Denver Psychiatrist Accepting Insurance

Do any psychiatrists in Denver accept insurance?

The answer is, yes, and all of the providers at Wellshire are credentialed with most of the major managed care companies associated with the greater Denver area. Please see below for a complete list of our providers and the insurances they accept:


If you have questions about whether or not we can accept your insurance please visit our website at http://www.wbscolorado.org/ or call our front desk staff at (303)-504-6565. If we do not accept your insurance, we can still collect cash for the visit, and help you bill your insurance for out-of-network benefits.

Meet Sandy Goldhaber, MSW, LSCW Denver Therapist

Wellshire Behavioral Services has recently added Sandy Goldhaber, MSW, LSCW to our diverse team. She is a clinical social worker who has been practicing in the Denver metro area for thirty years, in settings including schools, medical offices, and in private practice. She especially loves working with school age children, adolescents, and adults experiencing life transitions. Her treatment philosophy is solution focused. She believes that finding ways to alleviate the distress that people come in to solve can be approached in many ways. Problems can be biological, psychological, social, situational, or rooted in basic value conflicts. Her job, together with the client, is to figure out the puzzle of the causes of distress and to find viable solutions based upon realistic possibilities, client strengths, and expectations. She and the client will figure this out together, including family and outside community resources where appropriate and mutually agreed upon.

Sandy is currently accepting new patients. If you are interested in learning more about her, please visit our website at http://www.wbscolorado.org/ or if you would like to make a first appointment, call our front desk staff at (303)-504-6565.

Wellshire Pharmacy

Wellshire Behavioral Services offers a full-service pharmacy which is attached to our waiting room. If medications are prescribed during your visit, our practitioners are able to electronically send prescription information to the pharmacy while you are still in session. This feature allows our patients to save valuable time when picking up their prescribed medications.

The Wellshire Pharmacy specializes in mental health prescriptions. Although the pharmacy is full-service and carries most prescribed drugs, inventory is specialized to keep unique mental health medications in stock that most other pharmacies would have to special order.

The pharmacy staff prides itself on customer service and strives to work with Wellshire patients to ensure best outcomes from medication.



To learn more about the Wellshire Pharmacy or to ask any questions please click: http://wbscolorado.org/

If you are a current patient at Wellshire Behavioral Services please speak to your practitioner about receiving your prescription at the Wellshire Pharmacy.

All proceeds from purchases at the Wellshire Pharmacy are funneled to the Mental Health Center of Denver and are used to provide funding for programs that support the community’s seriously and mentally ill population. All pharmaceutical purchases support a better community.

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Psychological Testing at Wellshire Behavioral Services

The practice at Wellshire are pleased to announce the arrival of psychological testing.

Areas that can be tested are:

• Cognitive functioning
• Intellectual functioning
• Memory functioning
• Emotional and personality functioning
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Academic/School Adjustment
• Academic Achievement
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Adaptive level of functioning

Psychological testing is not just for patients who are currently being seen by a Wellshire practitioner. Patients who are new to Wellshire and are seeking psychological testing can call the Wellshire front-desk staff to make an initial appointment. Existing patients who are interested in learning more about the benefits of psychological testing are encouraged to speak with their practitioner to determine if psychological testing is right for them.

To contact our front-desk please visit our website at http://www.wbscolorado.org/ or call our office at (303)-504-6565.

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Welcoming Jane Karl, APN

The practices at Wellshire are proud to announce our newest addition, Jane Karl, APN. Jane is a board certified advanced practice nurse in adult psychiatry. A graduate of the NYU nursing masters program, Jane has 35 years experience in a variety of mental health settings to include the US Army Nurse Corps, psychiatric ER’s, inpatient psychiatry, consult-liaison, forensic psychiatry, community mental health, addiction treatment, and telepsychiatry. She has taught at Yale University Graduate School of Nursing, the University of Miami School of Medicine, and currently in Metropolitan State College of Denver’s Accelerated Nursing program as adjunct faculty. She is a member of the Colorado Society of Clinical Specialists in Psychiatric Nursing. Jane has had a passion for learning about cultural diversity and more recently has been a member of the US medical team traveling to rural Bolivia as a psychiatric consultant.

Jane is currently accepting new patients. She provides a strengths focused, outcome oriented approach to medication management. To make an appointment with Jane today please visit our website at www.wbscolorado.org

Holiday Depression

For many of us the holidays are a joyous time filled with social gatherings and celebrations with family and friends. For others, the holidays can be a time represented by loneliness, stress over money, self-reflection, and anxiety surrounding the future. It is estimated that over one million people feel the affects of holiday depression each year.

Although causes for holiday depression are often linked directly to the holidays, many individuals may also be experiencing complex psychosocial issues that can extend beyond the holiday season. This post-holiday let down that occurs after January 1st is often the result of disappointments compounded with increases in stress and fatigue.

As stressful as the holidays can be, there are ways to get through them. During this stressful time, it is important for people to focus on taking care of themselves as well as to set manageable expectations:

• Make time for adequate rest to have greater energy.
  
• Exercise to relieve tension and increase self-esteem.
  
• Keep alcohol consumption moderate during seasonal celebrations to minimize alcohol’s depressive effects.
  
• Surround themselves with supportive people.

If the stresses of the holidays become overwhelming, it can be helpful to seek help from a trained mental health care professional. The practices at Wellshire are accepting new patients. For more information, visit our website at http://www.wbscolorado.org/


The entire staff at Wellshire wishes you a strong and enjoyable holiday season.

Meet Tina Bammes, MD

As a psychiatrist, Tina feels that she is here to facilitate a person’s sense of fulfillment. Dr. Bammes has spent much of her 26 years in practice as a community psychiatrist in the public sector, treating people with depression, bipolar disorder, psychosis, and OCD. Tina feels that medications often help her patients but are not always called for. She feels that tapping into an individual’s strengths, interests, and spiritual beliefs as well as maintaining a good dialogue are important to healing and fulfillment.

To learn more about Wellshire Behavioral Services or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Bammes please visit our website at www.wbscolorado.org