Virtual IOP Intensive Outpatient Program
Structured, 100% virtual trauma therapy, 3 or 5 days a week, built around your work schedule. Specialist-led care from EMDR- and somatic-trained clinicians, without stepping away from work or family.
Intensive Support on Your Terms
When you need more than weekly therapy without stepping away from work, our Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) gives you intensive support at home. You’ll attend structured sessions several days a week, combining individual therapy, group work, and psychoeducation designed to address trauma at its root.
Each week combines individual therapy, group therapy, and psychoeducation into a single plan developed by our clinical team using the Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Model (RITTM). Clients work with trauma specialists using proven modalities including EMDR, Somatic Therapy, and Brainspotting, all delivered through our secure virtual platform.
- Individual therapy (EMDR, Somatic, Brainspotting)
- Group therapy sessions
- Psychoeducation
- Trauma processing groups
- Coping skills development
- Relapse prevention
- Progress monitoring & plan adjustments
Rooted in the RITTM Model
Your care follows the Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Model (RITTM), our trauma-first framework that blends EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy with mindfulness. Created by our founder, Dr. Karol Darsa, RITTM is adapted for secure telehealth so you can do deep, regulated trauma work safely from home.
Explore the RITTM model About Reconnect CenterTherapies Included
Alongside RITTM, the IOP draws on the evidence-based therapies below, delivered by secure telehealth in a focused format that fits your schedule. CBT and DBT are offered as standalone therapies, separate from RITTM.
EMDR Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing helps the brain process traumatic memories, reducing their emotional charge.
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Addresses trauma stored in the body through movement, breathwork, and body awareness techniques.
Explore Somatic TherapyBrainspotting
Identifies points in the visual field that access unprocessed trauma in the subcortical brain.
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Integrates body awareness with targeted interventions to help you process trauma-related sensations and build regulation during online sessions.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify and restructure negative thought patterns that perpetuate trauma responses.
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Dialectical Behavior Therapy builds distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills.
Explore DBTMindfulness
Cultivates awareness and presence, helping regulate the nervous system and reduce trauma-related reactivity.
Explore MindfulnessBuilt for Working Professionals
You need intensive trauma care that respects your career. Our virtual IOP is built for working adults who require confidentiality, flexibility, and clinically sophisticated treatment, with a daytime track to fit your schedule (our Evening IOP track is currently paused).
- Work-aligned scheduling — Attend daytime sessions on 3 or 5 days a week (our Evening IOP track is currently paused).
- Private, secure care — 100% telehealth on HIPAA-compliant platforms, from a quiet space at home or wherever you feel safe.
- Clinical depth — EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic and Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, CBT, and DBT, applied to the pressures of demanding roles.
- Individual plus group — One-on-one therapy anchors your plan, with supportive group work for safety and accountability.
- Real-world tools — Regulate your nervous system, set boundaries, and navigate triggers that show up in high-stress work.
How Virtual IOP Fits Into Your Care Path
Reconnect offers a full continuum of virtual care. Where you start depends on how much structure and support you need right now.
Virtual PHP
Our highest level of virtual outpatient support, for acute stabilization or stepping down from a higher level of care. Weekday daytime programming.
Explore Virtual PHPVirtual IOP
Moderate to high-intensity trauma work while you maintain work or school. Daytime track; the Evening IOP track is currently paused.
Explore Evening IOPVirtual Outpatient
Ongoing therapy and skills maintenance, often as a step down from IOP. Weekly or custom cadence.
Explore Virtual OutpatientWho Benefits from Intensive Outpatient
Our Virtual IOP is designed for adults who need structured, intensive treatment but can safely manage their responsibilities between sessions.
The program is ideal for those stepping down from PHP or those whose symptoms require more than weekly therapy but less than full-day programming.
- Stepping down from PHP — Keep your momentum while integrating skills at home and work.
- Moderate to severe trauma symptoms — PTSD, complex trauma, dissociation, and emotional dysregulation.
- Maintaining work or school — Structure treatment around your schedule.
- Building coping skills — Strengthen regulation, boundaries, and relapse-prevention tools.
- Transitioning from inpatient care — Re-enter daily life safely with intensive, trauma-focused support.
Conditions We Treat in Virtual IOP
Our virtual IOP specializes in trauma and the conditions that often travel with it.
PTSD & Complex Trauma
Intrusive memories, hyperarousal, avoidance, and shame rooted in single-incident or ongoing trauma.
Learn About PTSD & Complex TraumaDepression
Low mood, loss of interest, and fatigue that are often tied to unresolved trauma histories.
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Panic, generalized anxiety, and trauma-linked worry cycles that interfere with daily life.
Learn About AnxietyDissociation & DID
Spacing out, detachment, and parts-based experiences, treated with care and clinical precision.
Learn About Dissociation & DIDEmotional Dysregulation
Intense mood swings, impulsivity, and relationship strain connected to trauma responses.
Learn About Emotional DysregulationCo-Occurring Conditions
Trauma alongside depression, anxiety, or dissociative symptoms, addressed together in one plan.
Learn About Co-Occurring Conditions View all conditions we treatAdmissions Process Explained
- Confidential Consultation — Speak with our admissions team about your goals, symptoms, and scheduling to see whether virtual IOP is the right level of care.
- Insurance Verification — We verify your benefits confidentially and with no obligation, so you have clarity before you begin.
- Clinical Assessment — A trauma specialist reviews your history and builds an individualized treatment plan.
- Orientation and Tech Check — We confirm your device, secure platform access, and a private setup for your sessions.
- Schedule Finalized — Choose the daytime schedule (3 or 5 days a week) that fits your work and family life.
- First Sessions — Meet your clinician and group and begin EMDR- and somatic-informed work within a safe, structured format.
Every session is delivered through HIPAA-compliant technology, so your care stays private and confidential from the first call onward.
Insurance Accepted
Our Virtual IOP is covered by most major insurance providers, and verifying your benefits is obligation-free and completely confidential. We accept most major plans, including Aetna, Cigna, Blue Shield, and United Healthcare. Our admissions team confirms your benefits before you begin, so nothing delays your care.
Verify Your InsuranceWhere Virtual IOP Is Available
Reconnect Center is a 100% telehealth provider. We deliver virtual IOP to adults located anywhere in California, with no in-person visits and no clinic to travel to. Every session takes place through secure, HIPAA-compliant video, from wherever you feel safe and private.
- 100% virtual telehealth, with no in-person care
- Available to adults located anywhere in California
- Delivered through secure, HIPAA-compliant video
FAQs About Virtual IOP
A virtual IOP, short for Virtual Intensive Outpatient Program, is a structured, evidence-based form of mental health treatment delivered entirely online. At Reconnect Center, our virtual IOP combines individual therapy, group therapy, and psychoeducation 3 or 5 days a week to support trauma recovery.
A virtual IOP works by delivering scheduled therapy sessions through a secure, HIPAA-compliant online platform. Participants typically attend 9 to 15 hours of programming each week, joining individual sessions, group therapy, and skills-based work from a private space at home.
Yes. Our virtual IOP is designed to fit around work. You attend structured online sessions several days a week, with a daytime track (Evening IOP is currently paused), so you can keep your job while receiving intensive trauma care. Every session is private and HIPAA-compliant.
The main benefit of virtual IOP is access to intensive, trauma-focused care without leaving home, work, or family responsibilities behind. Reconnect’s virtual IOP delivers evidence-based modalities, including EMDR, Brainspotting, and somatic therapy, in a flexible online format.
Virtual IOP can be effective for PTSD when it uses trauma-focused, evidence-based modalities within a structured plan. Reconnect Center applies EMDR, Brainspotting, and somatic approaches on a consistent schedule to help reduce symptoms and build durable regulation skills.
Core modalities include EMDR, Brainspotting, Somatic Therapy, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and mindfulness, all part of our RITTM model. Your clinician selects and sequences tools based on your symptoms, history, and goals.
Virtual IOP is generally appropriate for adults living with unresolved trauma, anxiety, depression, or co-occurring conditions who need more support than weekly therapy provides but can safely manage daily life between sessions. Our admissions team helps determine whether this level of care is a fit.
A virtual IOP typically lasts several weeks to several months, depending on individual needs, clinical progress, and treatment goals. Length of stay is reviewed regularly with your clinical team and adjusted as your recovery evolves.
Many major insurance plans cover virtual IOP as a recognized level of mental health care. Reconnect Center verifies your benefits confidentially and with no obligation before treatment begins, and routes every coverage question through a simple verification step so nothing delays your care.
Our virtual IOP treats PTSD, complex trauma, mood disorders, depression, anxiety disorders, dissociative conditions, and co-occurring mental health conditions. Treatment is tailored to each client’s clinical picture and delivered by trauma specialists.
Take the Next Step in Your Recovery
Our admissions team will confirm whether Virtual IOP is the right fit, verify your insurance, and build your treatment plan.
Psychiatry and Medication Management
Reconnect partners with Reimagine Psychiatry, a Los Angeles psychiatry practice, for psychiatric evaluation and medication management. Their board-certified team sees patients by telehealth across California, with in-person visits available in Los Angeles and Burbank. New patients are typically seen within a week, and most major insurance plans are accepted.
With your written consent, our clinical team and your Reimagine provider coordinate care so therapy and medication follow the same treatment plan.
Reimagine Psychiatry is an independent medical practice and bills separately from Reconnect. You are always free to work with the psychiatrist of your choice.
- Telehealth across California — In-person visits in Los Angeles and Burbank.
- Seen within a week — Typical wait for new patients.
- Most major insurance plans — Billed by Reimagine, separately from Reconnect.
- One treatment plan — Therapy and medication coordinated, with your consent.
Dr. Karol Darsa,
Psy.D. · Last reviewed August 2026
Dr. Darsa is a licensed clinical psychologist with 28 years of clinical experience in trauma and mental health treatment. She is the founder of Reconnect Center and the creator of the Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Model (RITTM), the evidence-based framework that anchors every program and therapy at Reconnect Center. A certified Brainspotting therapist with advanced EMDR training and extensive Somatic Experiencing training, Dr. Darsa lectures on trauma treatment at USC, UCLA, and Cal Lutheran, and oversees clinical standards across all of Reconnect's virtual care.
Intensive Support, Flexible Schedule
Structured trauma therapy that fits around work. Choose a daytime track and begin from home with a supportive group.
