Experience with IOP Program for Mental Illness?

I find group therapy really helpful!

I went through these same thoughts! I also attended virtual IOP through Kaiser last year and it saved my life. I was afraid of everyone seeing how broken I was but they just lifted me up and made me feel less alone. I couldn’t even get out of bed, not showering, not eating, negative thinking and suicide ideation. My doctor had me go on FMLA for 5 weeks. IOP truly helped me. Regardless what insurance you have, please give it a try!

Thank you, this is exactly the information I was looking for. I am familiar with Kaiser but I don’t have their insurance so I can’t use their services. I’m still skeptical about group though.

I did remote IOP through Kaiser in October and it was wonderful. Gave me easy structure. I really appreciated being surrounded by others who were just being honest and being supportive of everyone wherever they were and excited about any forward progress. I was struggling with making it too and through work. I took the 2 weeks the program lasted off in medical leave. My program was one hour 9-10 in small group and then 11-12 in a larger group. I really appreciated it and got some great skills out of it. Some skills I had been introduced to before, but I had the space and time to practice them in the afternoons. I took walks between sessions, got my sleep and morning routines in synch and was set up for pretty good success. I highly recommend it. I ended up learning I really like group therapies!