{"id":54,"date":"2025-07-01T15:03:34","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T15:03:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2025-10-13T14:50:51","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T14:50:51","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Valley Behavioral Health is a mental health treatment provider located in Colorado Springs, CO. We specialize in treating adults with complex behavioral health diagnoses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Who are our clients?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Our clients come from a variety of diverse backgrounds, but we specialize in clients with complex mental health issues. This includes the following challenges:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Major depression<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bipolar and other mood disorders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PTSD and complex trauma<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Substance Use Disorders (addiction)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Complex or traumatic grief<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schizophrenia and other psychosis disorders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First episode psychosis<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Personality Disorders<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adjustment Disorder (major life changes, phase of life challenges)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meet our Clinican: Laura van Zwam, LSW<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/headshot.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-203\" style=\"width:433px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/headshot.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/headshot-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/headshot-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>I have over 7 years of experience working with adults and adolescents with complex mental health problems. I enjoy working with complicated problems and systems, because I am consistently impressed by my clients\u2019 ingenuity and resilience and I love being part of their journey to wellness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a Licensed Social Worker in Colorado and Pennsylvania. I hold a Masters Degree in Social Work from Louisiana State University and a Bachelors in Sociology from Princeton University. I have worked in 3 countries, speaking 3 languages. My work experience is diverse. I&#8217;ve worked as a regular therapist in an office, but I have also helped some of the most marginalized clients in extremely complex situations. I have provided mental healthcare in refugee camps, state hospitals, halfway houses, hospices, and inpatient facilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am also an Associate SOMB Treatment Provider and Evaluator working under supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I don&#8217;t feel like any methodology is a one size fits all solution. With new clients, I usually use the first 3 or 4 sessions just getting to know you, your needs, and your wishes for therapy. Then we&#8217;ll piece together a treatment plan that draws on a variety of modalities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I try to stay as flexible as possible. We can meet at my office, through telehealth, and after the first few sessions, I also offer walk and talk therapy. The core of my work is about developing quality professional relationships with my clients. My highest priority is ensuring comfortable, open, and honest communication.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What insurance do we take?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each session is about 50-mintues. We are currently able to take the following insurances:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Colorado State medicaid<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aetna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cigna<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Colorado Blue Cross Blue Shield<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>United Healthcare \u2013 Direct<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Without insurance, our cost for therapy is $105 per session. We also have sliding-scale options on a case-by-case basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Valley Behavioral Health is a mental health treatment provider located in Colorado Springs, CO. We specialize in treating adults with complex behavioral health diagnoses. Who are our clients? Our clients come from a variety of diverse backgrounds, but we specialize in clients with complex mental health issues. This includes the following challenges: Meet our Clinican: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"template-full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valley-behavioralhealth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}