The Columbia University Day Treatment Program is a unique comprehensive clinical service that provides structure and support to normally high functioning adults who are in crisis. It is located in Midtown Manhattan, on East 60th St. off Fifth Avenue. It is designed as an adjunct to individual treatment and is well suited to those who have had to interrupt their educational or professional pursuits because of mental illness and/or addiction. This level of care can often prevent the need to abandon such pursuits completely and can frequently preclude the need for inpatient hospitalization.

The Columbia University Day Treatment Program is a flexibly scheduled intensive group   therapy program that meets Monday through Saturday. Schedules are individualized and are arranged with input from the patient, the individual therapist and the program staff. Flexible scheduling encourages a smoother return to independent functioning as the patient is allowed to gradually reduce group involvement as he or she resumes greater responsibility and autonomy.

Shortly after admission each patient is assigned a staff coordinator who serves as the liaison between the patient and other supports. Changes in scheduling, revision of treatment goals and planning for discharge are addressed by the staff coordinator.

Program Components

	Intensive psychotherapy groups utilize psychodynamic, supportive and/or cognitive techniques.
	Dialectical Behavioral Therapy Skills Groups (DBT) teach concrete coping skills in areas such as frustration tolerance, impulse control, and interpersonal effectiveness.
	Substance Abuse recovery groups incorporate proven therapeutic approaches to help individuals who are struggling with issues of addiction. Attainment of sobriety, relapse prevention and motivational enhancements are all utilized. Toxicology testing occurs twice weekly to help monitor progress toward abstinence. Mental health and addictions components are closely coordinated to provide integrated dual-diagnosis treatment.
	Eating disorders and Body Image groups focus on normalizing eating behavior and improving self perception via the use of a cognitive and behavioral approach.
	Topic groups highlight issues such as symptom management, goal setting and psychoeducation.
	Depression Management and Anxiety Management groups are focused intensive groups which utilize Cognitive-Behavioral techniques.
	Cognitive Skills Training groups to improve your attention, planning, memory and other thinking skills.
	Social Skills Training groups for people with psychotic disorders who want to improve their ability to think about and act in interpersonal situations.
	Life Skills Groups to assist in the management of daily tasks, or occasional challenging activities like job/school applications and interviews, money management, time management.
	Wellness Groups to provide promote healthy eating, exercise and stress reduction.
	The Lieber Recovery and Rehabilitation Clinic for Psychotic Disorders provides comprehensive psychiatric rehabilitation for individuals with persistent mental illness.

Evening Program

The evening components of the Columbia University Day Treatment Program are specifically geared to those individuals who have recovered sufficiently to return in some way to their former level of functioning.  Both mental health and addictions focused groups are available for those who have resumed schedule that preclude on-going involvement in Day Treatment. This aspect of the program plays an especially important role in providing long term support and continuity of care.

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The Day Treatment Program offers groups mornings, afternoons and evenings.
Monday through  Friday and Saturday morning.

Initial goals are formulated at the intake interview and evaluated periodically. The number of sessions per week and the length of stay in the program is determined in consultation with  the staff, the patient and the patient's private individual therapist.

Evening and Saturday groups are offered for those who need to return to full time work or school.  Patients may attend both the day and evening programs.

Staff

Betty Jeanne Kass, LCSW, Director
Barbara Bulow, PhD,CSW, Assistant Director
Ann Axel, LCSW
Chiara Battistello, LCSW
Eric Collins, MD
Len Genduso, LCSW
Tiffany Herlands, PsyD
Simone Hoermann, PhD
Barbara Kistenmacher, PhD
Jane Martin, LCSW
Dailey Patee, PhD
John O'Leary, PhD
Laura Travaglini, MA
Jack Tuchman, LCSW
Robert Watson, PhD

Consultants

David Gutman, MD
David Kahn, MD
Eric Marcus, MD
Alice Medalia, PhD
Jon Morgenstern, PhD
Susan Turner M.D.

Referrals

Referrals may be made by patients, family members, therapists or treatment facilities. Frequently the Columbia University Day Treatment Program is recommended as part of a comprehensive discharge plan following hospitalization. To schedule an appointment, make a referral or for further information, please call 212-326-8441.

Columbia University Medical Center Eastside
16 East 60 th Street
New York, NY 10022
212-326-8441