- It serves as a bridge between residential stabilisation and long-term continuity of care, maintaining therapeutic intensity while gradually reintroducing everyday responsibilities.
- Intensive Outpatient Care is provided locally within THE BALANCE hubs, allowing continuity with familiar clinical teams and environments.
- Currently supported hubs include: Mallorca Zurich London Marbella Clients typically reside independently or in private accommodation while attending scheduled sessions.
Structured continuation between residential treatment and long-term aftercare
At THE BALANCE, Intensive Outpatient Care is designed as a structured transitional phase for individuals who no longer require full residential treatment, but for whom immediate return to independent outpatient care would be clinically premature.
It serves as a bridge between residential stabilisation and long-term continuity of care, maintaining therapeutic intensity while gradually reintroducing everyday responsibilities.
WHEN INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT CARE IS INDICATED
Intensive Outpatient Care may be appropriate when:
- residential treatment goals have been achieved but stability is still consolidating
- clients are preparing to return to professional or family responsibilities
- trauma processing or nervous system regulation requires continued structure
- relapse risk would increase with abrupt transition
- international clients wish to remain near a treatment hub temporarily
IOP is not a substitute for residential care, nor a general outpatient service.
A STRUCTURED, CLINICALLY GOVERNED FORMAT
Intensive Outpatient Care at THE BALANCE is:
- time-limited
- individually tailored
- clinically supervised
- integrated with the original treatment team where possible
Depending on individual needs, the program may include:
- multiple weekly psychotherapy sessions
- psychiatric follow-up and medication management
- trauma-focused and somatic interventions
- nervous system regulation work
- family or couples sessions
- structured daily or weekly rhythms
Treatment intensity is gradually adjusted as stability increases.
HUB-BASED DELIVERY
Intensive Outpatient Care is provided locally within THE BALANCE hubs, allowing continuity with familiar clinical teams and environments. Currently supported hubs include:
- Mallorca
- Zurich
- London
- Marbella
Clients typically reside independently or in private accommodation while attending scheduled sessions.
TRANSITION INTO LONG-TERM CONTINUITY OF CARE
IOP is not an endpoint. From the outset, planning focuses on:
- transition into long-term outpatient or aftercare arrangements
- coordination with existing clinicians or care networks
- international follow-up where relevant
This ensures continuity rather than fragmentation.
INTERNATIONAL CLIENTS & REINTEGRATION
For international and UHNW clients, IOP offers:
- a gradual return to professional life
- time to test coping strategies in real-world settings
- continued clinical containment while resuming responsibilities
Scheduling and intensity are adapted to travel, work, and family commitments.
CONFIDENTIALITY & GOVERNANCE
All Intensive Outpatient Care is delivered within THE BALANCE’s framework of:
- clinical governance
- informed consent
- professional boundaries
- strict confidentiality
Client identities and participation remain private.
NEXT STEPS
If Intensive Outpatient Care may be clinically appropriate, this will be discussed during:
- residential treatment planning
- discharge preparation
- or an initial suitability assessment
