About
Outpatient Behavioral Healthcare, Focused on the Whole Person.
High Focus Centers helps adults and adolescents find stability, build skills, and stay engaged in life while receiving the care they need.
Who we are
A Network Built for Outpatient Care.
High Focus Centers is a network of outpatient behavioral health programs serving adults and adolescents across New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Georgia. We treat mental health concerns, substance use, and co-occurring conditions with compassion, clinical rigor, and an unwavering focus on the person in front of us.
In Pennsylvania, our programs grew from The Light Program and Rehab After Work, which joined the High Focus Centers family to deliver expanded outpatient care across the Commonwealth.
Compassionate
We meet every client with empathy, dignity, and respect.
Evidence-based
Treatment grounded in research and clinical best practice.
Whole-family
Family and loved ones are part of recovery, not bystanders.
Accessible
Most major commercial insurance accepted.
Care That Fits the Shape of Your Life.
Our Story
Behavioral Healthcare. Focused on What Matters Most.
For more than 30 years, High Focus Centers has been helping adolescents, adults, and families navigate mental health and substance use challenges through structured, evidence-based outpatient care.
What began in New Jersey in 1994 has grown into a multi-state behavioral healthcare organization serving communities across Connecticut, Georgia, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania.
But our history is about more than growth.
It is about recognizing where behavioral healthcare needed to evolve—and building programs to meet those needs.
A History of Leading the Way
For more than three decades, High Focus Centers has introduced programs designed around emerging needs in mental health and addiction treatment.
1994 — A New Approach for Adolescents
High Focus Centers created New Jersey's first substance use adolescent Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP).
The program recognized an important need: adolescents struggling with substance use required specialized treatment that addressed their developmental stage while allowing them to remain connected to school, family, and community.
2001 — Expanding Adolescent Psychiatric Care
High Focus Centers became the first in New Jersey to integrate an adolescent psychiatric partial-day program with an after-school psychiatric IOP.
This expanded access to structured psychiatric care while giving young people a treatment option designed around their daily lives.
2008 — Specialized Opioid Treatment
As opioid addiction became an increasingly urgent public health concern, High Focus Centers developed a specialized IOP protocol for opioid addiction—the first of its kind in New Jersey.
The program reflected our ongoing commitment to adapting treatment as the needs of individuals and communities change.
2012 — Joining Pyramid Healthcare
High Focus Centers joined the Pyramid Healthcare family, becoming part of a broader behavioral healthcare system serving communities throughout the eastern United States.
The partnership created opportunities to expand services while continuing High Focus Centers' tradition of specialized outpatient care.
2012 — Specialized Young Adult Programming
High Focus Centers launched a specialized Young Adult Abuse Program, recognizing the unique challenges that can emerge during the transition into adulthood.
2013 — Dedicated Trauma Treatment
High Focus Centers introduced a Trauma Intensive Outpatient Program, operating independently from other programming.
The program expanded access to specialized treatment for individuals whose mental health challenges were connected to trauma.
2014 — Addressing Mental Health and Substance Use Together
High Focus Centers launched New Jersey's first Adolescent Co-Occurring Illness IOP.
The program reflected a core principle of modern behavioral healthcare: mental health and substance use concerns often overlap and should be treated together rather than in isolation.
2020 — Expanding Access in Connecticut
High Focus Centers opened a new outpatient treatment center in Norwalk, Connecticut, expanding structured mental health services for children and adolescents.
The center provided partial-care and IOP services supported by a multidisciplinary team of licensed clinicians and psychiatrists.
2022 — Expanding Across the Southeast
High Focus Centers expanded its presence into Georgia, bringing its outpatient behavioral healthcare model to new communities.
In Georgia, the organization continued expanding access to Partial Hospitalization Programs (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) for adults experiencing mental health and co-occurring conditions.
2023 — Pennsylvania Joins the High Focus Network
High Focus Centers expanded into Pennsylvania through the integration of The Light Program and Rehab After Work.
This expansion brought established behavioral healthcare programs and experienced clinical teams into the High Focus Centers network, extending access to mental health, substance use, and co-occurring treatment throughout eastern Pennsylvania.
Where We Are Today
Today, High Focus Centers builds on more than 30 years of clinical experience, knowledge, and innovation to provide highly effective, evidence-based behavioral healthcare. Our treatment is grounded in gold-standard clinical practices and continually informed by what we have learned from decades of caring for individuals and families.
We also recognize that effective care must reflect the needs of the communities we serve. That’s why we continue to evolve and expand our programming to address the changing needs of our communities, with specialized services for LGBTQ+, trauma, OCD, middle school, maternal health, and more.
Our history informs our care. Our expertise drives our treatment. And our focus remains on providing the right care for the people who need it today.
High Focus Centers is accredited by CARF International and licensed by the NJ State Department of Human Services.
Real Stories
Voices From Our Community
"High Focus change my life for the better. In both Seeds of Hope and The Light Program, I received a tremendous amount of support and learned so many great skills. I will always be so grateful for both sets of staff and will never forget their impact on my life."
"I am so grateful that I found this women's trauma group. I have been able to process in a safe and supportive environment. I have learned emotional regulation and communication skills that I am able to use for my healing, as well as transfer those skills in parenting and my nursing profession. I would recommend this program, as well as Brittany, 100%."
"This is my second time in this program. Brittney is absolutely wonderful. She is very knowledgeable and compassionate to each and every individual's specific needs. I have learned so much in this program with her. I do believe I am in a much better place because of everything I was taught and learned through this program."
