Healthy Minds
Adult Outpatient Services
Adult Outpatient Services (ages 18+)
WVU Healthy Minds offers a wide range of outpatient mental health services for individuals, groups, and families—including therapies, assessments, and medication management.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT is an evidence-based individual therapy offered in person or via telemedicine. It helps adults manage anxiety, mood disorders, eating disorders, substance use, and stressors, such as grief or major life changes. Therapists guide clients in identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and behaviors while building healthier coping strategies.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Clinic
DBT helps teens and adults with complex psychiatric disorders and high-risk behaviors. It blends behavioral change with acceptance strategies. Programs offered:
- Comprehensive DBT: Weekly individual therapy + group skills training for 12 months, with phone coaching.
- Skills Training Only: For clients already working with a non-DBT therapist.
All DBT services begin with a 2–4 session pre-treatment consultation.
Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
ACT is an intensive, community-based program serving Medicaid-covered individuals in six West Virginia counties. It offers psychiatric care, therapy, case management, medication support, and crisis stabilization for those with repeated hospitalizations due to serious mental illness.
Medication Management
Psychiatric providers work with patients to manage medications as part of their behavioral health treatment plan.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is an evidence-based individual therapy for PTSD, anxiety, depression, and panic disorders. Sessions are offered in person.
Bariatric Psychology Services
The Bariatric Psychology Clinic supports patients preparing for or recovering from bariatric surgery. Services include psychological assessments and cognitive behavioral therapy to address eating behaviors and support healthy lifestyle changes. Both individual and group options are available.
Neuropsychology Service
Our board-certified neuropsychologists provide comprehensive assessments for brain-related and psychological conditions in pediatric, adult, and older adult patients. Services include evaluations for epilepsy, dementia, TBI, brain tumors, complex medical conditions, and more.
Geriatric Services
The RNI’s Memory Health Clinic provides a multidisciplinary approach to diagnosing and treating dementia while supporting caregivers. The Geriatric Psychiatry Clinic, located at Healthy Minds – Chestnut Ridge, evaluates memory disorders and dementia and offers medication management, as needed.
Forensic Psychiatric and Psychological Evaluations
The WVU Department of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry’s Division of Forensic Psychiatry offers experienced and unbiased professional opinions about a wide array of legal questions, including criminal and civil competency, the insanity defense, personal injury, medical malpractice, and fitness for duty. Services are available to attorneys, courts, law enforcement, and other professionals.
Treatment Resistant Mood Disorders Clinic
Specialized care for patients with severe mood disorders, offering:
- Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
- Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT)
- Spravato (esketamine)
Thought Disorders Clinic
The Thought Disorders Clinic is a specialty outpatient clinic dedicated to individuals diagnosed with thought disorders, such as schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorder. This clinic provides comprehensive support, symptom management, and long-term treatment planning tailored to the unique needs of individuals with these conditions.