The Clinic
In 2024 we proudly served 380 clients, 215 (56%) of whom used Medicaid to access our services. We provided 5,250 clinical sessions including therapy and assessment. Our average hourly private-pay rate for these services was $38 among our training staff and $65 for our licensed clinical staff, with 38% of all private-pay session rates at $25 or under. 94% of our private-pay clients utilized scholarship rates for our services.
We also welcomed Shaye Sakos, PsyD, as our new Clinic Director, and Sebastian Harvey, PsyD, as our new Assessment Director!
New areas of service in 2024 included Men's Mental Health and Rehabilitation, Health, and Pain Psychology. To continue our mission of making mental health care accessible to all, we proudly began accepting an additional region of Medicaid, Rocky Mountain Health Plan, as well as our first private insurer, Optum/United Healthcare. Learn more about our commitment to accessibility here!
Our Training Program
2024 brought another cycle of incredible clinical trainee graduates as well as six new training clinicians and two postdocs (meet them here!).
To date, we have trained 33 Doctoral Students and 5 Postdoctoral Clinicians. We have funded 42 EMDR trainings for our Clinicians and conducted over 170 didactic sessions with our trainees! Ardent Grove remains one of the only training opportunities to learn and utilize EMDR.
This year we also rolled out specialty trainings in the areas of Infant and Early Childhood Care, Eating Disorder Care through our partnership with the Eating Disorder Foundation, and advanced-EMDR consultation.
Community Impact
Since 2021, Ardent Grove has led over 25 trainings, support sessions and workshops across Colorado! Partners have included:
Colorado Housing and Finance Authority, For Love and Babes - Mom Support Groups, Community Table, Connecting Mamas New Mom Group, Broomfield Public Library System, Push Revolution Podcast, The Nursing Nook, Westerly Creek Elementary School, DU Morgridge College of Education, & Safe Spaces Summit. Learn more about our Community Education Program here!
We were also thrilled to participate in community events including Denver PRIDE and the Underground Music Showcase, as well as host our second annual fundraiser at Nocturne Jazz and Supper Club!
Awarded Grants
We completed our first year as a Caring for Denver Grant recipient and as such were able to increase our capacity to serve Denver residents with both therapy and assessment services!
We are honored to have become a Colorado Trust Grant recipient in 2024 in partnership with The Eating Disorder Foundation. This relationship has allowed us to provide the rare opportunity for eating disorder specific training and accessible care to the community. Learn more about our partnership here!
We were also deeply grateful to have earned $50,000 in grant funding from The Wana Brands Foundation, which we have been busy putting to use to provide therapy and assessment scholarship rates for our clients and to kick start the development of our Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy Program! Learn more about KAP at Ardent Grove here!