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Teen Partial Hospitalization Program in Washington

Teen partial hospitalization program

Teen Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

A teen Partial Hospitalization Program can provide a full therapeutic day when IOP is not enough, while allowing teens to return home or to a supportive living environment outside treatment hours. THIRA Health’s teen PHP serves teen girls and gender non-conforming adolescents beginning at age 13, with care grounded in DBT. Admissions confirms program-specific eligibility.

Based in Bellevue, THIRA Health serves Seattle and surrounding Puget Sound communities. Admissions can help you find the right program and confirm where care takes place.

Ask whether the current teen PHP offers the right amount of daytime structure.

Teen participating in a supportive therapeutic activity

Care with clarity

A fuller treatment day can create room for stabilization, practice, and family coordination.

DBT-specialized careSkills, structure, and a compassionate therapeutic community.
Programs For Different NeedsResidential treatment, PHP, and IOP options depend on age, support needs, and safety.
Bellevue, near SeattleServing clients and families across Washington.
Accredited careJoint Commission Gold Seal and support verifying insurance details.

For teens and the people who care for them

A Teen Voice and a Family Plan Both Matter

Parents and caregivers can share what they are seeing at home and school. Teens can share what treatment, safety, identity, and daily life feel like from the inside. The plan should make room for both perspectives.

A highly structured daytime level of care

When More Daytime Support May Help

Families may consider PHP when a teen needs frequent clinical contact, coordinated care, and repeated skills practice, but does not require acute hospital stabilization or a 24-hour residential setting. Fit depends on safety, functioning, medical needs, support outside treatment, and the ability to return home safely after the treatment day.

Topics to discuss with admissions

  • IOP or weekly therapy is not providing enough structure
  • Symptoms are significantly disrupting school, relationships, self-care, or daily functioning
  • The teen benefits from a consistent daytime therapeutic routine
  • Medication, individual therapy, groups, and skills work need closer coordination
  • Family support can reinforce treatment outside program hours
  • The teen can safely return home or to approved support after programming

Inside the treatment day

A Day With More Than One Way to Learn and Practice

Teen PHP includes DBT skills training, individual and group therapy, psychiatric support, family education, expressive art, mindful movement, and nourishing meals. Services are individualized, and Admissions can confirm scheduling details.

Program details are confirmed during admissions. THIRA Health does not provide acute hospital stabilization or emergency services.

Clinical treatment

Individual therapy, group work, psychiatric care, and coordinated treatment planning create a consistent treatment rhythm.

DBT skills practice

Multiple opportunities during the week help teens move from understanding a skill to using it under pressure.

Whole-person support

Expressive approaches, movement, meals, and family education can support engagement beyond symptom management.

What THIRA Health brings to treatment

DBT Skills for Everyday Life

DBT provides a shared language for noticing what is happening, tolerating distress, regulating emotions, and navigating relationships. The exact treatment plan is individualized, and DBT is integrated with the clinical, relational, and whole-person supports appropriate to the program.
More repetitionA fuller week provides more chances to practice skills with coaching.
More coordinationThe treatment team can see patterns across settings and adjust the plan thoughtfully.
Home remains part of careThe teen returns to family or a supportive living environment outside program hours.
Transitions are plannedPHP can be a step up from IOP or a step down from residential care when clinically appropriate.
A young person in a supportive clinical conversation

More support during the day

A Fuller Treatment Day Can Create More Room to Stabilize

PHP gives teens repeated opportunities to learn, practice, reflect, and receive support across the day while remaining connected to family and life outside program hours.

A client or family perspective

“Their PHP program taught me so many useful skills.”

A former client highlighted the practical value of the program.

Additional THIRA Health perspectives These reflections describe THIRA Health care broadly. They are not promises about a particular program or outcome.
Care that felt personal
“The therapists are great and genuinely care about us.”
Confidence in the team
“The staff at Thira are experts in DBT, and offer evidence-based and trauma-informed care.”
Welcomed as an individual
“This treatment center welcomed me and made me feel valued and cared for as an individual.”

Shared by former THIRA Health clients. Individual experiences and outcomes vary.

What happens when you reach out

What Happens When You Contact Admissions

Admissions does not expect you to arrive with the level of care already selected. Share what is happening now, what has already been tried, and what safety and support look like outside treatment.

Tell us what is happening

Admissions listens to current concerns, safety, daily functioning, prior treatment, identity, and support.

Clarify Which Program May Help

We talk through the amount of support needed, who each program serves, scheduling, available programs, and insurance verification.

Build the next-step plan

If THIRA Health fits, we explain the path forward. If not, we clarify what kind of support may be more appropriate.

Questions people ask

Clear Answers Before You Decide

Admissions can answer questions about schedules, eligibility, available programs, and whether the program may be appropriate.

Does THIRA Health serve Seattle and nearby Eastside communities?
THIRA Health is based in Bellevue and serves people from Seattle, Bothell, Renton, Kirkland, Redmond, Issaquah, and the wider Puget Sound region. For in-person care, ask admissions to confirm the program location, schedule, and travel needs. Seattle and nearby cities are communities we serve, not separate THIRA Health clinic locations. Ask THIRA Health admissions about location and program fit
PHP stands for Partial Hospitalization Program. It is a highly structured daytime level of care without overnight treatment. Clients return home or to another approved living setting outside program hours.
THIRA Health’s teen programming is designed for teen girls and gender non-conforming adolescents beginning at age 13. Admissions can answer questions about program-specific eligibility.
Teen PHP includes DBT skills groups, individual and group therapy, psychiatric care, family education, expressive therapies, mindful movement, and meals. Services vary by individualized plan.
PHP provides more treatment hours and a fuller daytime structure. IOP uses fewer weekly hours and generally allows more participation in school and ordinary routines.
If a teen needs a live-in therapeutic setting and around-the-clock structure, residential treatment may be considered.

A clearer next step can start here

A Fuller Treatment Day May Make the Next Step Feel More Manageable

Admissions can help your family compare teen PHP with IOP and residential treatment based on safety, daily functioning, treatment history, and support outside program hours.