Intensive Outpatient Program · Trauma
TraumaWise IOP
TraumaWise is a skills-based, accelerated group therapy experience designed to support individuals in understanding and healing from trauma. It’s part of MMHC’s Center for Trauma Care & Healing.
What to know
The essentials at a glance
Location
Our Eagan, MN office — 3450 O'Leary Lane, Eagan, MN 55123
Days & time
Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, 9am–12pm
Group size
Up to 8 individuals with up to 2 facilitators
Program length
Three 3-hour sessions per week for 9 weeks
Program goals
- Increase emotional regulation and distress tolerance
- Strengthen resilience and daily coping skills
- Improve sense of safety, control, and stability
- Support trauma processing readiness and healing
Clients show measurable improvement across seven core trauma recovery domains — see outcomes below.
Why it matters
How this helps in real life
You’ll build skills you can use immediately — at work, at home, in relationships, and during trauma-focused therapy — helping you manage emotional intensity and stay grounded during difficult moments.
The curriculum
Skills covered in TraumaWise
- Dialectics
- Emotional regulation
- Distress tolerance
- Core mindfulness
- Interpersonal effectiveness
- Orient to safety
- Flash 2.0
- Back of Head Scale
- Differentiating past from present
- 10% solutions
- Window of tolerance
- Recognizing triggers and triggering
An evidence-based program
TraumaWise IOP is grounded in the principles of Transforming the Living Legacy of Trauma by Janina Fisher and the Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) IOP curriculum by Marsha Linehan.
Real outcomes
What our most recent cohort experienced
At the end of the program, our graduating clients completed a self-reported outcomes survey comparing how they felt at the start of the group to how they felt at graduation.
| Measure | Start of group | End of group |
|---|---|---|
| Understanding of the Brain | 4 | 4.5 |
| Understanding Trauma Symptoms | 3.5 | 4.5 |
| Skills for Trauma Symptom Management | 3 | 4 |
| Managing Dissociation | 3 | 4.5 |
| Understanding Participation in Relationships | 3.5 | 5 |
| Understanding Emotion Regulation | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| Understanding Thoughts | 4 | 4 |
| Reducing Self-Blame | — | 4 |
| Increasing Self-Compassion | — | 4 |
Self-reported on a 1–5 scale (1 = strongly disagree, 5 = strongly agree).
Fewer dissociative symptoms
We also track dissociative symptoms using the Dissociative Experiences Scale (DES-II), where a lower score reflects fewer dissociative experiences. Every graduating client in this cohort saw their score drop:
Client 1
17 → 8
Client 2
28 → 20
Client 3
36 → 25
DES-II score ranges: 0–10 little/no indication of dissociative experiences, 11–20 mild, 21–40 moderate, 41–60 severe, 61+ strong indication.
“I've learned how to take accountability for the way I show up in relationships in a self-compassionate way, rather than in a blaming or shaming way.”
“Very helpful 9 week program, I learned a lot about myself, my emotions and ways to manage emotions in different life situations.”
Based on our most recent graduating cohort (3 clients). Individual results vary.
Insurance
TraumaWise is covered by most major insurance, including Aetna, BCBS, UHG, HealthPartners, Cigna, Medicare & Medicaid.
Wondering if TraumaWise is the right fit?
Enrollment is intake-coordinated, so getting started begins with a short conversation about fit, timing, and what the program looks like. Reach out and our team will walk you through it.