Isolated doesn't have to mean alone.

Counseling for the San Luis Valley and Southeast Colorado

Out here the nearest counselor might be an hour away, booked for two months, and out of your price range when you finally get in. So people don't go. They tough it out, or they don't, and either way nobody sees it happen.

We're not going to pretend that's fine. It isn't. You shouldn't have to drive to Pueblo or wait till spring or put it on a credit card you can't pay to talk to somebody when things get dark. Where you live shouldn't decide whether you get help.

Money first, because that's the real wall

Let's get the thing out of the way that keeps most people from even reading this far: you're worried you can't afford it, and you figure therapy is for people with more money than you've got.

Here's the straight answer. We take Colorado Medicaid, all of it. We take most insurance. And if you're paying out of pocket, we've got a sliding scale that moves with what you actually make, plus somebody on our end who'll help you get signed up for coverage you might qualify for and not know it. We built it this way on purpose, because we know what it's like when there's more month than money, and we're not going to be one more door that's locked because of what's in your account.

We're not talking down to you

Some of the people here have lived it. Not read about it in a textbook, lived it, the counting, the choosing which bill waits, the pride that makes asking for anything feel like swallowing glass. We're not going to sit across a screen and act like hardship is something that happens to other people. And nobody here is going to make you feel small for what you're carrying or where you're carrying it from.

What we help with

The weight that comes with getting by on not enough. Anxiety that won't quit. The low, flat kind of depression that just makes everything gray. Grief. Trauma you never had the time or money to deal with. Drinking or using that started as the only thing that helped and turned into its own problem. Family strain, kid trouble, a marriage worn thin by stress. The specific exhaustion of holding a life together in a place the rest of the state forgot was here.

We work with people all over the San Luis Valley and the southeastern plains by telehealth, from your house, your phone, wherever you are, so distance and gas money stop being the reason you go without.

If you're in a bad place right now

If it's gotten to where you're thinking about not being here anymore, please call or text 988 today. It's free, it's private, it works from anywhere with a signal, and they're not going to judge you. Then come talk to us. The dark spots pass, and you don't have to sit in them by yourself.

Frequently asked

I really can't afford therapy.
You probably can, and we'll help you find out. Medicaid covers it fully and a lot of people qualify without realizing. If you're private-pay, the sliding scale is real, not a formality. Ask us. Worst case you learn what your options actually are.

There's nobody near me. Does telehealth actually work?
It does, and the research backs it. You get the same real therapy, from home, no drive. For most of what people come in for, it works just as well as sitting in an office, and out here it's often the only way to get the real thing at all.

Do you get what it's like out here?
Some of us have lived versions of it. We're not going to pretend otherwise or talk down to you. If we're ever not the right fit for something you need, we'll tell you honestly and help you find who is.

Is it private?
Yes. It's confidential by law, and since it's telehealth there's no office in town for anybody to see you walk into.