Clinical Services

The Women’s Behavioral Health and Wellness Service provides patient-centered and evidence-based care to promote wellness in women across the lifespan. Our interdisciplinary team works collaboratively with primary care providers and specialists to provide consultative services and problem-focused care for women with behavioral health concerns related to periods of reproductive transition or medical conditions or treatment impacting reproductive hormones and well-being.

We are committed to providing a safe, inclusive, and equitable space that fosters healing and connection. These services are available to patients across Colorado and most services can be accessed virtually via telehealth. We accept Medicaid and most health insurance plans.

To speak with a member of our team or make an appointment:

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303-724-1646 or email wbhw@cuanschutz.edu

Services Offered

The WBHW outpatient programs provide individual, couples, and family therapy services for women and transgender individuals across the lifespan to address their unique needs and goals.

We seek to partner with you to enhance well-being and resilience, while reducing the risk of behavioral health concerns in the future.

We also offer a variety of group therapy to help connect with peers with similar lived experiences. Please see below for our current offerings.

Our team of reproductive psychiatrists specialize in the evaluation and medication management of psychiatric concerns as they relate to the menstrual cycle, pregnancy, postpartum, infertility, perinatal loss, menopause or medical conditions or treatments that impact female reproductive hormones.

While our role on our interdisciplinary team often centers on pharmacologic treatments, we aim to develop comprehensive and holistic treatment plans that align with each patient’s individual values.

Services we provide include:

Preconception Consultation for women who have a family or personal history of a mental health disorder and/or use of psychiatric medications that would like to plan for a future pregnancy.
Provider or Second-Opinion Consultation for women who are currently in psychiatric care and have decided with their treating psychiatrist that consultation with a specialist would be beneficial.
Problem-focused Medication Management for women who desire treatment with a reproductive psychiatrist either during the perinatal period or while establishing a longer-term treatment plan for psychiatric care in the context of reproductive transition or medical treatment impacting reproductive hormones and well-being

At Colorado Women’s Behavioral Health and Wellness, we understand that connecting to mental health support can feel overwhelming. Our care coordination team is here to partner with you, helping to ease the process and better understand your unique needs and hopes for treatment. We’re dedicated to finding the right resources—whether within our program or through our broader community—to support your wellness journey and ensure you feel connected and supported every step of the way.

Connections Program for High-Risk Infants and Families

(link to website here)

This program offers services to women with high-risk pregnancies who have an unborn baby with (or at high risk of being born with) medical complications, parents of newborn babies with medical complications, parents coping with the loss of a baby, and babies and young children born with medical complications.

Healthy Expectations Program

With options ranging from free support groups to evidence-based mother-infant group psychotherapy, the Healthy Expectations program draws upon experts from various medical and mental health disciplines to support pregnant women and individuals struggling with mood and anxiety issues after delivery. Our groups are now offered within Women's Behavioral Health and Wellness, so please check the 'Current Psychotherapy Groups' tab for more information.

More information here

Healthy Expectation Intensive Outpatient Program (see more here)

The Healthy Expectations Perinatal IOP is designed to help individuals experiencing mood or anxiety changes during pregnancy and the first year postpartum. IOPs can provide a higher level of support, start the path to recovery quickly, and lay the foundation for long-term success in treatment. Babies are encouraged to attend with their caregivers or can be cared for in our adjacent playroom!

The Women’s Behavioral Health and Wellness Service provides consultation and treatment within women’s health care settings at UCHealth and other locations.

Our team collaborates with your health care providers to provide same day, integrated behavioral health care.

Sessions and typically brief and limited to 6-8 sessions.

We currently provide behavioral health services in:

UCHealth Women’s Integrated Services in Health (WISH)
University of Colorado Medicine Ob/Gyn East Denver
CU Medicine OB-GYN - Central Park
Select UCHealth and CU Medicine Gynecology Services

If you are at patient in these settings and are interested in a consultation, please ask your physician, nurse practitioner, nurse, or care coordinator to introduce you to a member of Women’s Integrated Behavioral Health team.

Perinatal Group Offerings

Moms and Moods (M&Ms) is a free, weekly peer support group for individuals seeking support in the perinatal period, but aren't able to attend a therapy group due to insurance or scheduling conflicts. It is also open to individuals before or after they complete a therapy group to maintain social support and connection with other caregivers.

Community-led, peer-facilitated mental health support group. Guided by community members and by a Black perinatal psychiatrist, Black Mamas Circle’s mission is to be welcoming and uniquely inclusive to Black women and their babies. Black Mamas Circle provides weekly support sessions with the primary goals of increasing access and support around perinatal mental health care for Black moms and babies.

Free Group
Thursday 5:30-6:30 pm

BMC in WBHW Flyer

Topic-based psychotherapeutic group where pregnant people who can connect, learn and find support as they navigate the complex path toward parenthood.

12-week virtual therapy group
For those experiencing depression or anxiety during the second or third trimester of pregnancy
Facilitated by licensed mental health providers
Every Wednesday 3:30-4:30pm
Bearing Hope Flyer

A 12-week psychotherapeutic group for caregivers experiencing depression or anxiety in the first year after delivery to come together to connect, learn, and find support as they navigate parenthood. The topic-based group sessions utilize a modified version of the Mother-Infant Therapy Group curriculum.

Virtual and In Person options
Babies are encouraged to attend along with their parents, but this isn't required.
Facilitated by licensed mental health providers
Virtual Program: Wednesday 1:30 - 2:30pm
In Person Program: Tuesday 1:00 - 2:00 pm
MAMAS Flyer

8 - week group therapy for those experiencing birth trauma after a frightening, distressing, or disempowering birthing experience

For those who are 1 year postpartum but individuals planning a future pregnancy or currently pregnant following a traumatic birth may be considered for enrollment.

Tuesdays 10:00 - 11:30 am
Facilitated by Winnie Hunter, PhD

Fetal Loss Group

4-week group therapy for individuals who have suffered pregnancy loss in the 2nd or 3rd trimester in their most recent pregnancy.

Wednesday 1:00 - 2:00 pm virtual group

Neonatal Loss Group

4-week group therapy for individuals who have suffered neonatal loss

Tuesday 12:00 - 1:00 pm virtual group

Women's Health Group Offerings

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Our interdisciplinary team of providers has expertise in behavioral health symptoms or conditions that intersect with:

Infertility
Pregnancy and postpartum
Perinatal loss
Menstrual Cycles
Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome
High Risk Pregnancies

Traumatic birth experiences
Persistent pelvic pain
Chronic gynecologic conditions
Sexual health
Perimenopause
Breast cancers

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

No. Please feel free to reach out directly if you would like to learn more about our services.

If you are an established OB/GYN patient within a CU OB/GYN practice, please request that your OB/GYN provider places a referral to our services and/or during your OB/GYN visit request to meet with a Women's Behavioral Health and Wellness faculty.

When you call 303-724-1646, you will be connected to a care coordinator.
The care coordinator will ask about your presenting concern(s), what services you are interested in receiving, how you learned about our program, and some questions specific to your situation.
The care coordinator may then discuss this information with our team to determine the optimal services for you that we can provide or if additional resources are needed.
The care coordinator will then follow up with you after discussion with the team. If our services meet your needs, the care coordinator will then schedule an appointment at a time that works with your schedule. Appointments can be done either in-person or virtually and based on your preference.
You will receive a welcome email with details about the appointment and the steps to complete prior to the appointment. Appointment meeting information will then be sent to you through the UCHealth patient portal, My Health Connection. If you do not have My Health Connection at the time of scheduling, a link will be provided in the welcome email to register for an account.

The short answer is no. 
Reproductive psychiatrists within WBHW do not commonly test hormones or prescribe them. This might seem surprising given that reproductive psychiatrists are specially trained in understanding how changes in hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone, influence mental health. However, women experiencing psychiatric symptoms related to reproductive transitions, such depression or anxiety during pregnancy, the postpartum, or menopause, rarely have abnormalities in their hormones. Instead, such psychiatric symptoms are generally caused by abnormalities in how the brain responds to normal variations in these hormones. Currently, the most effective treatments for these psychiatric symptoms are not typically hormones but rather certain types of psychiatric medications. WBHW reproductive psychiatrists have expertise in using these medications to treat psychiatric symptoms in women during reproductive transitions. 
If your WBHW reproductive psychiatrist determines that hormone testing and/or hormone therapy may be appropriate (such as during the menopause transition), they will collaborate with your current primary care physician and obstetrician-gynecologist or provide you with a referral to a physician within the CU health system who specializes in hormone evaluation and treatment.  
For women who are primarily interested in hormone testing and treatment as opposed to psychiatric evaluation and treatment, we recommend consulting with your primary care physician or obstetrician-gynecologist. 
Along with psychiatric medications, WBHW reproductive psychiatrists will sometimes recommend evidence-based nutritional supplements to help treat a woman’s symptoms. However, these are used in conjunction with medications instead of as the primary treatment. For women who are who are primarily looking for complimentary and alternative therapies, other clinics might be a better fit. 

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