— PEER-POWERED RECOVERY COMMUNITY - COLORADO
Recovery doesn't end at discharge. It emerges through community.
MISSION
Emerge Colorado is a peer-powered recovery community of practice, advocacy, and support - empowering individuals to heal, grow, and thrive through individualized and community-driven pathways to lasting change.
VISION
Together, we bridge to wellness, dignity, and becoming.
RISE HOUSE — ARVADA PINES
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Peer-driven, every session
In-person, virtual, and in the community
All CO Medicaid RAEs accepted
Boulder & Denver Metro
IOP
Intensive Outpatient
Structured, clinically aligned, peer-supported care.
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guiding pillars
Advocacy, Community, and Connection in every program.
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peer-driven
Experiential, trauma-informed, recovery-based practice.
CO RAE's
Medicaid Accepted
All Colorado Regional Accountable Entities.
— OUR APPROACH
Three pillars, one path. We build access and nurture the connections recovery depends on.
Emerge supports long-term recovery by meeting people where they are — inside treatment, in recovery living, and out in the community.
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Advocacy
Recovery-impact advocacy through life-skills management and accessing essential resources with intention: work attainment, self-development, therapy, peer coaching, and community navigation.
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Community
In-person and virtual peer-driven sessions and gatherings, a network of peers in recovery from across Colorado who meet in fellowship to support each other in wisdom, experience, strength and hope.
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Connection
Whole-person, wraparound support with integrated partnerships providing therapy, psychiatric services, wellness supports, housing navigation, transportation assistance, and community connection.
Movement
To inspire renewed somatic memory.
Expression
To drive self-awareness.
Reflection
To nurture self-value.
— THE NEXT STEP
An Intensive Outpatient Program Built for Real Life
Most treatment programs focus on what happens during therapy. Emerge IOP widens the focus by offering a surround of practices that support recovery between and after these sessions.
Our trauma-informed IOP integrates group therapy with a surround of experiential practices, peer coaching, and real-world life skills so participants can apply what they learn in real time—building confidence, resilience, and a life of purpose.
— AT A GLANCE
Emerge IOP
Format
In-person & virtual
Model
Peer-driven, trauma-informed, Individualized wrap around support
Coverage
All CO Medicaid RAE's
Locations
Denver · Boulder
Wellness Center
Emerge Wellness Center
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Evidence-Based Clinical Care
Structured group and individual programming on a consistent weekly schedule grounded in Motivational Interviewing (MI), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT).
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Experiential Healing Practices
Mindfulness, breathwork, movement, equine-assisted recovery coaching, wellness, and music-based practices that help participants move healing from insight into lived experience.
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Peer Advocacy & Recovery Integration
Peer support, coaching, and resource navigation that bridge the gap between treatment and daily life through accountability, connection, and lived experience.
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Transportation provided
On request across the Boulder & Denver Metro area.
— WHERE WE MEET YOU
Five settings. One standard of care.
Sessions are held on-site, virtually, in the community, or at the Emerge Wellness Center — wherever a peer is in their journey.
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In Treatment & Community Environments
One-on-one and group peer recovery advocacy sessions and integrative experiential practices brought directly into Medicaid-based treatment settings.
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In Recovery Living Environments
Peer support group sessions on-site at recovery residences, including our Rise House partners.
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In the Outpatient Program
Experiential and clinical sessions delivered through the Emerge IOP — transport available.
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In the Community
Access coaching, therapy, psychiatric services, and essential resources upon request at your location.
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Online & Virtual
Weekly virtual peer recovery support and skill-building sessions for those who can't attend in person.
— INTEGRATIVE EXPERIENTIAL PRACTICE
Recovery-based, trauma-informed sessions with partners.
YoGA . BREATHTONE
Movement & Breath Work
A trauma-informed, breath-centered and movement practices supporting peers in recovery. The emphasis isn't physical performance — it's safety, self-awareness, and nervous-system regulation.
Serenity Stables
Equine Assisted Recovery Coaching
A journey of healing, connection, and growth through practices in self-regulation, brain-heart coherence, and spirituality.
— Emerge Connect
Essential resources that remove barriers between sessions and beyond.
As a member of the Emerge Colorado Peer-Recovery Community you may elect to participate in Emerge Connect and/or Connect Professionals, two programs designed for access to peer recovery services and accountability — so peers can navigate work, school, and rebuilding life with support in hand.
Emerge Connect
For individuals in recovery, built around access and accountability for the period of time you need, connect your existing unlocked phone or acquire a quality phone to an unlimited data cell-phone plan ($10-12/month)
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Quality Phone (Moto, Galaxy, iPhone) or connect your own unlocked device with unlimited mobile service & data via our carrier partnerships
Connect Professionals
A skills-based program adding a laptop and technical training to the Connect foundation.
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Work one-on-one with an Emerge Peer Advocate to develop a plan for utilizing and accessing a laptop for career and professional development.
— Emerge Connect
"We approach self-connection through experiential practice — movement, expression, reflection — and we don't walk it alone."
— Emerge sessions
Current Sessions
Transportation provided upon request across the Boulder & Denver Metro area.
7 Habits of Highly Effective People
A practical recovery-focused series that applies the 7 Habits to build self-leadership, resilience, healthy relationships, and a meaningful life in recovery.
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Mindfulness in Recovery
Develop mindfulness skills that support healing, recovery, and personal growth through greater awareness, self-compassion, emotional regulation, and connection to what matters most.
Movement & Breath Work
Combining yoga and other modalities, Shante guides practices for grounding, embodiment, safety, emotional release, nervous system balance, and inner calm.
BreathTone
BreathTone™ is a holistic wellness practice that integrates breath-centered movement, functional strength training, and nervous system regulation. It’s designed to help you build physical resilience while cultivating inner calm and emotional balance.
Serenity Stables
Session focused on building internal awareness, strengthening emotional regulation, and exploring spirituality and connection. Build confidence, reduce stress, and develop real-life tools for recovery that carry into everyday life.
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Rise Circle
Transform check-ins into emotional wellness, self-awareness and interpersonal growth within a supportive peer recovery group meeting.