Mental Health Intensive

Outpatient Assessment & Treatment Program

Create the foundation
for lasting change

There are many reasons you might feel “stuck” in life. Maybe your relationships or career aren’t going as you hoped. Maybe you feel like no matter what you try, you can’t move forward. Something’s not working.

The Mental Health Intensive program is designed to help you understand why. Together, we’ll uncover the thoughts and feelings beneath the challenges you’re facing. We’ll determine your strategies for navigating the world, and understand where they might be falling short.

Most importantly, we’ll create a plan that allows you to take charge of your own recovery, with measurable outcomes to ensure you’re making progress. This is a foundation you can build on for years to come, creating lasting change.

Program Options

Daytime program

Designed for clients who can benefit from extra support as they work toward their goals. This program includes group work and individual therapy, plus med management and family sessions as needed.

8 Weeks + Ongoing Treatment Options
Mon, Tue, Thu, 12 – 3PM

Evening program

Designed for clients who work or attend school during the day. This program offers an accelerated discovery period, laying the foundation for ongoing treatment. Includes group work, individual therapy and meetings with family members, plus med management as needed.

2 Weeks + Ongoing Treatment Options
Mon–Fri, 5:30 – 7:30PM

Is this program right for me?

Our program is designed to treat a broad range of mental health issues. You may already have one or more diagnoses, such as anxiety or depression.
Or this may be your first time in treatment.

Regardless of history or labels, we meet you where you are, and build a plan forward. If the phrases below sound like you, the mental health intensive may be a good fit.

“I feel stuck”

“I don’t know who I am” 

“I feel empty inside”

“My emotions are all over the place”

“I can go from fine to falling apart in minutes.”

“I either cling too much or push people away.”

“I’ve tried to get help before, and nothing has worked”

Common issues include:


Depression & Mood Difficulties

Anxiety & Panic

Personality Difficulties & Disorders

Relationship Challenges

Identity Challenges

Multiple or Co-Occurring Mental Health Issues

Substance Use (In Some Cases)


To learn more, schedule an intro call with our team.

Call (212) 838-0044
Email admissions@silverhillnewyork.org

Key Concepts: Personality

In the mental health field, personality refers to individual differences in patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving. Many mental health challenges can be caused by personality difficulties and disorders.

What is personality?

What to expect

In-Depth Assessment

In sessions with our clinical team, we’ll build a comprehensive picture of where you are and how you got here. You’ll also learn key mental health concepts and terms, helping you take control of your recovery.

A Customized Plan

Together, we’ll build a customized treatment plan, which includes your key patterns, and recommended treatments. This treatment plan will be our guide throughout the next phase of the program.

Treatment & Refinement

Through group work and individual therapy, you’ll make progress toward your goals. Treatment reviews will allow us to see what’s working, refine our approach, and adjust as needs change.

The Discovery Phase

A journey of self-discovery

Our unique phased approach is designed to give you more agency in your recovery journey. We’ll collaborate with you to build a deep understanding of your challenges and strengths. Then we’ll develop a treatment plan together, choosing goals and measurements that meet your needs. You’ll work side by side with our team every step of the way.

Getting to know you

The first step is a series of individual assessments with our expert psychiatrists and clinicians. We’ll get to know your history and your challenges, and develop a shared understanding of your goals.

Individual Assessment


A deep dive of insight and education

The Discovery Phase is all about developing deep insight. We’ll provide an overview of important psychological terms and concepts that will help you better understand mental health. Then we’ll work together to apply these concepts, building insights about your triggers and vulnerabilities, which we’ll focus on in the next phase of treatment.

Discovery Phase


Your blueprint for the journey ahead

At the end of the Discovery Phase, we’ll create your personalized treatment plan. This collects the insights we’ve developed together, as well as our team’s analysis and recommendations. You and your treatment team will meet together to review the plan and ensure we’re aligned on the path forward.

Treatment Plan


Doing the work

In the Treatment Phase, we put everything we’ve learned into action. This can include individual therapy, outpatient groups, medication management, support services, or a combination of the above.

If you already have an outside provider like a therapist or psychiatrist, we’ll work with them to coordinate your treatment.

Treatment Phase

Working on ourselves, together

MBT Group

Creating a better understanding of yourself and others

Mentalization is the ability to understand your own thoughts and feelings, as well as the thoughts and feelings of others. Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) focuses on how your mental states influence your own and others’ behavior, focusing on present, rather than past, experiences.

DBT Group

Learning to manage difficult situations and emotions

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) can help you manage emotions and get a better handle on life’s ups and downs. This treatment provides clients with mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills, all tools to help you cope with difficult situations and improve relationships.

Goals Group

Building together towards
a life worth living


What defines a life worth living? That’s the question at the heart of the Goals Group. Members will be asked to set and share goals, track their progress, and think critically about what’s standing in their way. By focusing on both practical skills and underlying challenges, we’ll improve outcomes on the path to
a better life. 

Key Concepts: Mentalization

Mentalization is the ability to understand your own thoughts and feelings, as well as the thoughts and feelings of others. Mentalization Based Therapy (MBT) can give you a clearer picture of your own mental state, and help better manage stressful interactions. 

Dr. Peter Fonagy, founder of Mentalization Based Therapy, explains the core concepts of mentalization.

Measuring your recovery

In the past, mental health professionals only had access to a tiny sliver of information about their clients. This made it difficult to get a comprehensive assessment, or measure progress.

We take a different approach. We seek to understand each patient through multiple quantitative and qualitative lenses. This helps us better understand your struggles, determine whether treatment is working, and refine our strategy in real time.

How We Measure

Session Recordings

With your permission, we video record all sessions for assessment and supervision purposes.

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In-App Responses

We will ask you to complete daily mood tracking, surveys and journaling to fill in the gaps in our understanding of how things are going outside of sessions.

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Phone & Wearables

We provide all clients with an Apple Watch that allows us to capture key measures like sleep, activity, location, and heart rate, so we can understand how these physiological aspects impact your mental health, and vice versa.

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Deep change starts here

Call (212) 838-0044
Email admissions@silverhillnewyork.org

Schedule a consultation call