The Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) at Windmoor Healthcare is an outpatient level of care that offers access to a secure, structured environment that enables the patient to return home at night and maintain important family relationships. The program is five days a week and is designed for patients who require an comprehensive outpatient level of care. The patient who is most appropriate for this level of care may be experiencing problems at work, school, with family relationships or in social situations due to their mental health symptoms or co-occurring mental health/substance use disorder.

Partial Hospitalization Program may be the right next step in the transition from inpatient to outpatient treatment and may sometimes be the recommended treatment instead of inpatient care. Windmoor Healthcare offers specialized programming based on the patient’s treatment needs.

PHP utilizes psychoeducational and psychotherapy processing groups to provide skill-based knowledge for the patients to create change in their lives by understanding the psychiatric diagnosis, the impact of life stressors, and learning to identify triggers and coping mechanisms for a successful, healthy lifestyle. Many of our patients have felt helpless, hopeless and have had thoughts of suicide, which prompted them to seek treatment.

Our multidisciplinary staff use several individualized treatment modalities, to assist individuals in their mental health recovery and through coping with depression and anxiety, developing action plans, and building coping skills so patients can improve their self-awareness, self-expression and problem solving.

PHP utilizes multiple treatment approaches and skills:

• We teach skills that help people understand the link between their thoughts and emotions and to develop alternate ways of thinking and behaving to improve functioning and decrease stress.
• Our therapy provides clients with therapeutic skills to manage painful emotions through the use of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness.
• We provide a Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach for the treatment of depression, anxiety and stress, addictions, borderline personality disorder, and other psychological issues.
• We help patients gain a level of acceptance in their lives and take guided actions toward their future with awareness and openness so the patient can engage fully in the present moment.

Additional core components of this track are:

• Anger management
• Relaxation techniques/mindfulness
• Communication
• Positivity training
• Family issues
• Building support systems
• Trauma
• Sleep disturbance
• Self-esteem
• Setting boundaries
• Diagnosis education
• Mood management

• Coping skills
• Decision making/problem solving
• Healthy life skills
• Identifying codependency
• Developing healthy relationships
• Dealing with loss/grief
• Reality orientation
• Managing pain
• Crisis/stress management
• Medication education
• Expressive therapies
• Discharge planning

Our Co-Occurring Disorders Partial Hospitalization Program provides treatment for people diagnosed with both a mental illness and substance use disorder. We incorporate a number of elements including groups specifically designed for people with dual disorders, education regarding medications and other steps to recovery from both illnesses. We offer help in understanding the effects of substance use on their lives, and knowledge regarding substances of abuse and how they affect mental illness and medication.

Additional core components of this track are:

• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Addictive behaviors
• Triggers
• Managing cravings
• Addiction timeline
• Managing withdraw symptoms
• Using medication effectively

We welcome the opportunity to collaborate with other treating providers in the community such as therapists, case managers or physicians. We may also supplement PHP with other treatment modalities available in the Tampa Bay area, such as individual, couples, or family therapy, support groups, Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), Al-Anon, Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Celebrate Recovery, etc.

PHP treatment is provided by licensed, masters-level therapists. Patients see the practitioner at least weekly for medication management. To further explore the services provided by the Partial Hospitalization Program or to schedule an intake assessment, please contact the program directly at 727-541-2646 ext. 1137.

Assessment and Referral Specialist are available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to assist you or your loved one. We cannot offer diagnosis, counseling, or recommendations online. To schedule a no-cost assessment or for more information, please call 727-322-7222 or send us a message. If you are currently experiencing an emergency, please dial 911 or go to the nearest emergency room.

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