Partial hospitalization program (PHP)

PHP sits between residential and intensive outpatient on the care spectrum. The typical format is five or six days a week of structured programming from morning to mid-afternoon — group therapy, individual sessions, psychiatric appointments, and skills work — with the client going home or to sober living each evening.

For people leaving luxury residential, PHP often serves as the step-down phase, especially for those who came in at a high level of need or whose home environment calls for a gradual re-entry. Programs that run the full continuum (residential, PHP, IOP, outpatient) provide continuity that standalone PHPs cannot.

For clients who do not need residential-level care from the start, PHP can be a good entry point — particularly when paired with sober living for addiction or strong family support for mental-health conditions.