Mental Health (Intensive Outpatient)

When you need more support than typical outpatient therapy can provide, turn to Essentia Health’s partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs in Duluth, Minnesota. You’ll find comprehensive care that helps you regain control of symptoms from post-traumatic stress disorder to depression and anxiety.

Adult Partial Hospitalization Program

Choose Essentia’s Adult Partial Hospitalization Program for short-term, intensive outpatient mental health care that helps you better manage your symptoms and your life. You’ll continue to live at home while attending a group therapy program six hours a day, four days a week, for three weeks. This program is available through Essentia Health-Duluth and is in the 330 Building (330 East 2nd Street, Duluth, MN 55805).

This program can help you reach your treatment goals when you need a higher level of care, but don’t require the 24-hour monitoring of an inpatient program.

Team-Based Approach

Our team of mental health professions gets to know you—not just your condition. Depending on your needs, you may work with:

• Nurse practitioners (NPs) and registered nurses (RNs) – Provide care, treatment, medication management, and education
• Psychotherapists – Offer individual and group therapy
• Licensed Alcohol and Drug Counselors (LADCs) – Access substance abuse issues
• Occupational therapists – Help you gain skills related to daily activities so you can be more independent
• Recreational therapists – Coordinate programs like art therapy, music therapy, and recreation therapy
• Social workers – Connect you with community resources and help you plan for care after you leave the program
• Chaplains – Give spiritual guidance and support

Follow-Up Care

You’ll leave the program with a plan to get support and care for yourself and your mental health. Count on us to help you maintain your progress through referrals to other health care professionals and community support groups.

Specialized Care for Young Adults

Join an intensive outpatient therapy program designed for young adults, ages 18 to 25. You’ll gain skills to better manage your mental health while continuing to work or attend school. The program meets for three hours, three days a week. You can expect to stay with the group for four to six weeks.

This program is available through Amberwing is in the 330 Building (330 East 2nd Street, Duluth, MN 55805).

What You’ll Gain

Rely on us to develop a treatment plan that focuses on your needs and goals. Meet with a therapist and other young adults facing similar challenges in a safe, nurturing environment. You’ll work together to improve your ability to:

• Focus your attention on the present (mindfulness)
• Balance priorities and demands
• Build healthy relationships
• Cope with difficult situations
• Manage your emotions
• Identify and change irrational or unhelpful ways of thinking
• Set goals

Trauma-Informed Care

Trust your care team to help you feel physically, psychologically, and emotionally safe. Rebuild a sense of control and empowerment with support from your providers.

Follow-Up Care

When you leave the program, you’ll have a plan that helps you continue to get the mental health care you need to live well. Count on us to help you throughout your transition and provide referrals to other health care professionals as needed.

Amberwing Center for Children in Duluth

If you live in or near Duluth, Minnesota, your child’s health care team may recommend they receive mental health or substance abuse services at the Amberwing - Center for Youth & Family Well-Being.

This unique facility provides a healing and welcoming environment for your child where they can receive intensive outpatient mental health care from skilled Essentia professionals.

Insurance Coverage & Cost

Cost for Essentia’s partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs varies based on your insurance plan. Check with your insurance provider to learn about your benefits.