For Referring Providers
Partner with Ascent's TJC-accredited Adult Intensive Outpatient Program. We review every referral promptly and keep you part of the treatment team from admission through discharge.
Collaborative Care
You stay on the treatment team.
Referring to Ascent doesn't mean handing a patient off. With the patient's signed release of information, you are an active member of the treatment team at three structured points in the episode of care, with closed-loop communication from admission through discharge.
- Week 1
Admission & Treatment Planning
Following a comprehensive biopsychosocial intake, we share initial clinical impressions, baseline symptom measures, and the individualized treatment plan. You are invited to a case consultation to contribute history, diagnostic context, and goals so care begins aligned with your plan, not parallel to it.
- Week 4
Mid-Treatment Progress Review
We review measurement-based progress against baseline, engagement, skills acquisition, and any medication or safety considerations. Together we adjust treatment targets, coordinate pharmacotherapy as needed, and begin shaping the step-down and aftercare plan.
- Discharge Week
Transition & Warm Handoff
You receive a discharge summary with outcomes data, a relapse-prevention and safety plan, and clear aftercare recommendations. We coordinate a warm handoff back to your care so gains made in IOP are sustained in your ongoing treatment relationship.
Clinical Approach
A structured adult IOP built on clinical rigor.
Ascent's TJC-accredited Adult Intensive Outpatient Program provides a level of care between weekly outpatient therapy and partial hospitalization, offering patients the intensity they need while they remain engaged in work, family, and daily life.
- Trauma-informed, nervous-system-based care
- Treatment is grounded in a trauma-informed framework that conceptualizes symptoms through the lens of autonomic dysregulation. Psychoeducation on stress physiology helps patients understand hyperarousal, hypoarousal, and the window of tolerance.
- Evidence-based, skills-focused modalities
- Structured group and individual work draws on CBT, somatic interventions, mindfulness, and acceptance-based skills including radical acceptance, targeting emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and cognitive restructuring.
- Measurement-based treatment
- Standardized symptom measures are collected at baseline and repeated throughout treatment, informing plan adjustments and giving referring providers objective outcomes data.
- Individualized plans, appropriate level of care
- Each patient receives a person-centered treatment plan with measurable goals, ongoing risk assessment, and clear criteria for step-up or step-down to ensure the right intensity at the right time.
Community is part of the treatment.
Healing happens in relationship. Our group-based model gives patients a consistent therapeutic community where shared experience reduces isolation and shame, interpersonal skills are practiced in real time, and peer accountability reinforces change between sessions.
And for our provider network
We see referring clinicians, psychiatrists, and primary care partners as an extension of our care team. Timely communication, shared treatment goals, and coordinated transitions build a local network where patients are never lost between levels of care, and where you always know how your patient is doing.
Make a Referral
Share what you have. We'll handle the rest.
Submit online through our secure referral portal, or download the PDF form. Complete it as thoroughly as you can. Insurance details, diagnosis, medications, and recent clinical history all help us move quickly toward intake.
Missing something? That's okay. Send whatever you have. Our admissions team will follow up with your office or the patient to gather the rest. An incomplete referral is always better than a delayed one.
What happens next
Our admissions team will review your referral and reach out to coordinate next steps. For urgent referrals, please call us directly.
If a patient is in immediate danger, call 911 or direct them to the nearest emergency room. The 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline is available 24/7.
Ascent Patient Referral Form
Covers patient demographics, insurance, referral source, presenting concerns, and relevant clinical history. Submit it online or download the PDF, whichever works best for your office.
Complete online
FastestUse our secure web portal at referral.ascentoutpatient.com.
- No fax or encrypted email needed
- Goes straight to our admissions team
Download the PDF
- Download and fill it out on your device or by hand.
- Return it by secure, encrypted email or fax, or call us and we'll coordinate.
Please don't send completed forms through standard, unencrypted email.
Questions? Call (214) 249-9201