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How virtual IOP works for Dallas–Fort Worth residents

Stages of Recovery publishes an online intensive outpatient program on its telehealth page, which is titled for Texas and Oklahoma. That page says treatment plans are individualized and include group, individual, education and family sessions, held by secure video conference and through a mobile app. You need an internet connection, a computer or tablet, and a headset.

Virtual care is only for residents of states where the program is licensed or otherwise authorized, and you need to be physically located in that state during sessions. This site is for Texas residents. Admissions confirms eligibility for your location, and whether online IOP is clinically appropriate, before you start.

How it works, step by step

  1. Call admissions at (806) 412-4721 for a no-obligation conversation about your situation and where you live.
  2. Assessment. Stages determines which level of care fits. If online IOP isn't the right fit, admissions can talk about other options.
  3. Benefits check. Staff can check your insurance benefits, or explain self-pay options.
  4. Set up your technology. A computer or tablet, a headset and a stable connection, plus the Stages mobile app.
  5. Join sessions from a private space: group, individual, education and family sessions, according to your individualized plan.

Privacy during online sessions

The Stages telehealth page says no one sees you except your counselor and confidential recovery group members. Your part is to join from a room where others can't overhear, use a headset, and never record or share what other group members say.

Practical tips for joining from DFW

Choose a consistent spot for sessions, like a bedroom, a parked car (never while driving), or a private office with the door closed. If you live with roommates or family, tell them when your sessions are. If you travel outside Texas for work, tell admissions in advance, because your location during a session matters.

Other online programs Stages lists

The telehealth page also lists Sobriety Basics, a weekly support group focused on daily structure and goal setting in early sobriety, and Family Matters, which offers communication, coping and intervention guidance for people with a loved one who struggles with drugs or alcohol.

Dallas-Fort Worth: local facts and numbers

Public data checked November 9, 2026. Numbers are shown as the source publishes them. CDC overdose counts are provisional and can change as death records are finalized.

Drug overdose deaths

Areas served online

Online IOP sessions are joined by video from home, so people in Dallas, Fort Worth, Arlington, Plano, Irving, Garland, Frisco, McKinney and Denton do not need to travel for group sessions. Confirm eligibility and current group times with admissions.

If you prefer in-person care: distance to a Stages office

Approximate driving distance and time without traffic, calculated November 9, 2026 with OSRM routing on OpenStreetMap road data, from each town's U.S. Census center point to the street address. Real trip times vary.

Free crisis and referral lines

In an emergency call 911.

Sources for this section

Call (806) 412-4721 Apply on the Stages website

Call (806) 412-4721Verify benefits