The Muir Wood teen IOP in Petaluma, CA, provides outpatient treatment for teens, ages 12 to 17, with dual-diagnosis (mental health and/or substance use) issues. We help teens manage mental health conditions and associated addictions.
While residential treatment is one option for treatment, outpatient treatment gives families more flexibility and options for help. Either way, our goal is to provide hope and healing.
Our highly credentialed team works closely with clients and their families to develop a personalized treatment plan, including individual, group, and family therapy. Muir Wood also collaborates with Petaluma community providers to best support teens’ long-term recovery and sustained healing. Download our outpatient flier to learn more.
Our Therapy Program: 9 Hours per Week
Our intensive outpatient program for teens in Petaluma provides nine hours of therapy each week. Clients attend individual and group therapy sessions on weekday evenings. This treatment plan focuses on relapse prevention, managing emotions, and lifelong recovery and coping skills.
For those working on sobriety, we provide a few additional supports, including two additional hours of therapy per week—one individual therapy session and one family therapy session. Once-weekly drug testing is provided as needed. We also strongly encourage participation in community 12-step meetings for young people.
Parents are expected to attend Muir Wood’s virtual weekly parent psychoeducation and support groups to receive additional support and learn skills that aid in the family’s healing process.
Our Team and Facility
Our IOP for teens in Petaluma, CA, employs a full network of experienced and empathetic staff, including therapists, care coordinators, medical professionals, and group facilitators. Learn more about our programs and our philosophy.
All treatment takes place at our convenient facility in Petaluma. The central location makes it easy to access each day.
Our Evidence-Based Groups and Therapy Activities
In our teen IOP in Petaluma, we use a range of evidence-based therapeutic modalities and discussion groups to provide teens with knowledge and tools to support their recovery.
Weekly Intensive Outpatient Schedule
| Time | MONDAY | WEDNESDAY | THURSDAY |
| 4-5 PM | Personal Inventory | Process Group | Process Group |
| 5-6 PM | Seeking Safety | Relapse Prevention | ACT |
| 6-7 PM | Self and Relationships | DBT | Weekend Goals and Safety Planning |
*Some individual and family therapy sessions will take place Tuesday and Friday between 4:00-7:00 PM.
Personal Inventory Session
This session serves as a brief check-in to review the weekend’s events and set intentions for the week ahead. Teens can report on obstacles in their recovery, check in with program staff about personal struggles, and identify dynamics that may need exploration in individualized sessions or particular groups in the coming week. This group helps teens focus on the impact they can make in their own recovery process.
Seeking Safety Group
Seeking Safety is an evidence-based group that helps teens with stress, trauma, and substance use disorders. Clients establish safety by exploring the impact of trauma and identifying and understanding triggers to addictive behavior. They then can explore how to build healthy relationships, manage symptoms such as dissociation and self-harm, and restore ideals that have been lost. This group provides teens with coping skills and peer support.
Self and Relationships Group
This group offers teens the opportunity to reflect on all aspects of relationships and communication in their lives, including with their peers and families, communications via social media, and self-talk. Teens participate in experience-based learning and practice integrating new skills into their relationships with themselves and others.
Process Group
This group provides a supportive setting for teens to discuss their experiences applying new skills in day-to-day life. They receive therapeutic and peer support in navigating the challenges of applying therapeutic work to relationships and self-growth outside the treatment program.
Relapse Prevention Group
This group emphasizes education and skill-building. Clients identify and build internal resources and external support structures to establish long-lasting recovery. These efforts help them manage high-risk situations, thoughts, and feelings. Clients complete and present assignments identifying their triggers and potentially harmful behaviors.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Group
This group uses an evidence-based model to teach clients self-regulation skills, interpersonal effectiveness, and emotional tolerance. Clients learn to use self-assessment tools, self-soothing techniques, and communication skills. These skills allow clients to identify their internal emotional state and know how to reduce harmful behavior patterns.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) Group
This evidence-based therapeutic modality focuses on stress management and treating depression and anxiety. Teens learn mindfulness, body awareness, and therapeutic movement while exploring patterns of behavior, thinking, feeling, and actions that promote mental health.
Weekend Goals & Safety Planning Group
This group serves as a time to reflect on the week’s events and set intentions for the weekend ahead. Teens can plan for anticipated obstacles in their recovery process, strategize solutions with therapeutic and peer support, and celebrate successes.
Our Insurance and Intake Process
Muir Wood accepts most major insurance plans. We offer a complimentary intake assessment and a verification of insurance benefits. Some of the insurance companies we work with include Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, Halcyon, Kaiser, MHN, and Magellan. We are in-network partners with Optum and United Healthcare.
If you’re looking for an IOP specifically crafted for teens in Sonoma County, CA, our team is here to help. Contact us to start the admissions process.