Holiday Season Support in Denver
The holidays and the shorter days of late fall and winter change routines, sleep, and time with family. For some people that is a welcome break; for others it is the hardest stretch of the year. Mountainside Behavioral Health is a female-owned practice in the Denver area offering DBT and CBT in person and by telehealth across Colorado. This page brings together the parts of our site that fit what the season tends to bring up.
If you need help right now
If you are in crisis, call or text 988 to reach the 988 Colorado Mental Health Line (free, confidential and available 24/7), or live chat at 988Colorado.com. If you are in immediate danger, call 911.
More local options are on our Denver mental health resources page.
Find the support that fits
Holiday stress and anxiety
Travel, spending, packed calendars and interrupted routines can pile up. Our guide to managing stress walks through practical CBT tools, and our anxiety page explains how therapy can help with worry, panic, avoidance, and physical symptoms of anxiety.
Family gatherings and relationships
Time together can bring old conflicts back to the surface. Alongside individual sessions, we offer couple sessions and family sessions, which help families improve communication, resolve conflicts, and foster healthier relationships in a supportive and structured environment.
DBT skills for the hard moments
DBT is taught as four sets of skills: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation and interpersonal effectiveness. Distress tolerance skills are for the moments you cannot fix or leave, and the goal is getting through the hardest hour without doing something that makes tomorrow worse.
Low mood in the darker months
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) notes that in most cases, symptoms of seasonal affective disorder (SAD) start in the late fall or early winter and go away during the spring and summer, and that CBT has been adapted for people with SAD. NIMH also notes that SAD is not the same as the “holiday blues,” the sadness or anxiety that seasonal stresses can bring. Our depression page explains how we use CBT.
Starting therapy in the new year
If you are thinking about beginning therapy in January, these guides explain how to choose a therapist, what to expect in a first CBT session, and what therapy costs, including how superbills work with insurance.
Talk with our team
Consultations are free, there is no obligation, and we will tell you if we are not the right fit. Call (720) 762-4619 or send us a message about what you would like help with:
Seasonal affective disorder information: National Institute of Mental Health, Seasonal Affective Disorder (NIH Publication No. 23-MH-8138).