Our evening Intensive Outpatient Program runs Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday in Augusta. With telehealth you can attend those same groups by secure video, or split your week between in-person and virtual — same counselors, same cohort, same nine clinical hours. Recovery should fit the life you are keeping, not the other way around.
Join the same Monday / Wednesday / Thursday 6–9 PM groups from a private room at home. Same counselors, same curriculum, same cohort — over a HIPAA-eligible video room, not a generic meeting link.
One-on-one sessions with your primary counselor by secure video or phone, scheduled around work, court dates, and caregiving.
Family involvement is part of the program, not a separate bill. Telehealth lets a parent in Newton and an adult child in Hopatcong sit in the same session without anyone driving at night.
The intake assessment — clinical evaluation, ID verification, and ASAM level-of-care placement — is done in person at Augusta whenever possible, so we start the relationship face to face.
Observed screening, when clinically or court-ordered, happens on-site. We will tell you up front when and why it is required.
If withdrawal risk, safety, or engagement needs an in-person eye, we will ask you to come in. Telehealth is a tool, not a way to keep you at arm’s length.
Rural Sussex County, no second car, a license you cannot use yet, or 25 minutes of mountain road after a 10-hour shift.
Shift work, travel, kids at home by 6 PM, or a job you cannot leave early three nights a week.
Northwest NJ winters should not be the reason you miss group. Hybrid means a snow night is a video night, not a relapse risk.
Immunocompromised, recovering from a procedure, or caring for someone who is — without losing your place in the program.
Before your first virtual group, an intake coordinator walks you through a five-minute tech check on the exact device you will use. No app store scavenger hunt.
Telehealth is treatment, not a crisis line, and it does not manage acute withdrawal. You must be in New Jersey during sessions, and the program still expects you — virtual attendance counts the same as a seat in the room, and so does a no-show. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 now.
For outpatient substance-use treatment, research and our own clinical experience say a well-run virtual or hybrid IOP holds up well — the deciding factor is attendance and engagement, not the camera. The honest answer: it works when it removes a real barrier, and it works less well when it becomes a way to disengage. We watch for that.
New Jersey has telehealth-parity rules, and most plans we work with reimburse virtual IOP and counseling at parity with in-person care. We verify your specific benefits before you start and tell you, in writing, what is covered.
Usually the assessment and any required screening are in person, and the clinical work can be fully virtual or hybrid from there. We build the mix with you. If your clinical picture needs more in-person time, we will say so.
Sessions run on a HIPAA-eligible video service inside our platform, not a public meeting link. We are a 42 CFR Part 2 program: what is said in a session is protected, and we do not record sessions.
Telehealth is for scheduled treatment, not emergencies. If you are in crisis, call or text 988, or call SAMHSA at 1-800-662-HELP. If there is immediate danger, call 911. Once you are safe, we are here for the next step.
Tell us what gets in the way — the commute, the schedule, the winter — and we will design the in-person and virtual mix around it. The assessment is the first step, and we will verify your telehealth benefits before you commit to anything.