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Unless you are unable to do the usual activities of daily living you do not need to be in a hospital setting for trauma treatment. If you can keep a regular schedule, get yourself to appointments on time, take care of your hygiene, meals, and sleeping without prompting by others then you can participate in the ITT program. We accept people who have suicidal thoughts but not those who are actively suicidal or unstable.

We screen for ego regression as part of our regular intake procedure. If you have significant ego regression we can give you suggestions for dealing with it. You should postpone trauma work until the ego regression is reversed.

	If you have been given several different diagnoses and none of them seems to be appropriate.
	If you have been disappointed with inpatient programs that focus on group therapy instead of individual sessions;
	If you hear voices that are trauma-related;
	If you feel that you are on a plateau in your current therapy or your therapist does not have the specific skills to treat trauma;
	If medication has not relieved your symptoms and you have a trauma history; and/or
	If you feel that your previous therapy has been focused on the wrong issues.

When we receive your call to inquire about treatment at ITT we will arrange for a telephone appointment with you and one of our clinicians to gather some information to determine if you would benefit from our treatment program. We will ask about your trauma history, past therapy, current psychological state, and your goals for the program. Afterward you will need to complete a set of assessment forms that can be requested by calling (304) 291-2912.

A single trauma or simple PTSD can be treated in one week. Dissociative disorders require the two-week program in order to learn ways to manage the voices and to process the early and most significant traumas. We can advise you about the length of time required based on your scores on our screening assessments and your trauma history. While we can process a significant number of traumas we cannot always do every one that is needed in a two-week period. Some people with a lengthy and complicated trauma history need an additional two-week program.

ITT is not a forensic facility. If someone wants an evaluation for competency or for evidence of sexual abuse he/she should seek another program.

We do not take people who are actively using alcohol or drugs as a way to manage their symptoms. Depending on a person’s substance use history we will recommend a period of abstinence ranging from 30 to 120 days. Our experience has been that people who have recently become sober are under too much stress to begin trauma work.

We do not accept Medicare or Medicaid patients, Workers Compensation cases, or any cases where there is a current or anticipated lawsuit.

To access the ITT screening assessment forms online call (304) 291-2912 to receive the user name and password you’ll need to access these forms.

Click here once you have the username and password from ITT.