CBH’s Partial Hospitalization Program is located at our Fort Lauderdale facility and provides at least 20 hours of structured clinical treatment per week. It is the level of care that follows residential treatment for most clients, and the entry point for those who need intensive mental health support without requiring 24/7 residential supervision.
PHP at CBH is not a lighter version of residential care. It is where the deeper therapeutic work of mental health recovery occurs: EMDR for trauma processing, family therapy, community reintegration practice, and the progressive application of the skills built in residential to real-world situations. The clinical team that coordinates with residential in Hollywood works directly with the PHP team in Fort Lauderdale to ensure there are no gaps in clinical continuity.
Our outcomes are verified: 159% improvement in depression, 167% improvement in anxiety, and 88% improvement in PTSD, measured by Greenspace Health across more than 1,000 patient surveys. These numbers reflect clients who completed the full continuum, including PHP. Call 844-503-0126 for a free assessment. Our admissions team at Compassion Behavioral Health is available 24 hours a day.
What Is a Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)?
A Partial Hospitalization Program is a structured, intensive level of outpatient mental health treatment that provides more clinical support than standard outpatient therapy but does not require clients to live at the facility. PHP typically provides a minimum of 20 hours of structured treatment per week, including individual therapy, group therapy, psychiatric care, and skills-based programming, while clients live in supervised housing or return home in the evenings.
PHP occupies the clinical space between residential inpatient treatment and Intensive Outpatient Programs. It is appropriate for clients who have completed residential stabilization and are ready for deeper therapeutic work in a more independent setting, or for clients whose clinical picture requires intensive daily support without the full structure of 24/7 residential care.
PHP is recognized by SAMHSA, the American Society of Addiction Medicine, and the American Psychiatric Association as a distinct and clinically meaningful level of care. Most major commercial insurance plans cover it as a mental health benefit.
CBH’s PHP in Florida: Fort Lauderdale Location and Schedule
CBH’s PHP is delivered at our Fort Lauderdale facility, located at 1425 W Cypress Creek Rd, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. The location is centrally positioned in Broward County with easy access from Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, and surrounding South Florida communities.
PHP Schedule
CBH’s PHP runs Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Programming includes individual therapy, group therapy, psychiatric consultation, skills-based programming, and specialty therapies, including EMDR and neurofeedback, where clinically indicated. After completing the programming day, clients return to supervised housing arranged by CBH or to their own stable home environment.
PHP South Florida: Who the Program Serves
CBH’s PHP serves adults 18 and over from throughout South Florida, including Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Boca Raton, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, Broward County, Palm Beach County, and Miami-Dade County. Clients stepping down from CBH’s residential program in Hollywood transition directly to the Fort Lauderdale PHP, maintaining continuity with their clinical team and treatment plan. Clients entering PHP directly, without completing residential at CBH, are assessed at admission to ensure the PHP level is clinically appropriate.
Supervised Housing During PHP
CBH coordinates access to supervised housing for PHP clients who do not have a stable, recovery-supportive home environment to return to after programming hours. Clients in supervised housing live in the Fort Lauderdale area and commute to the CBH facility for daily programming. Case managers assist with housing coordination as part of the admissions process.
Where PHP Fits in CBH’s Full Continuum of Care
CBH offers the complete continuum of mental health treatment. Understanding where PHP fits helps clients and families make informed decisions about the level of care.
Medical Detox, Hollywood, FL
For clients whose mental health conditions are complicated by substance dependence, medically supervised withdrawal is recommended. Detox is the first step, with psychiatric oversight from day one.
Residential Treatment, Hollywood, FL
Twenty-nine-bed inpatient mental health treatment with 24/7 clinical support. Residential is where psychiatric stabilization and foundational skill development occur. Most clients transition from residential to PHP.
Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), Fort Lauderdale, FL
A minimum of 20 hours of structured clinical treatment per week while clients live in supervised housing or their own home in the evenings. PHP is where EMDR begins, family therapy intensifies, and community reintegration starts. This is the current level of care described on this page.
Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), Fort Lauderdale, FL
A minimum of 12 hours of structured treatment per week. IOP follows PHP and is the coaching phase: applying skills developed in residential and PHP to real-world situations with ongoing clinical accountability. The same clinical team serves PHP and IOP clients at the Fort Lauderdale facility. One clinical team. One psychiatrist. One treatment philosophy from the first day of detox to the last day of IOP. No handoff gaps and no moments where a new clinician starts from scratch with a client’s history.
Mental Health Conditions Treated in CBH’s PHP
CBH’s PHP treats the following mental health conditions as primary diagnoses within a dual-diagnosis framework. If a co-occurring substance use disorder is present, both are addressed simultaneously.
- Depression, including Major Depressive Disorder, treatment-resistant depression, and post-residential maintenance of gains
- Anxiety Disorders, including Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Social Anxiety Disorder, and high-functioning anxiety
- PTSD and Trauma, including Complex PTSD, moral injury, and military sexual trauma, with EMDR available at the PHP level
- OCD, with Exposure and Response Prevention continuing and deepening from residential work
- Bipolar Disorder, with mood monitoring, medication refinement, and psychoeducation for clients and families
- Schizophrenia and Psychotic Spectrum Disorders, with antipsychotic management, CBTp, and family psychoeducation
- Attachment Disorder in Adults, with EMDR beginning for trauma-rooted attachment presentations when stabilization is confirmed
- Dual Diagnosis, meaning any combination of mental health and substance use disorders treated simultaneously
What Happens in PHP at CBH
PHP at CBH is not passive. Every day is structured with a clinical purpose. Here is what the programming week includes.
Individual Therapy
Each client receives individual therapy sessions with their primary therapist throughout the PHP stay. Individual therapy in PHP deepens the work that began in residential, addresses the clinical material that group therapy surfaces, and supports the processing of specific traumatic memories through EMDR for clients where this is indicated.
Group Therapy
Group therapy runs daily and covers a rotating curriculum of clinical topics, including CBT for mood and anxiety management, DBT skills deepening, trauma psychoeducation, dual diagnosis education, interpersonal effectiveness, communication skills, and relapse prevention planning. Group therapy in PHP also provides structured peer connection and social exposure practice for clients with social anxiety or interpersonal difficulties.
EMDR Therapy
EMDR begins at the PHP level for clients whose treatment plans include trauma processing. The stabilization and distress tolerance skills built in residential treatment provide the foundation that EMDR requires. PHP’s daily clinical structure provides the containment that supports trauma processing between sessions. Clients who need extended EMDR work continue at the IOP level.
Psychiatric Care and Medication Management
Psychiatric consultation and medication management continue throughout PHP. The PHP level provides the clinical visibility to monitor medication response, adjust regimens based on real-world functioning, and address any emerging psychiatric concerns promptly. Dr. Daud and the psychiatric team remain directly involved in each client’s care throughout the PHP stay.
Family Therapy
Formal family therapy begins at the PHP level. Sessions are facilitated by a licensed clinician and are tailored to the specific diagnosis and the specific relational dynamics of each family. Family therapy in PHP addresses communication patterns, psychoeducation about the condition being treated, boundaries, and the practical skills family members need to support recovery after discharge.
Neurofeedback
Neurofeedback continues at the PHP level for clients whose treatment plans include this modality. For PTSD hyperarousal, anxiety, and cognitive symptom management, neurofeedback provides ongoing physiological support alongside the cognitive and emotional work of individual and group therapy.
Community Reintegration
One of the primary clinical functions of PHP is the progressive reintegration of clients into real-world functioning. By the PHP level, clients are leaving the clinical setting each evening and navigating their home environments, relationships, and community contexts. The PHP day provides a place to process what happens between sessions, debrief challenges, and adjust coping strategies in response to real experiences rather than hypothetical scenarios.
PHP Addiction Treatment in South Florida: The Dual Diagnosis Approach
CBH’s PHP is not an addiction-first program with mental health added on. It is a mental health-first program with a dual-diagnosis model that addresses substance use as the co-occurring condition it typically is. For clients whose mental health condition has been complicated by alcohol use, benzodiazepine dependence, opioid use, or other substance use, both conditions receive equal clinical attention throughout PHP.
PHP addiction treatment at CBH focuses on the mental health condition driving the substance use, not just the substance use behavior itself. This distinction is the clinical reason CBH’s outcomes are different from standard addiction treatment programs. Substance use is a solution the person found for an underlying mental health problem. Treating only the substance use and sending the person home with the mental health condition unaddressed produces predictable relapse.
For clients transitioning from CBH’s medical detox or residential program after a period of substance dependence, PHP is where the integrated dual-diagnosis work deepens: EMDR for trauma driving substance use, DBT for emotional dysregulation that has historically been regulated with substances, and family therapy addressing the relational system that surrounds the recovery.
Why Choose CBH’s PHP Program in Fort Lauderdale
- Joint Commission accredited, NAMI affiliated, AHCA, and DCF licensed
- Fort Lauderdale location at 1425 W Cypress Creek Rd serving all of Broward County, Palm Beach County, and greater South Florida
- Monday through Friday programming from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, a minimum of 20 hours of structured clinical treatment per week
- EMDR for trauma processing beginning at the PHP level, delivered by trained clinicians within the full clinical framework
- Family therapy formally begins at PHP, with licensed clinician facilitation and psychoeducation specific to each client’s diagnosis
- Seamless continuity from CBH’s residential program in Hollywood, with the same psychiatric team and clinical philosophy
- Neurofeedback continuing at PHP for clients whose treatment plans include this modality
- Dr. Daud, board-certified in psychiatry and addiction psychiatry, oversees all psychiatric care and medication management
- 159% improvement in depression, 167% improvement in anxiety, 88% improvement in PTSD, verified by Greenspace Health
- Mental health is treated as the primary diagnosis throughout the PHP stay
- The dual diagnosis model addresses co-occurring substance use simultaneously with the mental health condition
- In-network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Optum, Curative, TRICARE East, and the VA
Frequently Asked Questions: PHP in South Florida
What is a partial hospitalization program?
A partial hospitalization program, or PHP, is a structured level of outpatient mental health treatment that provides intensive daily clinical support without requiring clients to live at the facility. PHP provides a minimum of 20 hours of structured treatment per week, including individual therapy, group therapy, psychiatric care, and skills programming, while clients return to supervised housing or their own homes in the evenings. PHP occupies the level of care between residential inpatient treatment and intensive outpatient programs.
What is PHP in South Florida?
PHP in South Florida refers to partial hospitalization programs available to adults in the Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Boca Raton, Broward County, and greater Miami-Dade area. CBH operates a PHP at 1425 W Cypress Creek Rd, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. Programming runs Monday through Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. CBH’s PHP serves adults stepping down from residential treatment and adults entering intensive treatment without a prior residential stay. Call 844-503-0126 for a free assessment.
What is the difference between PHP and IOP?
PHP provides a minimum of 20 hours of structured treatment per week and typically involves full-day programming, five days a week. IOP provides a minimum of 12 hours of treatment per week and involves fewer programming hours across the week. PHP is the more intensive level and typically follows residential treatment. IOP follows PHP and is appropriate when clients have achieved sufficient stability to function more independently while maintaining structured support. At CBH, both programs run at the Fort Lauderdale facility with the same clinical team.
Does insurance cover PHP in Florida?
Yes. Most commercial insurance plans cover PHP as a mental health benefit under the federal mental health parity law. CBH is in-network with Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Optum, Curative, TRICARE East, and the VA. Coverage for PHP at CBH is verified by our admissions team at no cost before any decisions are made. Call 844-503-0126, and we will tell you exactly what your plan covers, what it does not, and what your out-of-pocket costs look like.
What is an adult partial hospitalization program in South Florida?
An adult partial hospitalization program in South Florida is a licensed PHP specifically serving adults 18 and over, providing intensive daily mental health treatment in a structured outpatient setting. CBH’s adult PHP in Fort Lauderdale provides a minimum of 20 hours of structured treatment per week and treats the full range of mental health conditions, including depression, anxiety, PTSD, OCD, bipolar disorder, and dual diagnosis presentations. Programming runs Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Call 844-503-0126 for a free clinical assessment.
Is CBH’s PHP a Florida PHP program for mental health or addiction?
CBH’s PHP is a mental health-first dual diagnosis program. Mental health is always the primary diagnosis. Co-occurring substance use disorders are treated simultaneously alongside the mental health condition. CBH was built around the clinical observation that addiction is most often driven by an underlying mental health condition that was never properly treated. PHP at CBH addresses both, from the same clinical team, with equal clinical weight from the first day of admission.
Where is CBH’s partial hospitalization program located?
CBH’s Partial Hospitalization Program is located at 1425 W Cypress Creek Rd, Suite 200, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309. The location serves clients from throughout Broward County, including Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pompano Beach, Deerfield Beach, and Pembroke Pines, as well as clients from Palm Beach County, including Boca Raton, and from the greater South Florida region. CBH’s residential program in Hollywood coordinates directly with the Fort Lauderdale PHP for clients completing the full continuum.
How long does PHP last?
PHP length at CBH is driven by clinical progress and not by an arbitrary timeline. Most clients remain in PHP for approximately 45 days, though complex presentations with significant co-occurring conditions may require longer engagement. Research shows that longer treatment duration produces more durable outcomes. CBH does not discharge PHP clients before they are clinically ready to step down to IOP. The PHP team, in consultation with the client, determines the appropriate transition timing based on clinical progress, symptom stability, and real-world functioning capacity.
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If you or someone you love needs intensive mental health treatment in South Florida and the residential level of care is complete or not required, Compassion Behavioral Health’s PHP in Fort Lauderdale is the right next step.
Twenty or more hours of structured clinical treatment per week. EMDR for trauma. Family therapy. Psychiatric care from a dual-specialty board-certified team. A Fort Lauderdale location serving all of South Florida. And a mental health-first clinical model that has produced 159% improvement in depression, 167% improvement in anxiety, and 88% improvement in PTSD outcomes, verified by independent third-party research.
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