Psychiatric Care in Boulder
Flatirons Psychiatry and Mental Health provides psychiatric evaluations, medication management, GeneSight testing, and ESA letters for adults and teens 15 and older. Our office is at 1434 Spruce St in downtown Boulder. We accept most major insurance plans and keep open availability for new patients.
Who We Help in Boulder
Boulder attracts high-achievers. Researchers, engineers, graduate students, and startup founders who push hard and expect a lot from themselves. That drive is an asset until it tips into burnout, anxiety, or depression that does not respond to meditation, trail runs, or supplements.
We see tech workers from Google, IBM, Oracle, and Ball Aerospace who are quietly struggling with focus, motivation, or sleep. Graduate students and postdocs at CU Boulder dealing with imposter syndrome, ADHD that was never caught, or anxiety that is getting worse under academic pressure. Small business owners in the natural products and outdoor industry who built something they love and are now drowning in it.
Boulder is a healthy city by most measures. But wellness culture can make it harder to ask for clinical help. If running and yoga and clean eating are not fixing it, that is not a personal failure — it might be brain chemistry. That is where psychiatry comes in.
We also see teenagers 15 and older. Academic pressure at Boulder Valley School District schools, social anxiety, ADHD, and mood changes — these are clinical issues that benefit from proper evaluation.
Our Approach
A psychiatric evaluation is a structured clinical conversation — not a checklist. We take the time to understand what is happening neurologically and build a treatment plan grounded in evidence, not trends. This is psychiatry. We focus on diagnosis and medication management.
If you have tried multiple medications without results, GeneSight testing shows how your genetics affect drug metabolism. It replaces trial-and-error with data. We also provide ESA evaluations for patients with qualifying conditions.
For Students
Boulder is a college town at its core. We see students from the University of Colorado Boulder, Naropa University, and Front Range Community College. CU Boulder alone has over 30,000 students — and a campus health center with wait times that do not match the urgency of what students are dealing with. Undiagnosed ADHD, first-episode depression, anxiety that started manageable and is now debilitating. We work around academic schedules.
For Working Professionals
Boulder's economy runs on brainpower. We treat employees from CU Boulder, Ball Aerospace, Google, IBM, Oracle, Boulder Valley School District, Boulder Community Health, and NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratories. Research scientists, software engineers, educators, and healthcare workers all deal with cognitive demands that make untreated ADHD, anxiety, or depression especially costly. When your work requires sustained focus and creative problem-solving, a brain that is not functioning well is not something you can power through.
Getting Started
Your first visit is about 60 minutes. Bring your insurance card, current medications, and any prior psychiatric records. We accept Anthem Blue Cross, Aetna, Cigna, and UnitedHealthcare. We are not in-network with Kaiser, but cash pay is available. Book through the contact form on this page or call us directly.