Mental Health Day and Evening Treatment in Brighton, MA

Find the right level of care

Guidelight offers two structured outpatient programs, designed to work together. Our admissions team can help you understand the options and determine which level of care may meet your needs.

Integrated Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) + Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) 

Built to work together

Explore Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP)

Explore Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP)

Personalized, evidence-based care

Guidelight’s treatment combines therapeutic approaches and clinical support to help each person work toward their individual goals. Our PHP and IOP programs include:

One less barrier to care

We accept most insurance plans and are regularly adding plans to our coverage options. We will work closely with you to verify your benefits, explain coverage details, and assist in creating a plan that aligns with your needs.

We are in-network with:

• Aetna
• Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Cigna
• Harvard Pilgrim

• MassHealth
• Optum
• Point32

Mental health support for adults and adolescents

Adults (18+)

Structured mental health treatment designed to help adults build skills and work toward their personal goals.

Adolescents (12–17)

Age-appropriate support to help teens develop coping skills, strengthen communication, and navigate mental health challenges.

Conditions we treat:

• Anger and conflict management
• Anxiety Disorders
• Emotional Regulation
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Personality Disorders
• Self-Harm
• Trauma

• Attention-Deficits
• Depressive Disorders
• Impulse Disorder
• Mood Disorders
• Psychotic Disorders
• Suicidality

Schedule an Admissions Appointment

Our Brighton Directors:

Greg Watt (he/him)

Executive Director Guidelight Brighton

For over two decades, Greg has been serving the community as a therapist and leader at a variety of settings, including schools, community mental health centers, and healthcare. Along the way, he has always seen services through the client perspective to make sure that they get effective services that are delivered with respect, compassion, and humility.

Everyone struggles at some point in life, and I have deep respect for clients who bravely reach out for support in navigating the hardest parts of life. I bring my full empathy, compassion, and curiosity while walking through these challenges with clients as they bravely try to create a new path forward by developing new skills and perspectives.”

Matt Nicoli, LICSW (he/him)

Director of Clinical Outreach

Matt brings over two decades of clinical and outreach experience in outpatient, hospital, school, and government settings. His passion for providing the highest quality healthcare, while dismantling barriers to that care, perfectly aligns with Guidelight’s mission to ensure everyone has access to the highest quality clinical care.

My core values of compassion, curiosity, and dignity have guided my clinical practice. With these values, I actively seek to understand another person’s perspective with empathy and genuine interest, while treating them with inherent worth and value.”

Visit Guidelight Brighton

We are located just 7 miles west of downtown Boston, with easy access from I-90 (Mass Pike) and Storrow Drive.

Public Transportation Access

Commuter Rail, Boston Landing Station
Green Line B Branch, Washington Street Station
Bus routes 64, 66 and 86

ADDRESS
20 Guest Street, Suite 303A
Brighton, MA 02135

PHONE
(617) 807-2320

FAX
(617) 830-0095

HOURS
Monday–Friday: 8:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Saturday–Sunday: Closed

EMAIL
brighton@guidelighthealth.com

Getting started is simpler than you think

Finding the right mental health support starts with a conversation. Our team can answer your questions, discuss your options, and help you understand the admissions process.

Schedule an Admissions Appointment

Prefer to talk? Call (888) 681-2730

Guidelight operates in Massachusetts as a mental health services clinic licensed to provide Psychiatric Day Treatment, which is sometimes described by insurers as intensive outpatient programs (“IOP”) or partial hospitalization programs (“PHP”). Guidelight is not currently certified by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) as an IOP or PHP.