Online therapy in Chicago
In Illinois, 403,000 adults have a serious mental illness.
In Illinois, 96% of Charlie Health clients with severe depression saw improvements in their symptoms.
What is IOP?
Intensive outpatient programming (IOP) is a level of behavioral healthcare that is typically more structured and intensive than traditional weekly therapy.
The goal of IOP is to provide individuals with the support and treatment they need to manage their mental health issues and achieve lasting recovery, while still allowing them to maintain their daily routines and responsibilities.
Curated groups
By bringing people with similar mental health challenges together, we’re able to create group environments where clients can learn how to build connections and foster long-term healing.
Individual therapy
One-on-one connections are critical to the IOP model, which is why each client’s unique treatment plan includes a primary therapist for weekly individual sessions.
Family therapy
The #1 predictor of success in IOP is family involvement. Our virtual intensive outpatient program’s family therapy component teaches communication and coping skills to create a more supportive home environment both during and after treatment.
Who is IOP for?
People with ongoing mental health issues or in a mental health crisis
IOP is designed for individuals who need more treatment and support than can be provided through once-weekly therapy, but who do not require the level of care provided through residential or inpatient treatment.
The top mental health conditions we treat in Chicago
Life-saving mental health treatment when you need it most
People in crisis are struggling to find the mental health treatment they need. At Charlie Health, we’re creating serious, effective, and accessible solutions.
Our treatment programs, including our virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), combine personalized care with peer connection to foster long-term healing.
Immediate Access
Get started with Charlie Health in as little as 24 hours
Flexible Scheduling
Morning, afternoon, and evening options on Mon-Sat
Exceptional Outcomes
Measured care to optimize the treatment experience
We proudly partner with many major insurance providers, including commercial, Medicaid, and TRICARE
In their words
What our clients say
“I finally feel like I can be the person I want to be.”
Charlie Health has provided me with the tools I needed to get through my daily life and overcome the obstacles I felt with lifelong PTSD. Each group facilitator offers a unique perspective on topics, and the people I met along the way inspire me. My individual therapist, Elizabeth, and I immediately clicked, and we resolved many of my traumas. I finally feel like I can be the person I want to be. Thank you to the wonderful staff at Charlie Health!
—Kyra Hickman
“Asking someone for help isn’t giving up...its refusing to give up.”
Charlie Health has helped me through most of my mental problems. You just have to give them a chance. They can help teach you how to cope with anything. For example, I learned that if you're having a panic attack, you can use the tapping method. I learned that asking someone for help isn’t giving up...its refusing to give up. It may seem like you're a bother, but in reality it only makes your health better instead of bottling it up inside. Don’t stop believing in yourself you. You can get through this :)
—Peyton R.
“It's worth it.”
My experience at Charlie Health was incredible. My individual therapist was pivotal in my healing journey as she helped me to understand my emotions and work through not only my traumas, but also deal with my anxiety. Charlie Health’s experience helped to learn that these feelings, such as depression and anxiety, are a part of me, but that doesn’t have to be a bad thing. I can control them and cope with them and live on with them, and most of all, study them and understand them. Groups were also delightful. I got to meet such a wonderful breadth of beautiful individuals whom I could listen to in their own healing journeys. Although it was quite intensive, it was positive overall. Charlie Health was an extremely great experience. It can be a long process, but in the end, it's worth it.
—Charlie Health Alum
