Can't count the number of times I've been in PHP, then IOP when I lived in Calif.....most of the time it was a good experience. Most of the time it was my transition out of inpatient hospital in the first place.

The last time was 10 years ago (wow, time flys) at the year anniversary of my mother's death & all the trauma I had gone through. Don't remember much other than there was a sweet older man in the program who had been a WWII pilot......the stories he told was just like I was there experiencing it with him.....but I was in such a bad place, the first day driving home & ended up depersonalizing several times & ended up getting in 2 rear end accidents within 30 minutes of each other in all the stop & go traffic. I realized just how unsafe it was for me to drive in the condition I was in & had to make arrangements to get there by their van but they wouldn't drive way out to where I lived so had to arrange to meet the van at outside my mother's house that I was still having problems going back into go get it ready to sell.

That is so awesome that they are teaching DBT skills in one of the PHP groups. That was one thing that I have found the most valuable after leaving Calif & my bad marriage was that my psychologist suggested their DBT group so I put 2 years of myself into that group. It was the best thing I EVER did.....& for the last 2 years I've been going to the "next step" DBT group for those of us who have made it through the 2 years....keeps us refreshed weekly on our skills & it's turned out that my previous psychologist retired & my DBT group leader took over the position as being my psychologist also....though I only meet with her about once a month privately. DBT stills are the most valuable skills I have ever learned even at my older age.

Your PHP program sounds like it's really set up to work well compared to the experiences I've had.....glad to hear that it's gone well & hope that your IOP will continue in a positive way.