Clinical care
Group Therapy
Where most of the work in the Intensive Outpatient Program happens — facilitated groups, shaped by Lokahi, the curriculum Mana wrote itself. Group therapy is part of IOP rather than a service you book on its own.
The part of treatment that is hard to get anywhere else.
Group therapy is not a support meeting and it is not a lecture. One of Mana’s behavioral health technicians facilitates it, there is a subject, and the work happens between the people in the room.
It is part of the Intensive Outpatient Program. You take part by enrolling in IOP — the group schedule is the program schedule, not a separate booking.
What group gives you that individual work cannot is other people. Hearing someone describe a pattern you recognize in yourself lands differently from having a clinician name it. So does being the person who says it out loud and finds that nobody flinches.
Mana’s groups include Lokahi — our own curriculum, written here, built around the experiences and mental-health concerns that sit underneath substance use rather than treating the substance as the whole problem.
Who this may help
- People who feel isolated in what they are dealing with
- People who learn more from others’ experience than from advice
- Adults enrolling in the Intensive Outpatient Program
- People stepping down from a higher level of care into a structured schedule
Paying for it
We accept AHCCCS, including the American Indian Health Program (AIHP) and Banner University Family Care. We also accept Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Curative and Cigna. Private pay is accepted and a sliding scale is available. Contact us to confirm your specific plan is covered. Insurance and payment →
On privacy
What is said in a group stays in the group. Every participant agrees to that before joining, and the facilitator holds the room to it. Group is not a substitute for individual care if you need it.
What to expect
What a first group is like.
Before you join
Someone from the team talks with you about the group, what it covers and what is expected — so you are not walking into a room cold.
The first session
You are not required to speak. Most people listen the first time. The ground rules are said out loud at the start.
Finding the rhythm
Groups build. The third session is usually more useful than the first, which is why the schedule matters more than any one meeting.
How the groups run
Groups are open rather than closed, so you can join in any week rather than waiting for a new cohort to start. A group is typically around fifteen people, and they run inside the class day, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
Groups are facilitated by Mana’s behavioral health technicians. They are not licensed therapists, and individual therapy with a clinician runs alongside the group work rather than inside it.
Part of IOP
Group therapy cannot be attended on its own. It is part of the Intensive Outpatient Program, and enrolling in IOP is how you join. About the program →
Often used alongside
Related services
Not sure which fits? Call and we will talk it through — no referral or diagnosis needed first.
No. Nobody is made to speak. Most people listen for the first session or two, and that is a normal way to start.
Typically around fifteen. Groups are open rather than closed, so people join in any week.
Lokahi is how the groups here are built — a 90-day curriculum Mana wrote itself, delivered through group therapy rather than sold as a separate service. Everyone in IOP experiences it.
No. Group therapy is part of the Intensive Outpatient Program and cannot be attended on its own — enrolling in IOP is how you join a group.
Talk to us
Ask what groups are running.
You do not need a diagnosis or a referral to ask. A short phone call is a normal way to find out whether this fits.
Mon–Fri 8:00 AM–4:00 PM. In a crisis, call 911 or call or text 988.