Outpatient Program
Centus’ core service is mental health counseling. Our combined clinical programs provided 24,157 direct counseling service hours in 2025-26 serving approximately 3,000 individuals. This includes service to schools with more than 4500 students, in addition to supporting families and school staff members. In addition, our outpatient Clinicians support individuals of all ages, intimate partners, and families.
The most common concerns we work with are trauma, depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders and addictions. Individuals, couples, and families come to us with loss, grief and relational or life stressors that have become too difficult to manage.
During 2025-26 we had 32 Centus Clinicians, 12 of whom were in our post-graduate Residency Program. All of these clinicians are trained in evidence-based counseling and psychotherapy as well as the use of spiritually integrated treatment approaches. Our post – graduate Residency Program has a core focus on cultural and spiritual assessment and integration.
School Counseling Program: Susan’s School Counseling
During the 2025-26 school year Centus School Counselors provided over 1200 clinical hours monthly in 10 Denver area schools, with a total combined student population of 4500. Between one-on-one counseling, groups, classroom presentations, and informal support Centus School Clinicians connect with nearly all the students in these schools annually.
Clinical outcome measurements utilized demonstrated that 59% of students served experienced significant improvement, 16% were somewhat improved, and 13% remained stable as a result of the support received. During these stressful times, even the students who received support that allowed them to experience stability is a success worth noting. This overall effect size puts Susan’s School Counseling impact in the “effective” range. These results also reflect that 88% of clients served either improved or stabilized through the vital support offered.
Community Education Program
Community partners included 15 local congregations, and 10 schools in 2025-26. Psycho-spiritual educational offerings were provided for community partners. Education topics addressed include Enhancing Resilience, Coping with Grief, Parenting, Healthy Relationships, Mindfulness, Dealing with Anxiety or Depression, and Suicide Prevention & Recovery.
Spiritual Direction Program
Spiritual Direction is also being offered at Centus Counseling. Our staff Spiritual Director is The Rev. Dr. Mark Killmer who is trained in both individual Spiritual Direction and Group Contemplative and Spiritual Formation Practices.
Post-Graduate Residency Program
The program hires post-graduate Residents with Candidate status, working toward state licensure, from diverse backgrounds with a passion for providing clinical care for under-served and under-resourced communities. During 2025-26 Centus licensed Clinical Supervisors supported 12 Resident Clinicians. Residents receive in-depth clinical training, as well as individual and group supervision. The training aspect of the program has a key focus on cultural assessment and engagement and spiritual assessment and integration, as well as a wide range of empirically validated treatment modalities.
Colorado Access provided a substantial grant to facilitate the launch of this program in 2023-24. During 2025-26, The Caring for Denver Foundation and The Anschutz Foundation provided generous grants toward operating costs that assisted us in expanding the diversity of our behavioral healthcare workforce. We are incredibly grateful for a wide range of community funding streams that allow us to live our mission promoting hope, healing, and vital living!
Community Partners
Fourteen local congregations and ten schools supported us in 2025-26 by offering office space at no cost to Centus. This represents approximately $5000 per site each year as an in-kind donation.