For emergencies please call 911 or your local mental health center

Suicide Hotline: 1-800-273-TALK (8255)

Access to proper mental health treatment services is important to MHAC, and something we strive to improve throughout Colorado.

MHAC maintains a list of community resources such as counseling, support groups, substance abuse treatment, suicide prevention, housing, educational services for children with mental health issues, and national professional organizations. Most of these services are on a sliding scale fee basis, and some offer bilingual services, as well.

For information and community resources or
if you need assistance accessing services in your area please call 720-208-2220, or toll free, 800-456-3249. Email mentalhealth@mhacolorado.org

Preparing the answers to the following questions before calling our office
will help us to help you more efficiently:

• Do you have health insurance?
• If you do, have you contacted your insurance company to inquire about mental health benefits?
• Are you currently being seen by a therapist, psychiatrist, general practitioner, etc.?
• What other agencies have you contacted?
• Are you able to pay out-of-pocket?
• County of residence?
• Do you have transportation issues? Can you get to locations some distance away from where you live?

View a list of Colorado agencies that provide counseling services on a sliding scale

Other Community Resources and Agencies includes community mental health centers

Mental Health Insurance Parity Information

Colorado Agencies

While we make every attempt to provide current and accurate resource information on our web site, it is possible that an agency is no longer in service, or contact information has changed. Please call or e-mail an agency to verify services offered and hours of operation. If you have a resource you would like to be considered for addition, or have corrections to any resource listing, please contact:

Jacy Conradt
Community Relations Coordinator
720-208-2234
jconradt@mhacolorado.org

• Listing of hotlines, mental health centers, and resource numbers for specific populations (GBLT, Latino, Russian, Native American, Asian)

Access Counseling

• Uses professionally trained and supervised community volunteers and masters level interns to provide counseling to adults. Clients discuss their problems, develop problem-solving, and decision-making skills and learn about personal and community resources available to them.

Sliding scale fee starting at $8
1534 55th Street
Boulder, CO 80303
By appointment
(303) 449-7898 x105

• Alcohol, drug, and other addiction awareness classes are offered to persons living in the metro Denver area. Also offers information and referral to local human service agencies. Offers individual, family, and group counseling.
  
  $35 per course
  7510 W. Mississippi Avenue
  Lakewood, CO 80226
  Monday - Friday, 8:30am - 5pm
  (303) 744-6169

Affordable Counseling Connection

• Referral network for skilled and compassionate therapists who provide affordable sliding-scale services to persons in the Denver metro area. Counselors specializing in relationships, drug and alcohol recovery, family concerns, trauma and abuse issues, and a wide vaiety of personal growth issues. Receives referrals from mental health centers, universities, hospitals, and most importantly, from friends and families of our satisfied customers.

First Session: $40
Income-Based Sliding Scale: $40-$75
PO Box 754
Wheatridge, CO 80034
9 different locations throughout the metro Denver area
(303) 295-3326
www.affordablecounselingconnection.com

Arapahoe House

• Community-based non-profit organization committed to the provision of accessible, affordable, and effective services to adolescents and families affected by alcohol, drugs, and other behavioral health problems.

Sliding scale fee
2600 S. Parker Road, #330
Aurora, CO 80014

55 W. 5th Avenue
Denver, CO 80204

720 W. 84th Avenue, #224
Thornton, CO 80260-4912

Monday - Friday, Hours vary by clinic
(303) 657-3700

Arvada Counseling Center

• Licensed alcohol and other drug services, certified domestic violence treatment program, licensed clinical social work, mental health, and marital and family therapy services are offered to improve the personal and social functioning of clients. Serves adults, adolescents, children, and their families. Offers group therapies.

Call to schedule an appointment. Face-to-face, forms, and testing accomplished in first session. Monday - Thursday 9am - 8pm; Friday 10am - 6pm
(303) 420-4494 Main Number
(303) 420-4493 Alternate Number

Aspen Counseling Center

• Offers evaluation and treatment services for children, adolescents, and young adults and seniors who are experiencing one or more of the following: academic failure, ADHD, defiant behavior, legal problems, drug and/or alcohol abuse, or depressive or suicidal behavior. Individual and group therapy sessions are offered. Anger management, self-discipline training, and values clarification sessions are available.

Sliding fee scale. Most insurance accepted.
2250 S. Albion Street
Denver, CO 80222
(303) 756-5400

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Brighton Counseling Services - Adams Community Mental Health

• Offers outpatient mental health treatment with referrals to more intensive treatment services. Outreach is provided to minorities, especially Hispanics.

Sliding scale fee; Medicare and Medicaid accepted
30 S. 3rd Avenue
Brighton, CO 80601
Monday - Thursday, 8am - 5pm
(303) 853-3600

Centus Counseling Center

• Interfaith health care network providing counseling for individuals, groups, couples, children and adolescents for substance abuse, relationships, depression, anxiety, abuse and trauma
• Educational workshops on grief and loss, parenting, depression and marital relations

Insurance accepted and fee adjustments available based on personal financial need and available funding
Locations in Aurora, Boulder, Denver, Lakewood, Littleton, Longmont and Westminster
(303) 639-5240

CU-Boulder Raimy Clinic

• Provides individual and child therapy, couples therapy, and psychological testing (by referral). All psychological services are provided by therapists in training in the clinical psychology Ph.D program.

Sliding scale fee up to $70 per hour
Campus Box 345
Boulder, CO 80309-0345
Monday - Friday, 8am - 8pm
(303) 492-6351

• Outpatient counseling from age 4 and older
• Crisis intervention for school emergencies
• On-site counseling intervention
• Pregnancy counseling
• Offices in Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Lakewood, Longmont and Thornton

Sliding Fee Scale: Based on family income; Insurance also accepted
Monday-Friday 8:30am-5pm
Ask for counseling intake; can schedule evening and daytime appointments
(303) 742-0828

Child Psychiatric Clinic - CU Health Sciences Center

• Outpatient psychiatric evaluation and therapy are provided to children and their parents.

Sliding scale fee
4200 E. 9th Avenue
Denver, CO 80220
Monday - Friday, 8am - 5pm
(303) 315-7412

Colorado Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Services

• Referral service through the toll-free number linking persons to marriage and family therapists throughout the state; support legislative efforts that strengthen families. All members work as volunteers in the projects we identify each year.

Available at all hours
P. O. Box 3433
Littleton, CO 80122
(888) 458-1713

Colorado Counseling Professionals

• Offers individual, family, marital, and group therapy for persons of all ages.

$70 per hour; some scholarships and sliding scale fee are available.
Medicare accepted
9101 Harlan Street, #135
Westminster, CO 80031
Monday - Friday, 8am - 9pm; Saturday, Sunday by appointment
(303) 430-4010

University of Colorado Hospital Outpatient Psychiatric Clinic

• Child and adult outpatient clinic – general psychiatric clinic treatment for common ambulatory psychiatric problems
• Psychiatric services in the areas of anxiety, depression, individual, family, couple and group treatment, medication consultation and treatment

Insurance, Medicare, Medicaid and self pay accepted.
4455 E. 12th Ave.
Denver, CO 80220
Monday-Friday
(303) 724-1000

Colorado SIDS Program

• Statewide referral source for support groups for parents who have lost a child due to SIDS; support groups for bereaved family members

(303) 320-7771
(888) 285-7437

Comitis Crisis Center, Inc.

• Inpatient and outpatient counseling for individuals, couples, groups, and families
• Twenty-four hour crisis service is available to anyone in need
• Focus on troubled youth and their families.

Sliding scale fee or donations; no one turned away
24 hours a day, 7 days a week
9840 E. 17th Avenue
Aurora, CO 80010
(303) 341-9160 Administration Number
(303) 343-9890 24-Hour Hotline

Confluence Counseling

• Offers licensed professional counseling and psychotherapy and certified addictions counseling Level III.

Sliding scale fee
P.O. Box 100431
Denver, CO 80250
Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm; evenings by appointment
(303) 832-5333

Counseling and Educational Services Clinic

• The clinic provides a community service for adults, adolescents, children, couples, and families with career, personal, family, educational, and other life concerns. The clinic offers assessment, counseling, consultation, support and therapy groups, and referrals to other community services when appropriate.
• Areas addressed are: relationship issues (trust, spirituality, parenting strategies and skills, communication, conflict management, assertiveness/anger), stress management (anxiety and panic, depression, drug and alcohol use, eating problems, recovery from trauma, self-confidence/esteem); life changes (career decisions/change, family changes, friendship and support, grief and loss, work issues)

Doctoral and masters students supervised by doctoral level psychologists
Sliding Fee Scale: $5 for first assessment session regardless of income
Monday-Thursday 5pm-8:30pm
(303) 871-2528

 

The Counseling and Family Therapy Center – CU Denver Student Counseling Center

• Psychiatric care and consultation, individual, couples, family and group counseling, co-dependency, depression, life change issues, relationship issues, stress management, grief and loss, divorce, divorce adjustment

Professional psychotherapists, advances graduate-level students
Sliding Fee Scale: $1-$35 per session
Monday-Thursday 1pm-8pm; Friday 9am-3pm
(303) 556-4372

Christian Counseling Clinic – Denver Seminary

• Short term, biblically based counseling for adults, adolescents and children

Graduate Denver Seminary counseling students supervised by qualified therapists
Sliding Fee Scale: $0-$5 per session
Monday-Friday 8am-5pm (303) 761-2482
Monday-Thursday 6pm-9pm (303) 753-8641
Saturdays 9am-4pm (303) 753-8671

Denver Family Institute

• Clinics offer counseling/therapy families, couples, and individuals. Therapists are experienced master-level clinicians and are prepared to help with problems such as child and adolescent issues, school performance and behavior, depression, loss, grief, couple communications, etc.

$20 to $50, no insurance is taken
7200 East Hampden Ave, #301
Denver, CO 80224
Monday - Friday, 8am - 8pm, by appointment - some Saturday mornings by appointment
(303) 756-3340

North Clinic
4891 Independence
Wheatridge, CO 80033
(303)238-1231

 

Denver Health Medical Center Behavioral Health Clinic

• Psychiatric evaluations, minimal outpatient services
• Walk-in clinic on Tuesdays and Thursdays only; arrive no later than 7:30am
• $30 for intake assessment

Fee for Service; Colorado Access; Medicaid
(303) 436-6393

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Denver Vet Center

• Counseling is provided to veterans and their families living in the metro Denver area. Counseling services include individual, group, and marital/family counseling, as well as alcohol and drug abuse counseling and referral. Also provides counseling for trauma-related post-trauma stress disorder and counseling for veterans who have experienced acts of sexual violence or harassment while on active duty.

Monday - Friday, 8am - 4:30pm; evenings by appointment
7465 E. First Avenue, B-383
Denver, CO 80230
(303) 326-0645

Divorce Support Services

• This is a counseling service, which provides a new approach and method for coping with the multiple problems of divorce. Services include individual counseling, parent support and education, parenting time assessments, grandparents concerns, post-decree matters, parenting coordination and special advocate services. Also provides a free support group listing for divorce support groups, reading lists, to help inform the public of their alternatives and rights in the divorce process.

Vary depending on services
1692 S. Eudora Street
Denver, CO 80222
Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, 9am - 7pm
(303) 756-6175

Family Therapy Institute Center of Colorado

• Clinics offer counseling/therapy families, couples, and individuals. Therapists are experienced master-level clinicians and are prepared to help with problems such as child and adolescent issues, school performance and behavior, depression, loss, grief, couple communications, etc.

$10 to $40, no insurance is taken
4891 Independence
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Monday - Friday, 8am - 8pm, by appointment
Some Saturday mornings by appointment
(303) 756-3340

Family Tree

Fees vary according to service provided: $0 – sliding fee scale
3805 Marshall Street #100
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Monday-Sunday 8:30am-8pm
(303) 422-2133
Spanish Information & Referral: (303) 467-3794 x9012

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Jackson Place Counseling Group

• Serves at-risk populations experiencing emotional and interpersonal problems. Offers individual, couple, and family counseling, specializing in working with gay and lesbian relationships, developmental disabilities, victims of childhood emotional and sexual abuse, and adult relationship conflict.

  Sliding scale fee starting at $40 per hour
  682 Grant Street
  Denver, CO 80203
  Monday - Friday, 8am - 8pm; Saturday, 8am - 5pm
  (303) 832-1500

• Human service and resource agency which provides comprehensive professional assistance consistent with Jewish traditions, values and culture to the Jewish community and the community at large
• Counseling Center programs and services are available to all, regardless of race, religious affiliation, gender, age, or sexual orientation
• Hosts a support group for: families with an adult child with serious mental illness (303-597-5000 x 3007), people dealing with death, grief, chronic illness or caregiving challenges (303-597-7777, ext. 351).
• Assistance in the areas of: stress, anxiety, depression, grief, marital problems, divorce, ADD, bipolar disorder, communication problems, anger management, self-esteem issues, family relationships, parenting, conflict resolution, school and work issues, physical/sexual abuse, and aging issues.

Sliding Fee Scale: Based on income; accepts most insurance plans, including Medicaid
3201 S. Tamarac Drive
Denver, CO 80231
(303) 597-7777
(303) 597-5000

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Lutheran Family Services of Colorado

• Adoption, pregnancy counseling, family preservation, foster care, refugee and asylee services, senior outreach, fostering family strengths

Metro Denver Office
363 S. Harlan #200
Denver, CO 80226
(303) 922-3433

Denver Refugee and Asylee Services
1075 S. Yukon Street, #200
Lakewood, CO 80226
(303) 980-5400

Fort Collins
3800 Automation Way, #200
Fort Collins, CO 80525
(970) 266-1788

Colorado Springs
108 East St. Vrain Street, #21
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
(719) 227-7571

Colorado Springs Refugee and Asylee Services
First Lutheran Church
1515 North Cascade
Colorado Springs, CO 80907
(719) 473-9161

• Individual, group, family, relationship/marital counseling, psychotherapy, depression, anxiety, addiction, eating disorders, support groups, domestic violence
• Children First – school-based outreach program
• Survivors’ Mental Health Program – individual, group, crisis intervention, case management

Sliding Fee Scale: according to gross income; insurance accepted
Monday-Friday 8am-8pm; some Saturday appts.
1355 S. Colorado Blvd, #C-100
Denver, CO 80222
(303) 756-9052
www.mdscounseling.org

• Private mental health clinic offering clinical individual therapy services, including psychotherapy groups for men and women, parenting groups, domestic violence groups, substance abuse services (Level I), and a dual diagnosis group (Level 2).

Sliding scale fee
4251 Kipling Street, #355
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033
Monday - Friday, 8am - 9pm
(303) 420-7322

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People House, Inc.

• Individual, couples, family, and group counseling services are offered. Services for depression, anxiety/phobias, anger management, conflict resolution, grief, self-esteem, relationship skills, trauma recovery, assertiveness training, sexual abuse, substance abuse, eating disorders and career counseling.

Fees vary depending on counseling
3035 W. 25th Avenue
Denver, CO 80211
Monday - Friday, 1pm - 5pm
(303) 480-5130

• Provides therapy for persons who are experiencing difficulties due to loss and grief, life transition issues, coping with illness, and marital and parenting problems. Services include individual, couples, and group psychotherapy.

$70 per hour; $40 per hour for group therapy
758 Sherman Street
Denver, CO 80203
Monday - Friday, 8am - 6pm
(303) 831-9344

• Short and long term therapy, court ordered counseling, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, anger management, eating disorders, sexual identity, sexual dysfunction
• No visit limitations

Doctoral students supervised by licensed professionals
Sliding Fee Scale: Based on household income
Monday-Thursday 8:30am-8:30pm; Friday 8:30am-2:30pm
(303) 871-3626

• Psychological and neuropsychological testing, forensic testing, bilingual psychotherapy, bilingual cognitive testing, bilingual educational testing, treatment for learning disabilities, second opinions on cases involving non-native English speakers

David G. Mirich, PhD (Licensed School Psychologist)
(303) 813-0794

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Second Wind Fund

• Private counseling for uninsured or underinsured youth (19 and under) deemed at-risk for suicide by schools or other third parties

All counseling (minimum 8  sessions) paid for entirely through fund; if you feel that your child may qualify, please call to begin a referral process. 
Providers located throughout the metro area
(303) 988-2645

www.thesecondwindfund.org

 

Seniors! Inc.

• Resources for the elderly and caregivers including money management, employment, in-home care, Medicaid outreach, prescription drug assistance and senior companion program.

5840 E. Evans Avenue
Denver, CO 80222
Monday – Friday
(303) 300-6900 Main Phone
(719) 864-4414 CO Springs
(719) 269-1524 Fremont County

• Serves seniors by advising and enabling them and their families to resolve problems or to relieve stresses they may encounter. Services include assistance with interview or discussions or lending a sympathetic ear in individual or group settings. Professional counseling volunteers in the center 1 time a week. Will serve homebound seniors living in the area bounded by I-25, Downing Street, 32nd Avenue, and 6th Avenue.

Seniors age 55 and older and their families; proof of residency required for homebound seniors.
Monday - Friday, 8am - 8pm; Sunday, 10am - 4pm
946 E. 18th Avenue
Denver, CO 80218
(303) 832-1622

• Offers individual counseling to persons in the metro Denver area. Offers counseling regarding women's issues, career issues, men's issues, children and adolescent counseling, grief, loss, spirituality, drug and alcoholism, marriage, relationships, pre-marriage, and parenting issues. Also provides clinical hypnosis for smoking, weight loss, stress, anxiety, and depression.

Sliding scale fee
2255 S. Wadsworth Boulevard, #G3
Lakewood, CO 80227
By appointment only
(303) 670-1728

 

Southwest Family Services

• Offers substance abuse counseling with programs for adolescents and DUI/DWI offenders.

1800 Sheridan Blvd. #303
Denver, CO 80232
(303) 936-1790