Our Partial Hospitalization Program

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True Life Center’s Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) offers up to 20 hours of structured, expert-led treatment per week. The program is designed to provide comprehensive, integrative care that fits seamlessly into your life.

what is a php?

Support + Autonomy: Outpatient Treatment Programs As a Bridge

Understanding Treatment Levels of Care

When outpatient therapy is not enough, many adults with acute symptoms assume their only option is a costly inpatient stay that removes them from work, family, and daily routines. On the other end of the spectrum, individuals leaving inpatient care are often asked to transition abruptly back into daily life with only minimal weekly support, when what they actually need is continued structure and guidance.

Outpatient programs were designed to meet people in this in-between space, and to serve as a bridge along the continuum of care for those transitioning in support needs. Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) are the most structured and rigorous of outpatient programs, offering intensive support that can function not only as a bridge but also as a safe, effective alternative to inpatient or residential treatment.

True Life Center’s Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) in San Diego offers a highly-integrative, interdisciplinary model of care. Our expert providers collaborate within a shared framework to deliver clinically meaningful change while patients remain engaged in their responsibilities, relationships, and daily life

determining patient-program fit

Is a PHP right for you?

True Life’s outpatient program is a good fit for patients who:

Require more support than standalone outpatient therapy provides

Cannot step away from career, academic, or family responsibilities

Want physiological symptoms addressed alongside psychological care

Need a flexible and tailored schedule, rather than standard IOP tracks

Recognize the importance of healing within the family system

Value individualized, face-to-face interactions with their care team

benefits of our php

Why Choose True Life’s Partial Hospitalization Program? - 1

Why Choose True Life’s Partial Hospitalization Program?

True Life Center’s PHP is one-of-a-kind.

Most programs define “individualized care” as choosing between a morning or afternoon track, with a fixed schedule of group sessions. At True Life Center, individualization is foundational. Because treatment is most effective when it is tailored to you.

Every element of your treatment plan is intentionally curated by our clinical team. This includes the hours you spend with us, the therapies and interventions you receive, and even the sequence of your daily sessions.

This commitment to individualization extends into the treatment room. True Life offers more one-on-one sessions than most programs because we understand that deep, consistent therapeutic relationships are central to meaningful healing. Your challenges are unique and complex, and they cannot always be fully addressed in a room of peers.

With expertise across psychological, physiological, and relational work, we focus on the areas that are most necessary and most effective for your treatment goals, supporting a deeper sense of stability and holistic well-being by the time your care is complete.

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The true life difference

PHP at True Life vs. Residential Treatment

Primarily One-on-One Therapy Sessions

Primarily Group Therapy Sessions

Therapeutic BodyWork For Recovery

Bodywork As Luxury Add-On

In-House Integrative Psychiatry Dept.

Monthly Med Checks

Ongoing Family Therapy, Integration & Support

Family Weekend Visit

Comprehensive, Measurable Treatment Model

No Clear Clinical Framework

Recovery in Real Life

Treatment in a “Bubble”

True Life’s outpatient programming extends across therapeutic disciplines and integrates three dimensions of well-being, creating a comprehensive path to help you get well – and stay well.

What Our PHP Patients Have To Say

Of the multiple treatment centers I’ve been enrolled in over the years, this one has proven the most effective and supportive yet. Not only in providing appropriate, tailored management of psychiatric symptoms, but also rendering me the proper diagnoses. I started seeking help at age 9, and only now, a month away from turning 35, have I gotten what I’ve needed all this time.

True Life is the last stop for me.

—Laura, Former Patient

Before finding True Life, I was convinced that my son would not make it another year. His path of self-destruction was intense and was rapidly spiraling to the lowest level. TLC has given my son back his life and has given us back our son.

—Pamela, Mother of former patient

Participating in the Outpatient Program has been, and continues to be, a life changing event. I have enjoyed every minute of every session I have been in. The understanding, compassion and genuine empathy I’ve experienced is nothing short of amazing. I get reinforcement, affirmation and unconditional acceptance. Thank you to the entire True Life team for your help in changing not only how I see myself, but how I live within myself.

—Terri, Former Patient

The care l received at True Life was transformative and beyond anything I ever could have imagined. While I was there, I felt seen, supported and nurtured in a way that I had never experienced before.

The contagious enthusiasm that each and every person who works there has for the work they do is genuinely palpable and so inspiring. I can say with full confidence that making the decision to go to True Life is, hands down, one of the best things I’ve ever done.

So much love for these people and this place!

—Coco, Former Patient

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—Marie, IOP Patient

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