Children’s Hospital Colorado Mental Health Clinical Services and Estimated Wait Times

Clinical Program

Location

Program Description and Capacity

Estimated Wait Time

Hours

Ages Served

Who Can Refer

Eating Disorders Program

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Youth experiencing disordered eating conditions and malnutrition

Max Capacity: 22

Immediate Openings

Seven days a week, excluding holidays.

Extended Day:

7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Regular Day:

8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

6 to 18

Self referral, community referral or Children's Colorado provider referral

Medical Day Treatment Program

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Youth with a chronic medical illness that prevents them from attending a traditional school setting

*Must have primary or secondary Medicaid.

Max Capacity: 20

Immediate Openings

Monday-Friday

7:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

7 to 18

Self referral, community referral or Children's Colorado provider referral

Neuropsychiatric Special Care Partial Hospitalization Program

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Youth with an intellectual or developmental disability experiencing acute emotional or behavioral difficulties negatively impacting their ability to function at their home, school or community

Max Capacity: 18

Track 1:

1-2 months

Track 2: 

4-5 months

Track 3: 

4-5 months

Monday-Friday

8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

4 to 18

Self referral, community referral or Children's Colorado provider referral

Partial Hospitalization Program  

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Acute emotional (anxiety, depression, anger, self-harm) or behavioral difficulties that are negatively impacting their ability to function at their home, school and community

Max Capacity: 30

Child: Immediate

Tween: Immediate

Teen: Immediate 

Monday-Friday

8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Partial Hospitalization Program

North Campus, Broomfield

Patients Served:

Acute emotional (anxiety, depression, anger, self-harm) or behavioral difficulties that are negatively impacting their ability to function at their home, school and community

Max Capacity: 16

Tween: Immediate 

Teen: Immediate

Monday-Friday

8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Classroom Ages:

Tween: 11 to 14

Teen: 15 to 17

Self referral, community referral or Children's Colorado provider referral

Partial Hospitalization Program

Therapy Care on Telstar, Colorado Springs

Patients Served:

Acute emotional (anxiety, depression, anger, self-harm) or behavioral difficulties that are negatively impacting their ability to function at their home, school and community

Max Capacity: 16

Child: 5- 6 weeks

Teen: 4-5 weeks

Monday-Friday

8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Classroom Ages:

Child: 12 and under

Teen: 13 to 17

Self referral, community referral or Children's Colorado provider referral

Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program – Child

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Youth with an anxiet0y disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder and experiencing functional impairment due to these symptoms

Max Capacity: 7

Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays

3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

8 to 12

Self referral, community referral or Children's Colorado provider referral

Anxiety Intensive Outpatient Program – Teen

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served: 

Youth with an anxiety disorder or obsessive-compulsive disorder and experiencing functional impairment due to these symptoms

Max Capacity: 7

Immediate Openings

Mondays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays

3 p.m. to 6 p.m.

13 to 18

Self referral, community referral or Children's Colorado provider referral

A Children's Colorado provider referral is required for patients to access the outpatient clinical services listed below in our Denver Metro locations.

Outpatient Intake

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Health Pavilion, Aurora

Therapy Care, Highlands Ranch

North Campus, Broomfield

Therapy Care on Telstar, Colorado Springs

Patients Served: 

Youth experiencing emotional or behavioral difficulties and their families

Denver metro locations only: Patients must be referred by a Children’s Colorado provider to be seen in the outpatient clinic.

Youth and families will participate in a two-session intake to gather information about current concerns and provide tailored treatment recommendations.

 All Locations: 

559

3+ Months

Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

0 to 18

Children's Colorado provider referral order required for Denver Metro locations

Comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Health Pavilion, Aurora

Therapy Care, Highlands Ranch

North Campus, Broomfield

Therapy Care on Telstar, Colorado Springs

Patients Served:

Youth who have significant difficulty regulating emotions and using effective coping skills; experience suicidality, self-harm or engage in other risky behaviors (e.g., substance use, running away, etc.)

Duration: Six-months to 1-year commitment

Max Capacity: 16-20 families

All locations:

DBT is FULL  and is NOT accepting referrals

Comprehensive Gender Diverse DBT - Two openings

Monday-Thursday: 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.

Friday: 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

13 to 18

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling providers. Reach out to Marissa Nunes-Moreno, Ph.D. directly to discuss all referrals.

Group Therapy

Location

Description and Capacity

Families on Waitlist

Hours

Ages Served

Who Can Refer

Anxiety Cognitive Behavior Therapy Group – Teen

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Teens with an anxiety and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder diagnosis and their caregiver(s).

Duration: 10 weeks

Max Capacity: 10

8

Tuesdays

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

13 to 17

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Brain Rewiring Group (BRG) for Functional Neurological Disorder

Virtual

Patients Served:

Parents/caregiver and patient. Education and skills-based group for families of youth who have recently been diagnoses with Functional Neurological Disorder (FND) or a somatic symptom disorder within the Children’s Hospital Colorado (CHCO) medical system.

Duration: 7 weeks

Max Capacity: 10

1

Wednesdays

4:00 to 5:00 p.m.

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Building and Sustaining Exposures Group

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Youth with an anxiety and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder diagnosis

Teens must have previously engaged in exposure-based treatment and need additional exposure therapy.

Duration: 6 weeks

Max Capacity: 8

5

Tuesdays

3:30 p.m. to 5 p.m.

12 to 18

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Challenging Behaviors Brief Behavioral Parenting Group – Caregiver

Virtual

Patients Served:

Parents and caregivers of young children with behavior difficulties

Duration: 6 weeks

Max Capacity: 8

18

2/17, 2/25 & 2/26

Tuesdays

5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

 Wednesdays 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Thursdays 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Parents and caregivers of children aged 3 to 7

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Collaborative Coping Group

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Children with behavior difficulties and their caregivers

Duration: 8 weeks

Max Capacity: 15

8

1/6/26

Tuesdays

4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

8 to 12

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Defeat Anxiety, Rock Exposures Group

Therapy Care, Highlands Ranch

Patients Served:

Children with an anxiety and/or obsessive-compulsive disorder diagnosis and their caregivers

Duration: 10 weeks

Capacity: 6

7

1/7/26

Wednesdays

4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

8 to 12

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Unified Protocol Group – Child

Virtual

Patients Served:

Children who are experiencing difficulties coping with a variety of strong, negative emotions such as anxiety, sadness or anger and their caregivers

Duration: 10 weeks

Max Capacity: 8

Thursdays

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

7 to 12

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Unified Protocol Group – Teen

Virtual

Patients Served: 

Teens who are experiencing difficulties coping with a variety of strong, negative emotions such as anxiety, sadness or anger and their caregivers

Duration: 10 weeks

Max Capacity: 12

Thursdays

4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.

13 to 17

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Patients Served:

Parents and caregivers of Neurodiverse youth (i.e., autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and co-occurring psychiatric diagnosis

Duration: 8 weeks

Max Capacity: 15

24

Tuesdays

6:00 - 7:00 PM

Unstuck and On Target Group – Middle School  

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Patients Served:

Neurodiverse youth (i.e., autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and co-occurring psychiatric diagnosis

Duration: 10 weeks

Max Capacity: 10  

34

Paused

Anschutz: Thursdays

4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

11 to 13

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required

Unstuck and On Target Group – Youth

Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora

Therapy Care, Highlands Ranch

Patients Served:

Neurodiverse youth (i.e., autism spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) and co-occurring psychiatric diagnosis

Duration: 8 weeks

Max Capacity: 10

9

15

Anschutz: Thursdays

4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

Highlands Ranch: Wednesdays 

5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.

8 to 11

Higher level of care or outpatient Children's Colorado provider complex scheduling order required