Recovery happens in real life. Work, school, family, and other responsibilities do not disappear when someone begins treatment. Elite Recovery provides structured care that helps women work toward recovery while continuing to live at home and remain connected to daily life.
Our women’s intensive outpatient program in St. Paul serves adult women age 18 and older who experience substance use and co-occurring mental health concerns. We offer compassionate, gender-responsive care that recognizes each woman’s history, strengths, responsibilities, and personal goals.
What Is an Intensive Outpatient Program for Women?
An intensive outpatient program for women provides more structure than traditional weekly counseling without requiring clients to live at a treatment center. Participants attend multiple treatment sessions each week and return home after programming.
This level of care may help women who:
- Need consistent support as they begin or return to recovery
- Are stepping down from residential treatment or another higher level of care
- Need help managing triggers, cravings, or relapse risks
- Experience anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, or other mental health concerns alongside substance use
- Want to build recovery skills while managing work, school, family, or caregiving responsibilities
- Benefit from connecting with other women in a supportive treatment setting
A comprehensive assessment helps determine whether IOP provides the right level of care. Elite Recovery uses this assessment to understand the whole person, not simply a diagnosis or a list of symptoms.
Gender-Responsive Care That Respects Your Experience
Women can enter recovery with experiences that affect how they view themselves, relationships, safety, and trust. Trauma, stigma, family responsibilities, mental health symptoms, and social pressure can also shape the recovery process. These experiences differ for every woman.
Gender-responsive care creates room to discuss these concerns without assuming that every woman follows the same path. Elite Recovery offers a respectful environment where clients can speak honestly, develop meaningful connections, and practice new skills with people who understand many of the challenges women face.
The goal is not to define someone by what brought them to treatment. It is to help them understand what they need to move forward.
Personalized Treatment Plans for Lasting Progress
No two people arrive at treatment with the same history or goals. Elite Recovery develops an individualized treatment plan for each client based on a comprehensive assessment.
The care team may consider:
- Substance use history and current concerns
- Mental health symptoms and previous diagnoses
- Trauma history and emotional well-being
- Physical health and nutrition needs
- Relationships and available support
- Work, school, and family responsibilities
- Personal, cultural, and recovery goals
The team reviews progress throughout treatment and adjusts the plan when appropriate. A client may need additional support during one stage of recovery and greater independence during another. This flexible approach allows treatment to evolve as their needs change.
Therapies Used in the Women’s IOP
The outpatient program for women combines group care, individual support, education, and evidence-based therapeutic approaches. Each service serves a different purpose within the larger treatment plan.
Treatment may include:
- Group therapy: Women discuss challenges, practice communication, and learn from peers in a professionally guided environment.
- Individual counseling: One-on-one sessions give clients space to address personal goals, setbacks, relationships, and mental health concerns.
- Cognitive behavioral therapy: CBT helps clients recognize connections between thoughts, emotions, and actions while developing healthier responses.
- Dialectical behavior therapy skills: DBT-based strategies can support emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and healthier relationships.
- Motivational interviewing: This collaborative approach helps clients explore uncertainty and strengthen their personal reasons for change.
- Trauma-informed care: Clinicians promote safety, choice, and trust while remaining sensitive to how trauma may affect recovery.
- Relapse prevention planning: Clients learn to identify warning signs, understand triggers, strengthen coping skills, and prepare for difficult situations.
- Contingency management and motivational incentives: These approaches reinforce positive steps and encourage continued participation in recovery.
- Minnesota Matrix Model principles: Structured education and counseling help clients understand substance use patterns and build practical recovery skills.
- Anger management and emotional coping skills: Clients can develop healthier ways to respond to stress, conflict, and intense emotions.
Not every client needs the same combination of services. The clinical team selects and adapts therapeutic approaches according to each person’s assessment, goals, and progress.
Integrated Mental Health and Wellness Support
Substance use and mental health concerns often affect one another. Addressing only one part of that experience can leave important needs untreated. Elite Recovery integrates substance use treatment with support for co-occurring concerns such as anxiety, depression, trauma-related conditions, stress, and bipolar disorder.
Depending on the treatment plan, clients may also access:
- Mental health therapy with licensed clinicians
- Psychiatric evaluations and medication management
- Appointments with medication-assisted treatment providers
- Nursing support and care coordination
- Nutrition consultations with registered dietitians
- Peer recovery support
- Recovery education
- Family education and support
These services bring different areas of care together. Clients do not have to figure out every next step alone or manage disconnected recommendations without guidance.
Daytime and Evening IOP Options
Elite Recovery offers daytime and evening gender-specific programming to make structured treatment more accessible.
Current scheduling options include:
- Day IOP: Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
- Evening IOP: Monday through Thursday from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Clients may transition to a reduced schedule as they make progress and their clinical needs change. The treatment team bases these decisions on individual progress and clinical recommendations.
Program schedules and availability can change. Contact Elite Recovery to confirm current options and discuss which schedule may fit your needs.
Why Choose Elite Recovery?
Choosing a treatment provider can feel deeply personal. You need more than a program that checks the right boxes. You need people who listen, recognize your strengths, and respect the life you want to rebuild.
Women and their loved ones choose Elite Recovery for:
- Gender-responsive treatment rooted in dignity and respect
- Personalized plans instead of a single path for every client
- Integrated care for substance use and mental health concerns
- Daytime and evening outpatient options
- Evidence-based therapies and practical recovery education
- Support from addiction counselors, mental health clinicians, psychiatric providers, nurses, dietitians, peer recovery specialists, and treatment coordinators
- A welcoming environment that values authenticity, connection, and hope
- Convenient outpatient care in St. Paul
This coordinated approach helps clients build practical skills, strengthen support systems, and carry what they learn into everyday situations. When someone prepares to move into a less intensive level of care, the team can also help plan appropriate next steps.
Start Your Recovery at Elite Recovery
Asking for help takes courage, whether you are looking for yourself or someone you love. Elite Recovery will meet you with compassion, honest guidance, and care shaped around your individual needs.
Call (612) 719-4137 to ask about the women’s intensive outpatient program, verify insurance, or schedule an intake. Elite Recovery is located at 1137 Grand Avenue in St. Paul, MN 55105.
