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Westside Behavioral Care, Inc.
(WBC) is a full service outpatient
mental health practice serving
adults,
children, adolescents, couples, and
families throughout the
Denver/Boulder area. WBC is
committed to providing value to
consumers, payers, and managed care
organizations by delivering
excellent clinical care and
customer service while managing quality and costs.
WBC demonstrates its value by being
accountable to its customers.
WBC has assembled a talented group of
highly trained and experienced mental health care practitioners to provide the
best possible clinical services. The WBC practitioners represent a wide
range of clinical backgrounds and specialties and provide the full spectrum of
outpatient behavioral health services. These services include individual,
couples, family and group psychotherapy; couples and marriage counseling,
medication evaluation and management; case management; triage for intensive
outpatient care; and urgent/emergent services.
We have made access to services easy by utilizing a
centralized appointment setting system. Our scheduling representatives
help clients or care managers find a quick and convenient appointment with the
right therapist or prescriber on our panel.
We contract with several major managed care companies--click
here for more details.
Westside Behavioral Care, Inc.
is directed by Tom Giles, Psy.D. Dr. Giles has extensive
experience providing and managing mental health care services.
If you are interested in making an appointment,
click here for more
information.
Management Profiles
Thomas R.
Giles, Ph.D.
Dr. Giles was a clinical psychologist for 20
years before switching to an administrative role with Westside Behavioral Care.
While a psychologist, he specialized in the treatment of obsessive-compulsive
disorder, panic disorder, and bulimia, and published numerous papers on these
and related subjects. For a number of years he served as Executive
Director for Cigna Behavioral Care of Colorado, and he collaborated with several
managed care companies to maximize the effectiveness of psychotherapy across a
broad range of disorders. He is author/editor of 3 books:
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Cognitive-Behavior Therapy: A
Restructuring Approach (with
Rian McMullin, Ph.D.)
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Managed Mental Health Care:
A Guide for Practitioners,
Employers, and Hospital
Administrators
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Handbook of Effective
Psychotherapy
Dr. Giles is the contact person for Westside
Behavioral Care, Inc., and can be reached care of the following:
(303) 675-5463 (voice mail)
(303) 377-4707 (fax)
thomasrgiles@yahoo.com (email)
Direct line available upon request.
Howard Baumgarten, LPC , Director, Network Relations
Howard Baumgarten, LPC earned his masters degree in Counseling
Psychology from the University of Colorado in 1997. He is a Nationally
Certified Family Therapist and holds a lecturer position at the University of
Colorado, Denver. Prior to coming to Westside Behavioral Care, Mr.
Baumgarten worked in a variety of mental health agencies in clinical,
administrative, and management positions. He brings additional business
experience in sales, management, administration, and ownership in and outside of
the behavioral health field. To view Howard Baumgarten’s private practice
information, please click on his profile link below. If you are a provider
interested in joining Westside Behavioral Care or an insurance company
interested in contracting with Westside Behavioral Care, please contact Mr.
Baumgarten by e-mail at
hibaum@hotmail.com.
Click
here to visit Howard's provider page.
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