For over 25 years, Jefferson Center has been the lead agency of the Suicide Prevention Coalition, a community from Jefferson, Clear Creek, and Gilpin Counties, addressing suicide prevention issues. Valuable resources including warning signs, what to do, resources and suggestions for survivors are provided through materials available to organizations, at events throughout the community.  Learn more

We know that often people will seek help from their faith based connections for mental health and substance use counseling.  Because of this common mission, Jefferson Center partnered with faith-based organizations to establish Bridges of Understanding with the purpose of:

• Supporting faith-based organizations in our community with resources and education on mental health and substance use issues.
• Encouraging client involvement in ongoing spiritual activities, where appropriate, as a support of treatment and recovery.

For more information, please contact Melissa Strohfus at 303-432-5156.

 

Speakers Bureau at Jefferson Center shares our resources and knowledge free of charge with businesses, civic clubs, church groups, schools, and other organizations in our area. We’ll share information on a wide range of mental health topics by mental health therapists, executives and other experts in the field.  Choose from frequent topics or let us develop a presentation in your area of interest:

•    Dealing with Depression
•    Suicide Prevention and Grief
•    Managing Life Stresses
•    How to Achieve Good Mental Health
•    Understanding the Effects of Trauma
•    Jefferson Center for Mental Health: Your Mental Health Resource
•    Managing Grief and Loss
•    Positive Self-Esteem

For more information, contact Melissa Strohfus at 303-432-5156.

Jefferson Center is offering free access to this online tool that offers resources with simple tools, weekly exercises, and daily inspiration to help overcome depression and anxiety. Improve your mental health and overall well-being from the comfort and privacy of your own home.

1. Go to www.mystrength.com
2. Use community code BeWell during the signup process.

The path to recovery requires great courage and self-determination. No one knows your illness better than you. The more you know about your condition, the better you can manage it by recognizing early warning signs of a change in symptoms and learning how to better monitor them in the future. Believe in yourself; you are in charge.

Jefferson Center is committed to providing mental health services that support you throughout your recovery journey. They can help you understand the recovery process and support you in planning your goals and steps to achieve them.

A person’s beliefs, norms, values and language play a key role in how people view and experience mental health. Jefferson Center respects diversity and provides culturally-competent treatment for people of all backgrounds.

Trauma-informed care is an approach to engaging people with histories of trauma that recognizes the presence of trauma symptoms and acknowledges the role that trauma has played in their lives. Jefferson Center is informed about, and sensitive to, trauma-related issues present in survivors. We deliver services in a way that promotes the client’s safety, dignity, and privacy, and facilitates their participation in treatment.

Our practices at Jefferson Center include evidence-based treatments, this ensures the highest quality of care for all of our clients. Evidence-based practices at Jefferson Center include:

• Assertive Community Treatment (ACT)
• Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
• Dialectical Behavior Cognitive Behavior Therapy (DBCBT)
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TFCBT)
• Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment (IDDT)
• Partners for Change Outcome Management System (PCOMS)
• Individual Placement and Support (IPS)
• Families Together (FT)
• Motivational Interviewing (MI)
• SBIRT
• Seeking Safety and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
• Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
• Acceptance Commitment Therapy
• BrainWise

For more information on each treatment, please see the National Registry of Evidenced-based Programs and Practices (NREPP) website.