The Path to Wellness Starts Here

The following is sponsored content by Relief Mental Health.

For many people living with depression, OCD, anxiety and other diagnoses, the path to feeling better has felt long and uncertain. Medications haven’t delivered the hoped-for relief, side effects make daily life harder, and additional options feel limited.

Relief Mental Health, now open in Denver’s Cherry Creek neighborhood, is built on a different premise: that when conventional treatment hasn’t been enough, there is still a way forward, and the people guiding the journey make all the difference. 

Located at the corner of South Colorado Boulevard and East Alameda Avenue, Relief Mental Health’s Denver clinic is part of a growing national network that has spent over five years redefining what mental health care can look like, combining clinical rigor, genuine compassion, and the most advanced treatment options available today. 

“Working in the behavioral health industry, I saw patients cycling through medication changes without meaningful relief or progress,” says Susan Mueller, CEO of Relief Mental Health.

“When providers tried to refer them to treatments like TMS or Spravato, they ran into months-long wait times and scarce resources. Relief Mental Health was founded on the belief that effective, cutting-edge treatment should be accessible to everyone who needs it. Our doors open early and remain open late to accommodate patient schedules and lives. We believe mental health care shouldn’t be an additional stress in our patients’ lives.” 

A Team Built Around Patients

At the heart of Relief Mental Health’s Denver clinic is a multidisciplinary team of psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and licensed therapists who bring both deep clinical expertise and a genuine commitment to each patient’s progress. What sets the team members apart is not only their individual credentials, but how they work together. 

Providers at Relief Mental Health collaborate directly on treatment planning, pooling their expertise across services to build care plans that are responsive, personalized, and designed to evolve alongside the patient. No two treatment plans look the same, because no two patients are the same. 

Relief Mental Health’s Denver providers are experienced in the clinic’s full range of advanced treatment modalities, including BrainsWay Deep TMS and Spravato, and are trained to guide patients through each step of their care with expertise and empathy. The team operates with a shared commitment to one goal: getting patients the relief they deserve, as quickly as possible. 

Guided by Values, Not Just Protocols

At Relief Mental Health, organizational values aren’t posted on a wall and forgotten; rather, they’re the operating system behind every patient interaction, staffing decision, and clinical outcome. The company’s core values were deliberately designed to close the gap between what behavioral health organizations say they stand for and how they actually show up for patients. 

“Urgency” is more than a buzzword at Relief. The clinic moves quickly by design, treating every patient inquiry and care request as high priority and building response systems that reflect that commitment. 

Patient care is never subordinate to convenience or operational efficiency, according to the organization. Relief’s providers are trained to center individual patient needs in every decision, with optimal outcomes, not throughput, as the measure of success. 

Perhaps most distinctive is the group’s “come from a place of yes” philosophy. Rather than defaulting to what isn’t possible, Relief’s team is expected to find creative solutions, whether that means unconventional scheduling, alternative treatment pathways, or simply refusing to turn a patient away without first exhausting every option. 

And when it comes to results, Relief holds itself to a high bar. Through continuous learning and evidence-based treatment protocols, the organization measures success the way patients do: by whether they actually get better. 

BrainsWay Deep TMS: Targeted, Non-Invasive Brain Stimulation 

BrainsWay Deep Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation is an FDA-cleared, non-invasive therapy that uses precisely targeted magnetic pulses to stimulate the neural circuits involved in mood regulation. Unlike traditional TMS, BrainsWay’s Deep TMS technology reaches deeper and broader areas of the brain, offering a more comprehensive stimulation profile for patients living with depression and OCD. 

Treatment sessions run approximately twenty minutes, and patients can return to normal activity immediately afterward, with no sedation, recovery time or systemic side effects involved. For patients who cannot commit to a standard daily protocol, Relief Mental Health also offers accelerated TMS options designed to fit demanding schedules without compromising outcomes.

Deep TMS is covered by most major insurance carriers, including Medicare. Benefits coordinators and intake teams work closely with patients to navigate billing coverage before sessions start. BrainsWay Deep TMS is FDA-approved for patients as young as fifteen, making it a meaningful option for adolescents and young adults whose families are seeking effective, non-medication alternatives. 

“What I love most about BrainsWay Deep TMS is that it gives us a powerful, FDA-approved option for patients who once felt they had run out of hope,” says Dr. Teresa Poprawski, a neuropsychiatrist and chief medical officer of Relief Mental Health.

“Depression and OCD can be incredibly isolating, and when someone has carried that burden for a long time without relief, it takes real courage to try something new. Time and again, I’ve seen TMS transform that experience. Patients who arrived feeling hopeless leave with a renewed sense of possibility.”

Deep TMS is frequently used alongside medication management or talk therapy, and can help patients make progress after a period of feeling stuck. For many, it represents a turning point they hadn’t thought possible. 

Why It Works

BrainsWay Deep TMS stimulates the brain’s underactive neural circuits over a series of sessions, gradually restoring function in the areas that regulate mood and emotional well-being. Evidence shows that symptom relief and remission rates can last well beyond the completion of treatment — offering lasting results, not just temporary relief. 

Spravato (Esketamine): Rapid-Acting Relief for Depression 

For patients with depression who are experiencing significant emotional distress or going through a particularly difficult period, Spravato offers something that conventional antidepressants rarely can: rapid-acting relief.

FDA-approved and administered intranasally in a clinically supervised setting, Spravato works through a distinct mechanism of action targeting NMDA receptors rather than serotonin pathways, making it a compelling option for patients who have not found adequate relief through standard antidepressant medications. It is one of the only medications that is FDA-approved for treatment-resistant depression. 

At Relief Mental Health Denver, sessions are conducted in comfortable private rooms, under direct clinical supervision, and typically last around two hours. Many patients begin to notice a difference within days rather than weeks, a significant distinction for those who have been waiting a long time to feel better. 

Spravato is covered by most major insurance carriers, including Medicare, and Relief Mental Health’s team works closely with patients to navigate the prior authorization process so that access is as straightforward as possible. 

Like Deep TMS, Spravato is designed to work alongside existing psychiatric care, not replace it. In some cases, both treatments may be used together, with emerging clinical evidence suggesting their combined use may enhance outcomes for certain patients. 

What to Expect 

Spravato sessions take place in a calm, monitored environment at the clinic. Patients are encouraged to set intentions for each treatment to optimize effectiveness. They relax comfortably while the medication is administered, and a trained clinician is present throughout. Afterward, patients are monitored briefly before returning to their day. Relief Mental Health’s team handles all insurance coordination, because accessing care should be the easy part. 

Integrated Care, Personalized to Each Patient

What distinguishes Relief Mental Health is not any single treatment, but the infrastructure built around it. Having psychiatrists, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and licensed therapists under one roof means that care is coordinated, comprehensive, and responsive, always with the patient’s full picture in view. 

Mental health does not wait. Relief Mental Health takes that seriously, often seeing new patients within 24 hours of an initial call and treating every interaction with the urgency it deserves. 

The Denver clinic environment itself reflects the same values as the care delivered within it: intentionally warm and welcoming, designed to feel comfortable rather than clinical. For patients taking a first step that took courage to take, the environment is part of the treatment. 

For patients who have spent a long time searching for answers, Relief Mental Health offers more options, more expertise, and a team that genuinely believes relief is possible. 

Prospective patients can call Relief’s scheduling coordinators to learn more or submit a confidential inquiry online. A member of the Relief Mental Health team will respond quickly.