If you need help right now
Willow & Stone is an outpatient practice and is not an emergency service. These lines are free, confidential, and answer at any hour, anywhere in Colorado.
911
For immediate danger to anyone’s life or safety. Tell the dispatcher it is a mental health emergency.
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988
Free, confidential, and available 24/7 — for the person in crisis or for someone worried about them.
Veterans Crisis Line
Dial 988 then press 1, or text 838255
For veterans, service members, National Guard and Reserve members, and the people who support them. VA enrollment is not required.
Colorado’s crisis support through 988 Colorado, the state’s tools for finding behavioral health care, free therapy for young people, and plain-language guides for patients and families anywhere in the state. If someone is in danger right now, start with the first section.
Colorado crisis support
Colorado Crisis Services now redirects to 988 Colorado. If an older crisis number is saved in your phone, replace it with 988.
988 Colorado
Call or text 988 (English and Spanish)
Colorado’s crisis support line, with walk-in crisis locations for in-person help.
Finding care and coverage
OwnPath care directory
The Colorado Behavioral Health Administration’s directory for finding mental health and substance use providers and programs.
I Matter
Up to six free therapy sessions for Colorado youth 18 and younger (21 and younger with special education services). No insurance required.
Health First Colorado
800-221-3943 (State Relay 711)
Colorado’s Medicaid program, which covers behavioral health. Apply at co.gov/PEAK.
Colorado Behavioral Health Administration
The state administration responsible for access to mental health and substance use disorder services in Colorado.
Support and checking credentials
NAMI Colorado
The Colorado organization of the National Alliance on Mental Illness — education and support for people living with mental illness and their families.
Colorado DORA license lookup
The Division of Professions and Occupations lookup for verifying licenses of nurses, counselors, and other licensed professionals in Colorado.
Guides for Colorado patients and families
Altitude, Sleep, and Mood: A Colorado Guide
Sleep is lighter and more broken at elevation, and broken sleep looks a great deal like depression and ADHD.
Getting Psychiatric Care on Colorado’s Western Slope
Colorado’s psychiatric capacity sits on the Front Range, and a mountain pass separates most of the state from it.
Emergency Mental Health Holds in Colorado: What Families Should Know
Colorado’s emergency mental health hold lets a peace officer or an intervening professional place someone in protective custody for no longer than 72 hours.
Teen Mental Health Consent in Colorado: Therapy at 12, Services at 15, and I Matter
In Colorado, a young person 12 or older can start outpatient therapy without a parent, teens 15 and older can consent to mental health services more broadly, and the state’s I Matter program offers up to six free sessions..
988 Colorado, Walk-In Crisis Centers, and Public Behavioral Health Services
Colorado Crisis Services is now 988 Colorado.
Security Clearances and Mental Health Treatment: What Is Actually Asked
Fear of losing a clearance keeps many people in defence, laboratory, and military work from seeking psychiatric care.
Psychiatric care across Colorado
Dr. Stacey Forbes, DNP, APRN, PMHNP-BC, provides integrative telehealth psychiatry to patients anywhere in Colorado. See care across Colorado, or find your city: Denver · Colorado Springs · Aurora · Fort Collins · Boulder · Pueblo · Grand Junction · Durango.
Your healing begins with a conversation.
Start with a telehealth consultation. Insurance is accepted for Texas patients; outside Texas, care is direct-pay with a superbill.
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