“I’d white-knuckled panic attacks for six years. Within a month at Bishop I understood what was happening in my body, and within three I had my first attack-free month since college.”
Emily H. Client · Bishop Health
Bishop Health · South Portland, Maine
Anxiety Treatment in Maine
Confidential, evidence-based anxiety treatment at Bishop Health in South Portland. Psychiatry, individual therapy, and small group support in one coordinated program — with day and evening tracks that fit around your life.
Confidential help — no referral needed, no pressure.
Real Healing, Real Results
Licensed Clinicians
Evidence-Based Programs
Most Insurance Accepted
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A New Way to Heal
More Than a Weekly Appointment.
Psychiatry, individual therapy, and group support — coordinated by one clinical team.
Disconnected therapy visits and once-in-a-while psychiatry leave too many people stuck. Bishop Health’s intensive outpatient program brings everything together, several days a week — so meaningful change can happen in months, not years.
Psychiatry & Medication Management
Board-certified psychiatric providers who see you regularly — not once a quarter — and fine-tune treatment as you progress.
Individual Therapy
Weekly one-on-one sessions with a licensed therapist who knows your whole story and works from one coordinated plan.
Group Therapy
Small, clinician-led groups where you’re understood without explaining yourself. For many clients, this is where the breakthrough happens.
CBT & DBT
Evidence-based methods that turn insight into practical skills — for worry spirals, panic, and avoidance.
Trauma-Informed Care
Clinicians trained to recognize and treat the experiences underneath the symptoms, at a pace you control.
Licensed Clinical Team
Licensed therapists and psychiatric providers, supervised clinical programming, and measurable treatment goals reviewed with you.
Anxiety Treatment
When Anxiety Starts Running Your Schedule.
Structured, intensive care for the worry that never clocks out.
Anxiety is treatable — genuinely, measurably treatable. Our program addresses the racing thoughts, the physical symptoms, and the avoidance patterns together, with enough clinical contact to change them.
Generalized Anxiety
The constant low hum of worry that touches everything — treated with CBT, skills work, and psychiatry when helpful.
Panic
Practical, evidence-based tools to understand panic attacks, reduce their frequency, and take away their power.
Social Anxiety
Gradual, supported practice in the safest possible setting — a small group of people working on the same thing.
Co-Occurring Depression
Anxiety and depression often travel together. One coordinated plan treats both, instead of trading one for the other.
Why This Works for Anxiety
Built for the Way Anxiety Actually Heals.
The Power of Group, for Anxiety
Anxiety thrives in private — rehearsing worst cases, avoiding the situations that might disprove them. Group therapy interrupts that quietly and repeatedly. You hear your own thought patterns described by someone else, practice being present with people in a safe setting, and discover that the things anxiety predicted would happen… don’t.
Groups are small, clinician-led, and confidential. You share when you’re ready — being present counts from day one.
Coordinated Care, Aimed at Anxiety
Medication management, individual therapy, and group therapy each help anxiety on their own. Together — managed by one team, in one plan, reviewed week by week — they reinforce each other: your psychiatric provider hears what your therapist is seeing, and your plan adjusts in days instead of months.
That coordination is what makes months of intensive care do the work of years of disconnected appointments.
25k+
Lives Restored
Why Bishop Health
Maine’s Home for Serious Mental Health Care.
Structured enough to work. Flexible enough to live with.
You’ve probably already tried something — an app, a therapist, a prescription. Bishop Health is for when that isn’t enough. Part of Guardian Recovery, we bring intensive, coordinated mental health care to South Portland — without asking you to put your life on hold.
- Intensive without disruption — day and evening tracks that fit around work and family.
- One team, one plan — your therapist and psychiatric provider work together, weekly.
- Real community — small groups of Mainers who get it, led by licensed clinicians.
- In-network with most major insurers — care can cost little or nothing out of pocket.
Step Inside
Step Inside Bishop Health.
Explore the Spaces That Inspire Healing.
A calm, modern space in South Portland — designed to feel less like a clinic and more like somewhere you can exhale.
Your Care Team
Your Therapist
A licensed clinician (LCSW, LCPC) who leads your individual sessions and tracks your goals week to week.
Your Psychiatric Provider
A board-certified provider who manages medication thoughtfully — informed by what your therapist sees every week.
Your Group Facilitator
A clinician who keeps groups small, safe, and genuinely useful — never a circle of awkward silence.
A Week at Bishop Health
Day Track
Monday – Friday · mornings
- 9:00 amArrival, coffee, and brief check-in on the week’s goals
- 9:30 amGroup therapy — clinician-led, 8–10 people
- 11:00 amSkills session — CBT and DBT tools you practice, not just hear about
- 12:00 pmWrap-up; individual therapy and psychiatry scheduled around your track
Evening Track
Multiple evenings weekly · after work
- 5:30 pmArrival and check-in — straight from work is normal here
- 6:00 pmGroup therapy — same clinical depth, evening schedule
- 7:30 pmSkills session or process group, alternating by day
- 8:30 pmDone — home in time for a real evening
Levels of Care
As Much Support as You Need — No More, No Less.
Your level of care adjusts as you heal.
01
Partial Hospitalization (PHP)
Full days of structured clinical care, five days a week, while you sleep at home. The strongest level of outpatient support.
02
Intensive Outpatient (IOP)
Three-hour sessions, several days a week — psychiatry, individual therapy, and group in one coordinated program.
03
Outpatient
Ongoing individual therapy and medication management as you step down — keeping the progress you’ve made.
Insurance & Cost
Your Insurance Can Cover Treatment.
Most clients pay little or nothing out of pocket once benefits are verified.
One quick, confidential call and we can verify your mental health benefits with your insurance company — usually while you’re still on the phone. You’ll know exactly what’s covered before you decide anything.
- Free verification of benefits in minutes
- We call your insurer — you don’t have to
- 100% confidential, no obligation to enroll
- Self-pay and financing options available
+ most major plans
& many regional networks
& many regional networks
Coverage varies by plan. Our admissions team confirms your exact benefits before any decision is made.
Healing Includes the People Around You.
With your consent, family sessions help the people closest to you understand what you’re working through — and how to support it rather than tiptoe around it.
Private. Confidential. Judgment-Free.
Your care is protected by federal privacy law. No one — not your employer, not your family — learns anything without your written consent.
HIPAA protected
Discreet location
No referral needed
Reviews & Stories of Recovery
Rebuild Your Days | Reignite Your Life.
From people who remember exactly how loud the worry felt.
“The group was the part I almost quit over — and the part that fixed me. Hearing my exact thoughts come out of someone else’s mouth broke the spell.”
Tom W. Client · Bishop Health
“Evening track, straight from work, nobody the wiser. My psychiatric provider and therapist actually compared notes every week. It felt like a team — my team.”
Rachel D. Client · Bishop Health
Getting Started
What Happens When You Call.
Four simple steps — confidential from the first hello.
01
Call
A caring specialist listens — no scripts, no pressure, fully confidential.
02
Verify Insurance
We check your mental health benefits while you’re on the line — free.
03
Assessment
A clinical conversation matches you to the right program and track.
04
First Session
You start — often within days, in a day or evening track that fits your life.
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Specialists are available right now — confidentially.
Common Questions
Answers Before You Call.
How much does treatment cost?
Most insurance plans include mental health benefits that can cover intensive outpatient care in full or in large part. We verify your exact benefits for free before you commit to anything, and self-pay options are available.
Will anyone find out I’m in treatment?
No. Your care is protected by HIPAA. We never share information with employers, family, or anyone else without your written consent — and Bishop Health is a discreet, ordinary office setting.
What if group therapy makes me anxious?
That’s common — and our facilitators are very good at it. Groups are small, nobody is forced to share, and being present counts from day one. Most anxious clients tell us group became the most valuable part of their week.
How is this different from weekly therapy?
Frequency and coordination. Instead of one hour a week with one provider, you get multiple sessions weekly with a team that shares one plan. That concentration is why many clients see in months the progress that took years before.
Can I keep working while in the program?
Yes — that’s the point of the design. The evening track lets most clients keep their full work schedule. Many attend without anyone at work knowing.
Do I need a referral or a diagnosis first?
No. Call us directly — a clinical assessment is part of getting started, not a prerequisite for it. If we’re not the right fit, we’ll help you find what is.
Take the First Step
Step into a Brighter Day.
One confidential call can change everything.
You don’t have to feel ready. You just have to be curious about feeling better. Call when it suits you — or send us your number and we’ll reach out, discreetly.
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