Therapeutic Services

What It Is

Clinical team members offer free to low-cost therapy sessions at both of our Opportunity Centers for clients ages four (4) through adulthood. Our treatment methods use a holistic approach to enhance the development of social-emotional learning and therapeutic practices. The clinicians are able to consider the whole person and therefore are able to meet each client’s unique and individualized needs. We are committed that each person who receives our services will go from surviving to thriving. We emphasize the use of best practice methods for social and emotional learning and therapeutic interventions that are rooted in trauma-informed care to create an avenue to improve overall success in the classroom, at home, in the community, and beyond.

The Facts

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 1 in 5 Americans will experience a mental illness in a given year and 1 in 5 children, either currently or at some point during their life, have had a seriously debilitating mental illness.

  • Only 50% of youth with a mental health disorder receive behavioral health (therapy) treatment.  

  • 50% of mental health illnesses start before the age of 14. 

  • 72% of American communities do not have enough Mental Health providers to support those in need

  • The leading cause of death in Colorado for youth ages 10-14 is suicide and the second for people ages 15-19.  

  • In 2020, Eight times as many youth died by suicide in colorado than by car accident

  • The rate of death by suicide among Black youth (under the age of 13) are two times that of white youth. 

  • Asian American youth have the lowest rate of mental health resource utalization compared to their non-Asian American peers. 

  • According to the 2019 Healthy Kids Colorado Survey (HKCS), LGBTQ  youth are more likely to experience bullying, feel unsafe at school, and experience suicidal ideation and attempts, substance use, and sexual violence.

  • 12.9% of American Indian or Alaska Native youth (who did not identify as Hispanic) 10.0% of multi-racial, non-Hispanic youth reported making at least one suicide attempt in the past 12 months. 6.7% of white non-Hispanic youth reported making an attempt in the past 12 months.

  • In Colorado, the population that dies by suicide at the highest rates and with the highest counts is men ages 25-64. Older adult males aged 65 years and older have the next highest suicide rate followed by young adult males aged 19 to 24, and male youth aged 10-18 years.

  • When we maintain positive mental health and treat mental health conditions, through the support of trained clinicians, we are able to stabalize constructive emotions, thoughts, and behaviors. 

  •  Having a solid mental health foundation allows you to:

    • Cope with stressors in life

    • Establish and maintain a positive self esteem

    • Stay motivated to maintain an overall healthy self

    • Maintain a higher level of productivity at work or school

    • Make and keep meaningful and health relationships and connections

    • Set and achieve goals 

  •  If you or someone you care about needs mental health support, we are available for one on one therapy.  Please complete the referral form (LINK ) and someone will be in touch with you shortly to connect you with one of the members of our Clinical Team.

If you, or someone you know, are experiencing a mental health crisis or having thoughts of suicide, you should seek help immediately.  Please go to your nearest emergency or call or text 988, 24 hours a day - 7 days a week.