Yes. The Blanchard Institute is in network with most major commercial insurance plans. Our team can verify your specific benefits before you start, so you know what to expect. Use the button above to check your coverage, or call and someone on our admissions team will walk you through it.

PHP is our most supportive level of care, helping people quickly stabilize with treatment five days a week, about six hours a day. It’s a good fit for those stepping down from residential care, avoiding psychiatric hospitalization, or leaving the hospital early with a solid outpatient plan in place. Many people start in PHP and step down to IOP, which involves fewer hours and days, as they stabilize.

Individuals who have made progress towards managing their symptoms and are now able to re-engage their day-to-day activities; such as: navigating or transitioning back to work, individuals in school, and childcare issues.

Yes. The Blanchard Institute offers telehealth for depression treatment anywhere in North Carolina. You’ll work with the same licensed clinical team and the same treatment approach used in our in-person programs, just from wherever you are.

Yes. While The Blanchard Institute’s in-person locations are in Charlotte, Lake Norman, and Winston-Salem, our telehealth program serves Raleigh and the surrounding area with the same clinical team, the same treatment approach, and the same levels of care available in person.

Yes. The Blanchard Institute’s virtual intensive outpatient program is built for exactly this. You get full access to individual therapy, group sessions, and family programming from Greensboro, Durham, or anywhere else in North Carolina, without the drive.

When you first call our admissions team, they will learn more about what is bringing you to treatment, answer your initial questions, review insurance and payment information, and help determine the appropriate next step. From there, you will be scheduled for a comprehensive assessment with a licensed clinician where we evaluate your current symptoms, mental health history, medical needs, safety concerns, support system, daily functioning, and treatment goals. Using this information, along with ASAM or LOCUS criteria when applicable, our clinical team will recommend the level of care that best meets your needs and review that recommendation with you before treatment begins.

Yes. Family involvement is part of how The Blanchard Institute approaches depression treatment, not an optional add-on. Loved ones can join scheduled family sessions, whether you’re being treated in-person or by telehealth.

A private space where you can talk openly, a stable internet connection, and a device with a camera and microphone, a laptop, tablet, or smartphone all work. Your clinician will confirm the details with you before your first session.

Therapy gives you tools that medication alone doesn’t. Approaches like cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) help you notice and shift the thought patterns that feed depression, while others, like acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), focus on building a life that feels meaningful even while symptoms are present. For many people, therapy and medication management work best together, not as a choice between one or the other.

Depression is more than sadness or a bad week. It’s a mental health condition that affects how you think, feel, and handle daily life, and it can show up as persistent low mood, loss of interest in things you used to enjoy, changes in sleep or appetite, trouble concentrating, or a sense of hopelessness that doesn’t lift on its own.

Depression can develop gradually or after a specific event, and it doesn’t always have an obvious cause. It’s also common. According to NAMI North Carolina, more than 1.8 million adults in the state live with a mental health condition, and depression is among the most widespread.

Depression is treatable. For some people, that means therapy. For others, it means a combination of therapy, medication management, and structured support like an outpatient program. The Blanchard Institute’s clinical team works with you to figure out what that looks like for your specific situation.

The Blanchard Institute offers outpatient depression treatment at three North Carolina locations, Charlotte, Lake Norman, and Winston-Salem, plus a virtual intensive outpatient program available anywhere in the state, including Raleigh, Greensboro, and Durham. Outpatient care means you keep living your life, working, going to school, being home with your family, while getting structured, clinically supported treatment. It’s a different commitment than inpatient or residential care, and for many people dealing with depression, it’s the right level of support without requiring them to put their life on hold.

There’s rarely one single cause. Depression usually comes from some combination of brain chemistry, genetics, and life circumstances, including stressful events, loss, or ongoing strain. Having a family member with depression can make someone more likely to experience it too, though it isn’t guaranteed.

None of this means depression is anyone’s fault, or that it’s something a person could have simply avoided. Understanding what contributes to depression matters less than understanding that it’s treatable, regardless of what caused it.

Depression looks different for different people, but common signs include a persistent low or empty mood, losing interest in things you used to enjoy, changes in sleep or appetite, trouble concentrating, feeling worthless or excessively guilty, and pulling away from friends, family, or responsibilities.

You don’t need to check every box on this list for it to be worth getting support. If these signs have lasted most of the day, most days, for two weeks or more, that’s generally the point where talking to a professional is worth it.

Treatment for depression at The Blanchard Institute includes individual therapy, group therapy, family therapy, and medication management, delivered at whichever level of care fits your situation. That might be our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP), or a virtual version of either. Your clinical team builds a plan around your specific symptoms and life circumstances rather than putting everyone through the same track.

Depression and anxiety often show up together and treating them separately rarely works as well as treating them as connected. The Blanchard Institute’s clinicians are trained to address both at once, using approaches like CBT and DBT that work across both conditions, alongside medication management when appropriate.

Professional treatment is the foundation, but daily habits matter too. Regular sleep, movement, and staying connected to people instead of withdrawing can all support the work being done in therapy. None of these replace treatment on their own, especially for moderate to severe depression, but your clinical team can help you build a realistic daily routine that supports the plan you’re following.

More common than most people assume. According to NAMI North Carolina, more than 1.8 million North Carolina adults have a mental health condition, more than three times the population of Raleigh, and about 1 in 5 adults nationally experience a mental illness in a given year.

Access is part of the challenge here specifically. NAMI North Carolina reports that more than 3.5 million people in the state live in a community without enough mental health professionals, and North Carolinians are five times more likely to be forced out of network for mental health care than for primary care.

That gap is part of why The Blanchard Institute built a program that works in person in three North Carolina cities and by telehealth statewide. Where you live shouldn’t decide whether you can get help.