano, Ph.D., LCMHC, LCAS
Director of Substance Abuse Programs
Rachel Iroff oversees Green Hill's Mental Health IOP, bringing both clinical expertise and a genuine commitment to...
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Inpatient treatment requires you to live at the facility around the clock. PHP provides the same level of clinical intensity during the day, but you go home each evening. For most adults who don’t require 24-hour supervision, PHP produces comparable outcomes — while allowing you to stay connected to your life, your family, and your community.
More: PHP vs IOP
PHP meets five days a week for five hours a day — it’s designed for the most acute phase of treatment. IOP meets three days a week for three hours and is designed for people who have stabilized and are ready for a less intensive level of support. Many patients move from PHP into IOP as part of a natural progression in their care.
Most people are in PHP for two to six weeks, depending on their clinical needs and progress. Your treatment team will work with you to determine the right length of stay based on how you’re doing — not a fixed schedule.
Look for a program with psychiatric involvement, evidence-based therapies, individualized treatment planning, and a clear plan for what happens when the program ends. A good PHP shouldn’t feel like a revolving door — it should be the beginning of a longer clinical relationship that supports you over time.
Yes. All treatment at Green Hill is protected under HIPAA, and substance use records carry additional federal confidentiality protections under 42 CFR Part 2. Your information is never shared without your written consent, with limited exceptions required by law. If you have specific questions about confidentiality, our team is happy to walk you through what that means in practice.