Virtual Outpatient Mental Health Care Trauma Therapy at a Lighter Pace
Reconnect Center's virtual outpatient mental health care delivers trauma-focused therapy by secure video, 3 to 6 hours a week. It fits around work and family.
Virtual Outpatient Mental Health Care on Your Schedule
Virtual Outpatient is the least intensive of Reconnect Center’s clinical levels of care, a step below Virtual IOP and Virtual PHP. You meet 1:1 with a trauma specialist each week, with optional small groups, for 3 to 6 hours in total and never more than an hour on any day.
Your clinician builds a personalized plan through RITTM, the Reconnect Integrative Trauma Treatment Model, and reviews it with you regularly. Outpatient care can also support you after IOP or PHP as you return to work, school, and family life.
- Flexible scheduling around work, school, and family
- 1:1 telehealth therapy with trauma specialists
- Optional small groups when they support your goals
- Family involvement encouraged
- Personalized treatment planning guided by RITTM
- Regular progress evaluations as your care evolves
Compare Levels of Care: Outpatient, IOP and PHP
Reconnect Center offers several virtual levels of care, and Virtual Outpatient is the least intensive. Here is how weekly time and structure change from one level to the next.
Virtual PHP
25 hours a week across 5 days, with daily individual and group therapy. Ideal for acute care needs.
Explore Virtual PHPVirtual IOP
9 to 15 hours a week, 3 hours a day on 3 or 5 days, with individual and group therapy. Ideal for structured support.
Explore Virtual IOPEvening IOP
9 hours a week across 3 evenings, with individual and group therapy. Ideal for working adults. Currently paused.
Explore Evening IOPVirtual Outpatient
3 to 6 hours a week, never more than 1 hour a day, with weekly 1:1 therapy and optional groups. Ideal for maintenance.
Book a ConsultationChoosing a level of care is a clinical decision you make together with our admissions and clinical team. If your needs change, your clinician can talk with you about stepping up or continuing at a lighter pace.
Therapies Included in Virtual Outpatient
Virtual Outpatient uses the same trauma modalities as our more intensive programs, paced for a lighter weekly schedule and sequenced through RITTM.
Explore All TherapiesWho Benefits from Virtual Outpatient
Virtual Outpatient tends to fit when you want steady, trauma-focused support without the time commitment of an intensive program.
If outpatient care does not feel like enough support right now, our admissions team can talk with you about Virtual IOP or Virtual PHP.
Explore conditions we treat- Stepping down from PHP or IOP — You want continued support after a more intensive program.
- Building on your progress — You are resuming the full pace of work, school, and family life.
- Mild to moderate symptoms — You want trauma-focused care, not general talk therapy.
- Trauma-related conditions — PTSD, complex trauma, dissociation, depression, anxiety, or co-occurring conditions.
- Fully virtual care in California — Every session happens by secure video from home.
- Family involvement — You would like loved ones involved in your care when it helps.
What to Expect Each Week
Your week stays light and predictable, with every session paced to your regulation and goals.
- 1:1 telehealth sessions — Individual therapy with your trauma specialist, typically weekly, never more than 1 hour on any day.
- Optional groups — Small-group sessions you can add when they support your goals.
- RITTM-guided pacing — Your clinician sequences EMDR, somatic, and skills work based on your nervous system regulation and clinical needs.
- Family involvement — Joint sessions when they help your healing and communication at home.
- Ongoing assessment — Regular check-ins to adjust your goals, session frequency, and supports.
Admissions Process for Virtual Outpatient Support
- Introductory Consultation — Speak with our admissions team about your history, current symptoms, and goals to confirm whether Virtual Outpatient is the right level of care.
- Insurance Verification — We verify your benefits at no cost and explain your coverage and any out-of-pocket costs in plain language before you begin.
- Personalized Treatment Planning — Your clinical team builds a plan rooted in RITTM, tailored to your symptoms, history, and goals.
- Your First Week — A welcome session sets expectations, introduces your clinicians, and walks you through how virtual sessions and assessments work.
- Ongoing Support — You join scheduled 1:1 sessions from home, with optional groups and regular clinical reassessments as you progress.
Privacy and Technology for Virtual Sessions
All communications are confidential, and sessions take place on secure, HIPAA-compliant technology. A little setup helps you feel settled before each session.
- A private space where you will not be overheard or interrupted
- Headphones to reduce distraction and keep your conversation private
- A stable, private home connection rather than public Wi-Fi
- Your phone nearby in case the video connection drops
Insurance for Virtual Outpatient Care
Many major PPO insurance plans may cover virtual outpatient therapy at Reconnect Center. Our admissions team offers free, confidential benefit verification and explains your coverage and any out-of-pocket costs before you begin.
Verify Your InsuranceFAQs About Virtual Outpatient Care
Virtual outpatient mental health care is ongoing trauma treatment delivered through secure video while you live at home. At Reconnect Center, clients typically take part in 3 to 6 hours of therapy per week, never more than 1 hour a day, alongside work, school, or family responsibilities.
Yes. Outpatient care means you live at home and attend scheduled sessions rather than staying in a facility. Virtual outpatient care delivers those sessions by secure, HIPAA-compliant video, so every part of treatment happens from a private space you choose.
Virtual Outpatient involves 3 to 6 hours of therapy per week, never more than 1 hour a day. Virtual IOP is more intensive, with 3 hours a day on 3 or 5 days a week (9 to 15 hours). Virtual PHP is the most intensive, with about 25 hours of programming across 5 days a week.
Program length is flexible. Your clinician reviews your progress through ongoing clinical assessment and adjusts your plan as your needs change, including talking with you about a more or less intensive level of care if that would help.
Virtual Outpatient can include EMDR, Brainspotting, somatic therapy, sensorimotor psychotherapy, CBT, DBT skills, and mindfulness practices. These are integrated through RITTM, which sequences treatment based on your nervous system regulation and clinical needs.
Virtual Outpatient is designed for adults with trauma-related conditions, including PTSD, complex trauma (CPTSD), dissociative disorders, depression and other mood disorders, anxiety, and co-occurring conditions. We can also support secondary substance use, eating disorder, or process addiction concerns when they occur alongside primary trauma.
Many major PPO insurance plans may cover virtual outpatient therapy at Reconnect Center. Our admissions team verifies your specific benefits at no cost and explains your coverage and any out-of-pocket costs before you begin treatment.
Reconnect Center provides therapy and partners with Reimagine Psychiatry, an independent practice, for psychiatric evaluation and medication management by telehealth in California. With your written consent, your Reconnect clinician and your Reimagine provider coordinate so therapy and medication follow the same treatment plan. Reimagine bills separately from Reconnect.
Your cost depends on your plan’s benefits, such as copays and deductibles. A free, confidential benefit verification shows what your plan covers and any out-of-pocket costs before you start, so there are no surprises later.
Start Virtual Outpatient Care
Our admissions team can help you decide whether Virtual Outpatient is the right fit, verify your insurance, and plan your first week. All care is delivered by telehealth.
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 October 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.
Steady Support That Fits Your Life
Trauma-focused virtual outpatient care, 3 to 6 hours a week, by secure video.
