Affirming counseling for women and girls

When choosing a therapist you want to find someone you connect with, who creates a safe space for you and has the expertise to support your counseling needs. Read on to see if we’re a fit . . .

Hi! I’m Beth Bates, and I’m glad you’re here in pursuit of self-care. I consider it a sacred privilege to walk alongside my clients through different seasons and challenges in life. Licensed in the state of Colorado, I work with women and girls, ages fourteen and up. I offer an affirming, integrative approach based on scientifically proven theory and methodologies, e.g., Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy. I am a Christian, licensed clinician and respect a client's preference whether to incorporate faith into therapy.

Photo of smiling, bespectacled counselor Beth Bates, sunset at the Black Canyon
Photo of smiling, bespectacled counselor Beth Bates, sunset at the Black Canyon

  • Wife to Dan, mom of Jack and Grace; founder of Black Canyon Mental Health LLC (BCMH)

    I’m a counselor to fulfill a lifelong sense of compassion for others who are hurting. I’m grateful for years of varied counseling experience and for a surprise career detour as a wordsmith.

    I thank God for persistent waves grace carrying me through pain and joy, missteps and smart choices, grief and healing, deconstruction and reconstruction—all of which shape and fuel me as a counselor.

  • Human pain and passages

    I partner with clients to address depression, self-worth, identity and meaning, trauma, grief, ambiguous loss, relationship issues, and life transitions. I do not offer services related to custody cases.

  • Purdue University, BA, Psychology

    Denver Seminary, MA, Counseling

    Additional coursework and continuing ed. from the University of Colorado at Denver, the National Institute for the Clinical Application of Behavioral Medicine (NICABM); the American Counseling Association; Relias; and the Solution-Focused Therapy Institute

    I also have an MFA in creative writing, but that’s another story!

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“Hope begins in the dark.”

—Anne Lamott

Mental health or psychological well-being is an integral part of an individual’s capacity to lead a fulfilling life, including the ability to form and maintain relationships, to study, work or pursue leisure interests, and to make day-to-day decisions about education, employment, housing or other choices.

—"Investing in Mental Health," World Health Organization

    • Individual therapy session, 53 minutes – $120

    • Conjoint therapy (client + family member), 60 minutes – $130

    • Initial phone session, 15 minutes – $0

  • The majority of clients are self-pay and appreciate the security and convenience of paying with a credit card (including HSA and FSA) through their secure, client portal.

  • I am credentialed with several insurance carriers through Headway, including : Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Carelon Behavioral Health, Oscar, Oxford, Quest Behavioral Health, and some plans through United Healthcare.

    —> > > I do not take Medicare or Medicaid.

Contact

Current clients
Click to access your client portal. Please reach out (text, portal, email) if you don’t see a day/time that works.

Prospective clients
If you have any questions about counseling, feel free to text or LVM at 970-414-4378, or email bethbates@blackcanyonmh.com.

Or to make an appointment, simply click here and follow the prompts. Please reach out if you don’t see a time that works for you.

Practice location
Inside First Presbyterian Church Montrose, at 1840 E. Niagara Rd. Black Canyon Mental Health LLC is grateful to this church for graciously hosting this practice. While we have no official organizational affiliation with FPC, we hold the church and its leadership in the highest regard! Virtual appointments are available on a limited basis.