Our Impact
STRENGTHENING OUR COMMUNITY
Our Reach
We provide affordable, high-quality counseling to children, teens, adults, couples, and families throughout the Denver metro area.
Our Focus
We work to reach people who face barriers to accessing mental health care, including individuals and families with low incomes, people who are uninsured or underinsured, communities of color, and others who have historically faced gaps in access to care.
Our Model
Maria Droste's unique model addresses both sides of the mental health access challenge. We provide affordable therapy to people who need care today while training the next generation of clinicians through our graduate Clinical Internship Program—expanding access now and strengthening the behavioral health workforce for the future.
How We Make An Impact
Increase Access to Exceptional Care
Mental health care shouldn't depend on someone's ability to pay. We're proud to offer sliding-scale counseling for people with or without insurance, regardless of immigration status. Our services include mental health counseling and substance use disorder treatment, helping more people access the care they need.
Provide Culturally Responsive Care
Quality care starts with understanding the whole person. We provide culturally responsive, trauma-informed care that respects each client's identity, background, experiences, and community—and teach our graduate-level interns to bring these principles into their future practice.
Break Language Barriers
People should be able to talk about their mental health in the language that feels most comfortable to them. Our bilingual therapists help expand access to care in multiple languages, while we continue working to reduce language barriers throughout the counseling experience.
Grow A Sustainable Workforce
Growing Colorado's behavioral health workforce is only part of the challenge—we also need to make it sustainable. Through graduate training, quality supervision, and an anti-burnout culture, we help clinicians build healthy, lasting careers serving their communities.
Partner with Our Community
Access to care can mean bringing services closer to the people who need them. Through school-based services, embedded providers, community partnerships, and integrated care, we work to meet people where they are and reduce barriers to getting support. We're continuing to grow this model with schools, community organizations, shelters, healthcare providers, and other partners across the region.
Impact by the Numbers
For more than 35 years, Maria Droste Counseling Center has worked to expand access to quality mental health care while strengthening Colorado’s behavioral health workforce. The numbers tell part of that story.
Therapists Trained
800+
More than 800 therapists have trained through Maria Droste’s Clinical Internship Program since 1994.
Students Served
1,000+
More than 1,000 K–12 students have received school-based mental health support through Maria Droste over the past five years.
Therapy Sessions
50,000+
More than 50,000 therapy sessions have been provided to children, teens, adults, couples, and families over the past five years.
Read Our full Annual Report
Take a closer look at the people we serve, the programs we provide, and the impact made possible by our community, partners, and supporters.
