The Aspen Hope Center created the Intensive Stabilization Program as an alternative to inpatient psychiatric hospitalization. This program helps people emerge and heal from a crisis with the support of the crisis team, local professionals, and daily therapy; all without leaving the valley and spending days in a locked facility.

Approximately 76% of the individuals who call Aspen Hope Center are in a state of crisis. Each person who calls in crisis requires an individualized approach to handle with their particular situation. Hope Center clinicians conduct an initial clinical assessment, usually in someone’s home or office, sometimes at local agencies, at a physician’s office, school, or in the Hope Center office. After evaluation, if an individual is deemed high-risk and safety is in jeopardy, they may be entered into the Intensive Stabilization Program. This program is an alternative to inpatient hospitalization, where the client may remain in their home with loved ones and friends to support them while receiving specialized, wraparound services from local practitioners, peers and agencies. During the program, the client is seen daily by several professionals until stabilized and able to move into regular weekly therapy. Individuals in this program are in acute crisis and deemed to be the highest risk for suicide. Despite this, in nearly eleven years, not one person in this program has been lost to suicide.