Intensive Outpatient Program
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) in Prescott, Arizona
Keep your job. Sleep in your own bed. Show up for your kids. Get well anyway. Our Intensive Outpatient Program brings counseling, group, and ceremony together a few days a week, so treatment fits around the life you are fighting for.
IOP is structured addiction treatment that meets several times a week for a few hours at a time. You live at home and keep up with work, school, and family between sessions.
At Thundermaker, IOP pairs proven counseling with Indigenous ceremony in one program.
We answer your call 24 hours a day.
You need help and you cannot disappear for a month.
Rent is due. Kids need rides. The job is hanging by a thread. Weekly counseling has not been enough, and stepping away from your whole life feels impossible. You should not have to lose everything to get well.
You Are Not Walking This Alone
We built IOP for people with jobs, kids, and bills, because that describes most of the people who call us.
- Native owned and operated, with ceremony and counseling in one place
- Licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services (OTC20145)
- AHCCCS accepted. Confirmed IHS PRC provider for the Nashville Area
- Ceremony and clinical care in one program, in Prescott, Arizona
Is IOP Right for Me?
IOP is a good fit if you:
- Want to stop drinking or using and need more support than a weekly counseling visit
- Have a safe, stable place to live while you are in treatment
- Need to keep working, caring for family, or going to school
- Are stepping down from our Partial Hospitalization Program and want to keep momentum
- Have a court, probation, or tribal court requirement to complete outpatient treatment
If you need more structure than that, your counselor may recommend PHP.
What Does a Week in IOP Look Like?
Your exact schedule is set at your assessment. These are the pieces that fill it.
- Group sessionsRelapse prevention, coping skills, and honest talk with relatives walking the same road.
- Individual counselingOne on one time with your counselor, including trauma therapy and EMDR when it fits.
- Ceremony and cultureTalking circles, sweat lodge, drum, garden, and traditional arts, woven through the week.
- FamilyWith your consent, the people you choose are part of the plan, from the first call to the day you finish.
- A plan for afterBefore you finish, you leave with a plan you helped write, including who you call when it gets hard.
Telehealth sessions are available for some parts of the program. Ask admissions what fits your situation.
Where Does Culture Fit In?
Many relatives have walked away from treatment because every program they tried felt like a hospital or a jail. Here, the counselor and the cultural practitioner work from the same plan. Sage in the morning, a circle in the afternoon, and evidence based counseling in between.
Read more about our Cultural and Traditional Program, the sweat lodge, and food sovereignty.
AHCCCS
Accepted. Members can often start within days. How AHCCCS covers treatment.
IHS Purchased/Referred Care
IHS PRC may pay when your service unit authorizes care first. How PRC works.
Tribal funding
Some tribes pay for treatment directly. Ask your tribe, or have them call us.
Private pay and other insurance
Private pay is available. Tell us about Medicare, VA, or other coverage on the first call and we check it.
PHP or IOP?
PHP is the most structured outpatient care: treatment for most of the day on several days each week, home every night. IOP meets for fewer hours, so life keeps moving while you heal. Many relatives start in PHP and step down to IOP as they get steady.
You do not have to decide this alone. Your assessment shows which level fits, and the plan changes as you do. Read about PHP.
What Are My Next Steps?
Simple on purpose. We carry most of the middle one.
- Call (928) 531-1930Any hour. You, a family member, a case manager, or a probation officer can make the call.
- We sort out coverageAHCCCS, IHS PRC, tribal funding, or private pay. Admissions handles the paperwork with you and gives you a start date.
- Start with your peopleYour first day: assessment, a meal at the table, and a plan you help write. See what the first days look like.
If nothing changes
Without enough support, most people fall back into the same pattern, and the job, the kids, and the relationships they were trying to protect slip anyway.
What it can look like instead
You keep your job. You sleep at home. You come to group with something to say, you go to ceremony, and month by month your family sees you coming back.
Questions People Ask
What is an intensive outpatient program?
An intensive outpatient program (IOP) is structured addiction treatment that meets several times a week for a few hours at a time. You live at home and keep up with work, school, and family between sessions.
How many hours a week is IOP?
Your schedule is set at your assessment. In general, adult IOP programs follow the American Society of Addiction Medicine (ASAM) Level 2.1 standard of at least nine hours of treatment each week. Call (928) 531-1930 for the current Thundermaker schedule.
Can I work while I am in IOP?
Yes. IOP is designed so you can keep working, caring for family, or going to school.
Does AHCCCS cover IOP?
Yes. Thundermaker accepts AHCCCS for IOP. Admissions confirms your plan's benefits on the first call.
Does IHS pay for IOP?
IHS Purchased/Referred Care may pay for IOP when your service unit's PRC office authorizes it before care begins. Thundermaker is a confirmed IHS PRC provider for the Nashville Area.
Can IOP satisfy a court or probation requirement?
Often, yes. We work with tribal and state courts and probation, and send attendance and completion reports to the contact named on your paperwork.
Do I have to be Native American to attend?
Most of our relatives are Native American and Alaska Native, and the program is built around Indigenous culture. Call and we will talk through whether Thundermaker is the right fit for you.
Ready to Start IOP?
One call and you will know whether IOP fits, what your coverage needs, and the earliest date you could start.