Denver Indian Health and Family Services Behavioral and Mental Health

Denver Indian Health and Family Services is a behavioral health and substance use treatment provider in Denver, Colorado, offering outpatient counseling, psychiatry and integrated care for American Indian and Alaska Native individuals and families.

Located at 2880 West Holden Place, the clinic serves children, adolescents, adults, couples and families through culturally grounded services.

As Denver's only Urban Indian Health Program, DIHFS combines evidence based treatment with traditional Native healing within a whole person clinic model.

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Care often begins with an assessment for individual outpatient counseling, available for ages 8 and up, addressing both mental health and substance use needs.

For higher levels of care, the team provides referral services for residential treatment, with possible Indian Health Service funding for eligible patients engaged in ongoing therapy.

Clients can expect group therapy, relapse prevention, traditional education and healing groups and cooccurring disorder treatment.

Psychiatry services include diagnostic evaluation, medication management and medication for substance use disorder, such as Vivitrol for alcohol use and Suboxone for opioid use.

Quick Facts About DIHFS

• Location: Denver, Colorado, at the corner of Holden Place and Decatur Street
• Levels of care: Outpatient counseling, psychiatry, MAT, aftercare and residential referrals
• Who they treat: American Indian and Alaska Native children, adolescents, adults, couples and families
• Approach: Culturally grounded care, trauma focused CBT, family counseling and traditional healing
• Payment options: Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, self pay, sliding-scale fees and financial assistance
• Features: Integrated primary care, pharmacy, wellness programming and case management

Getting Started

To begin treatment, contact Denver Indian Health and Family Services in Denver, Colorado to schedule an assessment or learn about available services.

The intake team can review your needs, explain program options and check eligibility for funding, insurance or sliding scale support.