A and D Counseling

A and D Counseling, based in Aurora, CO, is one of the SAMHSA-registered treatment programs operating in CO. The facility's programming is outpatient (Outpatient), not residential. What this page can help with is the frame — what to ask, what to verify, what to compare against.

Care levels at A and D Counseling

On care levels specifically: A and D Counseling is an outpatient-focused program (Outpatient) — patients live at home or in sober living and attend treatment sessions. This level of care is clinically appropriate for mild-to-moderate substance use disorder, or for patients stepping down from residential. What that means in practice is that matching A and D Counseling to the right clinical situation depends on whether you or a loved one needs the level of care this facility actually offers — which is a clinician's judgment, not a facility's sales pitch.

Insurance and payment

Payment and insurance specifics for A and D Counseling are not fully documented in the SAMHSA registry — a direct admissions conversation is the reliable way to confirm what forms of payment are accepted and at what network-contract level. What tends to produce post-admission financial surprise is not the facility being out of network — it is the verbal assurance that did not make it into writing. Ask for the written VOB before admission, save the email, and the rest of the financial conversation becomes a lot simpler.

Specialty programming

The facility's documented specialty programming includes: Adolescents, Young adults, Adult women. If that matches what you or your family member need, great — and worth asking specifically about what the programming looks like day-to-day (how many hours per week of specialty-specific content, who leads it, what credentials they hold).

Before you call

The three questions that consistently separate programs worth considering from programs worth skipping: ASAM level of care match; written VOB for your plan; MAT policy. If the clinical situation involves opioid use disorder, confirm explicitly whether A and D Counseling offers medication-assisted treatment — buprenorphine, methadone, or naltrexone. Programs that do not are operating outside the current standard of care. Programs that cannot answer all three quickly are programs worth approaching with caution.