Treatment integrates exposure and ritual prevention and other appropriate therapeutic interventions. Staff and clients review treatment goals weekly. Each individual receives feedback about their progress and effort toward the goals from fellow clients and staff. These feedback sessions provide powerful motivation for the client to change and to accept increasing amounts of control over their treatment and recovery. The program features flexibility for individual support, skill building, and education about OCD and symptom management.
Lengths of stay vary according to clinical needs and goals.
A multidisciplinary treatment team is assembled for each client. The cognitive-behavior therapist, social worker, psychiatrist, and primary nurse compose the foundation of the team. Involvement of a chemical dependency counselor, neuropsychologist, and other specialists will vary in time and intensity based on the client's clinical status and intensity of care. Initial assessments and evaluations are provided by the cognitive-behavioral therapist, who designs the individual treatment plan with the client. Additional support is provided by other members of the treatment team, as well as by behavior management counselors.