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- Consistently accepting clients
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- Our users reporting affordable services.
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Aurora Mental Health Center
Aurora Mental Health Center, located in Aurora, Colorado, just south of Denver, is a private, nonprofit community mental health organization serving people with a wide range of mental health needs.
At Aurora Mental Health Center, our goal is to promote mental health to enable people to truly live their life to the fullest, and to treat those who are affected by mental illness.
INDIVIDUAL SERVICES
Our outpatient centers offer clients the opportunity to participate in individual therapy or counseling. This is a collaborative process in which clients work one-on-one with a trained therapist in a safe and confidential environment to facilitate change and improve their quality of life.
GROUP THERAPY
Our outpatient centers offer many opportunities for clients to participate in group therapy. These small groups are led by a trained group therapist and often address issues such as grief/bereavement, anger management, and parenting.
FAMILY THERAPY
Our outpatient centers - particularly those that serve children - offer family therapy or family counseling as a model of therapy. We often use this familial approach in treatment to address specific issues that impact the entire family like major life transitions, interpersonal conflict, communication, or parenting challenges.
Our day treatment programs serve school-aged children and their families, providing both academic and therapeutic support. Students are provided with an education that is approved by the Colorado Department of Education and earn school credit towards graduation, which transfers to their public school when they return. Our therapists provide basic school day support, weekly individual and family therapy, and daily group therapy. Our program provides the following Services Offered:Crisis Management
Individual Therapy
Family Therapy
Psychoeducation Groups (some examples include: coping skills, non-violent communication, and healthy relationships)
Educational Support (some examples include: IEP and one-on-one classroom support)
Advocacy
Collaboration with other agencies (juvenile probation, Department of Human Services, school districts, etc.)
Our therapists utilize an array of intervention methods, including but not limited to:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Trauma Focused CBT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Parenting Education and Support
Family Systems
Brief-Solution Focused Therapy
MEDICATION SERVICES
We believe in an integrated, team-based approach to services that include therapy, exercise, case management, support system development, group treatment, and sometimes medication. The medical team has a broad range of psychiatric providers including MDs, DOs, nurse practitioners, and nurses that offer medication services.
Paying for the services you receive through Aurora Mental Health Center should not create financial stress for you and your family. That's why we work with you to ensure you can get the help you need as cost-effectively as possible.
This is a nonprofit organization.
At Aurora Mental Health Center, our goal is to promote mental health to enable people to truly live their life to the fullest, and to treat those who are affected by mental illness.
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Services Offered
Our outpatient centers offer clients the opportunity to participate in individual therapy or counseling. This is a collaborative process in which clients work one-on-one with a trained therapist in a safe and confidential environment to facilitate change and improve their quality of life.
GROUP THERAPY
Our outpatient centers offer many opportunities for clients to participate in group therapy. These small groups are led by a trained group therapist and often address issues such as grief/bereavement, anger management, and parenting.
FAMILY THERAPY
Our outpatient centers - particularly those that serve children - offer family therapy or family counseling as a model of therapy. We often use this familial approach in treatment to address specific issues that impact the entire family like major life transitions, interpersonal conflict, communication, or parenting challenges.
Our day treatment programs serve school-aged children and their families, providing both academic and therapeutic support. Students are provided with an education that is approved by the Colorado Department of Education and earn school credit towards graduation, which transfers to their public school when they return. Our therapists provide basic school day support, weekly individual and family therapy, and daily group therapy. Our program provides the following Services Offered:Crisis Management
Individual Therapy
Family Therapy
Psychoeducation Groups (some examples include: coping skills, non-violent communication, and healthy relationships)
Educational Support (some examples include: IEP and one-on-one classroom support)
Advocacy
Collaboration with other agencies (juvenile probation, Department of Human Services, school districts, etc.)
Our therapists utilize an array of intervention methods, including but not limited to:
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Trauma Focused CBT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Parenting Education and Support
Family Systems
Brief-Solution Focused Therapy
MEDICATION SERVICES
We believe in an integrated, team-based approach to services that include therapy, exercise, case management, support system development, group treatment, and sometimes medication. The medical team has a broad range of psychiatric providers including MDs, DOs, nurse practitioners, and nurses that offer medication services.
Fees and Payment
This is a nonprofit organization.
Services Offered To:
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children
Adults
Couples
Teens
Children
Payment:
Sliding Scale
Medicare
Medicaid
Sliding Scale
Medicare
Medicaid
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A community counseling agency is a group therapy practice that offers affordable mental health services. Most are independent non-profit agencies, state agencies, or publicly-funded agencies. A few may restrict who is eligible for services, so it is a good idea to check when you call.
Community counseling agencies are generally more affordable than other therapy providers, but how much more affordable they are will depend on whether you qualify for a discount or sliding scale fee (or if they accept your insurance). Many, but not all, have a policy that they won't turn away anyone due to inability to pay. You should ask about their fees when you first call.
Expect to talk to kind people who want to help you find the care you need. Most community agencies strive to connect you with a live person within 24 hours, if not immediately. If you're asked to hold or leave a message, don't give up; just leave a message and wait. You should hear back pretty quickly.
Most agencies try to set up an initial assessment appointment within a week (some do within 24 hours), though the waitlist to start therapy is usually longer—about a few weeks on average. If you're not eligible or if the agency is not right for you, it's usually still worth it to call or drop in, because staff are knowledgeable about local options and can often refer you to one.
