Traditional Outpatient Mental Health Services

Typical outpatient services at Delta are available for adults with mental health concerns and include both therapies with licensed therapists or interns, and psychiatry for medications to help in managing mental health. Available therapies include both individual and couples therapies. Psychiatry at Delta is provided by several practitioners specializing in psychiatry, including physicians and a nurse practitioner. For more information on therapies available select from the menu on the right. For more information about the practitioners at Delta view our Provider Directory.

Delta also offers Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills groups as a supplement to therapies when recommended to clients. DBT as it is referred to, uses a skills group therapy format to learn and practice healthy and effective management of emotions, even under duress. Other DBT skills include skills to be more effective with others and mindfulness skills to increase awareness.

One support group currently meets at Delta. Wilmington’s TG Group, a transgender support group, meets monthly at Delta.

Facility Programs

In addition to traditional outpatient services for mental health, Delta has 2 licensed programs, a Partial Hospital Program (PHP) and a Substance Abuse Intensive Outpatient Program (SAIOP). Delta’s facility programs are licensed by the North Carolina Division of Health Services Regulation, a division the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. Standards of care for participants in the programs are set by the North Carolina Division of Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse. Delta’s facility programs are endorsed by the local management entity, The Southeastern Center for Mental Health, Developmental Disabilities, and Substance Abuse located in Wilmington.