Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) in Denver, Colorado
Mile High Recovery Center’s intensive outpatient program in Denver gives you several hours of addiction treatment a day, three to five days a week. You live at home. You keep your job or stay in school. We run day and evening schedules, treat mental health alongside addiction, prescribe medication-assisted treatment, and have sober living if you need it. Most clients are in group within a day of verifying insurance.
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IOP Addiction Treatment That Fits Around Your Life
Intensive outpatient is the level of care for people who need real clinical structure but cannot, or should not, step out of their lives to get it. You come to our Congress Park center for group and individual therapy several days a week, then you go home. The same therapists who run our residential and PHP programs run IOP, so if you are stepping down, nothing resets.
IOP fits three kinds of people. Those stepping down from a higher level of care. Those with a stable place to live and people who support their recovery. And those who need more than a weekly therapy appointment when a residential stay is not realistic right now. If home is where the using happens, or you have relapsed from outpatient care before, we will probably recommend starting higher. The assessment is honest either way.
3-Day, 5-Day and Evening IOP Schedules in Denver
3-Day IOP
Three treatment days a week, several hours each. Built for clients with strong support at home, or who are a few weeks out of residential or PHP and holding steady. Enough structure to keep you accountable, enough room to work full time.
5-Day IOP
Five days a week for clients who need more contact: early in recovery, after a slip, or when the week has too many empty hours in it. Still outpatient, still home every night, but with the frequency of care closer to PHP.
Evening IOP
Groups after work for professionals, students and parents who cannot be here during the day. Same clinical program, same therapists, later clock.
Your schedule can change as you go. Most clients start at five days and step down to three as things stabilize.
Start IOP in Denver this week. We are in-network with most major plans and accept Colorado Medicaid.
Substance Use and Mental Health Conditions Our Denver IOP Treats
Dual Diagnosis IOP
Anxiety, depression, trauma and bipolar disorder travel with addiction more often than not. Our IOP treats both at once, with psychiatric assessment at intake and medication management when it makes clinical sense. Dual diagnosis treatment
Alcohol IOP
Alcohol is the most common reason people come to our IOP. Groups focus on triggers, cravings and the social situations where drinking lives, with Vivitrol available to take the edge off the cravings. Alcohol addiction treatment
Opioid and Fentanyl IOP
Opioid recovery in an outpatient setting works best with medication. Our IOP pairs therapy with Suboxone or Vivitrol prescribed by our medical team, and the overdose-prevention planning that fentanyl makes non-negotiable. Opioid addiction treatment
Meth and Cocaine IOP
Stimulant addiction runs on impulsivity and environment. CBT, peer recovery and a structured week give clients tools to interrupt the pattern before the weekend does. Methamphetamine | Cocaine
IOP vs PHP vs Residential Treatment: Comparing Levels of Care
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
3 to 5 days per week
Several hours per day
Live at home
Moderate clinical intensity
Medical oversight as needed
High flexibility; work or school usually possible
Best for step-down or stable clients
5 days per week
Most of the day
Live at home or in sober living
High clinical intensity
Regular medical oversight
Moderate flexibility; work or school limited
Best for moderate to severe addiction
7 days per week
24-hour support, live on site
Highest level of care we offer
12 beds
Fully structured environment
Work or school paused
Best for severe addiction, unsafe home, or high relapse risk
Choosing between them depends on clinical history, relapse risk, mental health needs and how stable home is. The safest way to decide is a confidential assessment with our admissions team, who will also verify insurance and tell you what each level would cost.
Sober Living and IOP Together in Denver
If home is the problem, you do not have to choose between outpatient treatment and a safe place to sleep. Mile High started as a sober house, and we still run nine of them across Denver. Many IOP clients live in one while they attend groups: structured, substance-free, with house meetings and accountability built in. Mile High Sober Living
IOP Stories
Therapies Used in Our Intensive Outpatient Program
Family therapy, because the people you go home to every night are part of this
Adventure therapy on weekends, and alumni groups every day of the week
Why Choose Mile High Recovery Center for IOP in Denver
Same team across every level of care, so stepping down does not mean starting over.
Day and evening schedules, three or five days, adjusted as you go.
Nine sober living homes if you need somewhere safe to live during treatment.
Medication-assisted treatment prescribed by our own medical team.
Accredited by The Joint Commission, certified by LegitScript, in-network with most major plans and Colorado Medicaid.
IOP Insurance and Admissions
Most commercial plans cover intensive outpatient treatment when it is medically necessary, and we accept Colorado Medicaid. Admissions verifies benefits the same day, explains what is covered, and most clients are in their first group within 24 hours.
Ready to start IOP? Call and we will have your insurance verified today.
Our Levels of Care
You can start with us at whatever level fits where you are right now. Each level connects to the next, with the same community and clinical team as you move through them.
Medical Detox
Not on site. We arrange a bed with a Colorado detox partner and bring you to us when you are medically ready.
Residential Treatment
12 beds in Denver, staff on site around the clock. We recommend at least 30 days.
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
Full days, five days a week, without an overnight stay.
You are here
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Day or evening groups three to five days a week while you keep your job or stay home with your kids.
Medication-Assisted Treatment
Suboxone and Vivitrol, prescribed and monitored by our medical team.
Sober Living
Sober homes across Denver through Mile High Sober Living.
Alumni Program
Groups seven days a week. You are part of this community for good.
Dual diagnosis
What We Treat
We treat substance use disorders and the mental health conditions that so often come with them, at the same time, with the same team.
Alcohol, fentanyl and other opioids, heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, benzodiazepines, prescription drugs, marijuana and hallucinogens.
Anxiety, depression, PTSD and trauma, bipolar disorder, ADHD and schizoaffective disorder, with psychiatric assessment at admission and medication management when it makes clinical sense.
Congress Park, Denver
Our Denver Treatment Center
Our treatment center is at 1633 Fillmore Street in Denver’s Congress Park neighborhood, a few minutes from downtown and under an hour from the foothills. The residential program has 12 beds, so you will know everyone on your clinical team by the end of the first week. Group rooms, a shared kitchen and outdoor space are part of daily life, and our nine sober living homes across Denver give clients a place to live during and after outpatient care.
Since 2016
Who We Are
Mile High Recovery Center began in 2016 when Brice Hancock opened one sober house in Denver. Today there are nine homes and a treatment center accredited by The Joint Commission and certified by LegitScript. A lot of our staff are in recovery themselves, which is why nobody here is going to judge you, and why hundreds of alumni still show up to groups every week.
What is an intensive outpatient program?
An intensive outpatient program is structured addiction treatment several days a week, several hours a day, without an overnight stay. It includes group therapy, individual therapy, relapse prevention and mental health care while you live at home and keep your daily responsibilities.
How is IOP different from inpatient or residential rehab?
In IOP you live at home and come in for scheduled sessions. In residential treatment you live at the center with 24-hour support. IOP is for people who are stable enough to manage daily life outside treatment; residential is for people who need more structure or a safer environment.
How many days a week is IOP?
Our IOP runs three or five days a week, several hours per session, with evening options. Most clients start at five days and step down to three as recovery stabilizes.
How long does IOP last?
IOP commonly lasts 8 to 12 weeks, though the length is set by clinical progress rather than a fixed calendar. Many clients continue in alumni groups and sober living afterward.
Can IOP treat mental health and addiction together?
Yes. Our IOP is a dual diagnosis program. Anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder and other conditions are treated alongside substance use, with psychiatric assessment and medication management as part of care.
Do you offer medication-assisted treatment in IOP?
Yes. Our medical team prescribes and monitors Suboxone and Vivitrol as part of IOP, along with mental health medication management. We do not offer methadone.
Is IOP covered by insurance?
Most commercial plans cover IOP when it is medically necessary, and Mile High accepts Colorado Medicaid. We verify benefits before you start and explain any out-of-pocket cost up front.
Recovery stories
Recovery Stories From Our Alumni
Jack
Jack could not go a day without drinking. Two years sober, he talks about how Mile High helped him take his life back.
Grace
Grace started drinking to escape childhood trauma. She now directs our Alumni Program.
Colin
Colin went from meth and fentanyl to full recovery, and he is honest about what that took.
Mile High Recovery Center Reviews
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Blog
Addiction Recovery Blog
Hundreds of articles on substances, mental health, treatment and life in recovery.
Guide
Alcohol Addiction Guide
Signs of a drinking problem, how withdrawal works, and what treatment looks like.
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Longer guides to residential treatment, outpatient care, insurance and more.
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