UCH Psychiatry Outpatient Service
Building 500
13001 E. 17th Place @ Aurora Ct.,
Aurora, CO 80045
Second Floor, West Wing
Appointments: 303-724-1000
Patient Services Manager: Gary Kushner, LPC 303-724-1001
Practice Director: Robert Feinstein, M.D.
The University of Colorado Hospital Outpatient Psychiatry Service offers a wide range of high-quality mental health services to patients as well as support services for their families. Our program builds on the expertise of Department of Psychiatry faculty and our partnership with medical specialists from the University of Colorado Denver.
Scope of Service
We treat patients using tested and proven mental health practices. Our team's wide-range of expertise allows us to provide mental health services in the following areas:
- Infant, child, adolescent, adult , and older adult
- Evaluation, assessment, and consultation
- A new Group therapy program including psychodynamic psychotherapy groups, medication groups, and DBT groups
- Individual therapy, including crisis/brief, psychodynamic psychotherapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Couples/family therapy
- Intensive family therapy (acute community-based family preservation)
- Multi-systemic therapy (intensive community-based systems intervention for youth)
- Infant (age 0-4) assessments
Specialized Programs
The research culture of a major medical center such as the University of Colorado Denver has inspired us to create enhanced, innovative patient service programs in several areas:
- Infant Psychology Program
- Refugee Mental Health Program
Treatment and Supervision Model
Our philosophy of care emphasizes personalized treatment plans, patient-driven goals, and defined outcomes for recovery.
- Individualized treatment planning process emphasizing consumer choice, recovery, and defined outcomes
- Multidisciplinary staff (psychiatry, psychology, and social work) comprised of full-time faculty, mental health professionals, and trainees
- Faculty provide on-site concurrent supervision of each case, direct patient contact as needed
- Full-time program manager oversees program operations (quality of care, complaint management, referrals, etc).
Mental health services are provided by a multidisciplinary team led by faculty psychiatrists, including specialists in both adult and child/adolescent psychiatry. The team also includes faculty psychologists and social workers, full-time mental health professionals, and mental health trainees (psychiatry residents, social work and psychology interns). Faculty has direct involvement in each new evaluation and as-needed thereafter. Faculty supervision occurs as services are provided, ensuring high-quality care and collaborative expert consultation on each case.
