12-WEEK INTENSIVE OUTPATIENT GROUP THERAPY CURRICULUM: 108 Structured Session Plans with CBT, DBT, Motivational Interviewing, Trauma-Informed Care, Relapse Prevention, & Practical Group Activities - Softcover

D.V Maxwell, Dr. David

Softcover

ISBN 13: 9798160525990

Publisher: Independently published, 2026

Synopsis

STOP BUILDING YOUR IOP GROUP SESSIONS FROM SCRATCH.

Running an Intensive Outpatient Program means balancing clinical responsibilities, documentation, treatment planning, group facilitation, and the constant pressure to keep every session structured, purposeful, and engaging.


What if your next group session were already organized?


12-Week Intensive Outpatient Group Therapy Curriculum provides a practical, session-by-session framework designed to help behavioral-health professionals plan and facilitate structured adult IOP groups with greater consistency and less preparation time.


Inside, you'll find 108 structured session plans covering practical therapeutic themes and skills that can be adapted to your program, population, treatment goals, and clinical setting.


Inside this curriculum:

• Structured IOP group therapy session plans

• CBT-based cognitive and behavioral skills

• DBT skills for mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness

• Motivational Interviewing concepts for readiness and change

• Trauma-informed group facilitation principles

• Relapse prevention and recovery planning

• Emotional regulation and coping skills

• Guided discussion and reflection prompts

• Practical therapeutic activities and skills practice

• Facilitator guidance for pacing, participation, processing, and group structure

• Between-session practice and real-world application

Designed for real clinical preparation.


Instead of starting with a blank page before every group, use a consistent framework that helps you move from objective → teaching → discussion → practice → processing → application.


This resource is designed for therapists, counselors, social workers, behavioral-health clinicians, addiction-treatment professionals, group facilitators, and IOP program staff who need practical structure for adult intensive outpatient group programming.


Less time searching for what to teach. More time focused on the people in the room.


Use the curriculum as a structured foundation, adapt individual sessions to your clinical setting and population, and integrate it with your organization's policies, supervision requirements, treatment plans, and applicable professional standards.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independently published
• Publication date: 2026
• Language: English
• ISBN 13: 9798160525990
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 382