Des Moines Mental Health Center offers same-week appointments for anxiety, depression, trauma, ADHD, relationships, and more.
We accept Medicaid and all major private insurances. Our Waukee Des Moines office is open evenings, and we offer secure telehealth across Iowa for when coming in is not an option.
Same-week availability
You call. You get a voicemail. Someone calls back three days later to tell you the next available appointment is in six weeks. Or they do not take your insurance. Or the only openings are at two in the afternoon on a Tuesday.
Most people who need mental health care in Des Moines are not refusing to get help. They are running into a system that makes it unreasonably hard to access.
We built this practice to work differently. Same-week appointments. Evening availability. Medicaid accepted alongside all major private insurances. And telehealth across Iowa for the days when getting to an office is not realistic.
If access has been the reason you have not started yet, that reason no longer applies.
A lot of people have sat in a therapy room and felt like nothing was really happening. That experience is more common than it should be, and it usually comes down to fit and approach.
Our counselors use evidence-based methods including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, trauma-informed care, and EMDR-informed therapy. We send our clinicians to advanced external training programs because keeping skills sharp is not optional in this work.
We work with adults, teens, couples, and families on anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, bipolar disorder, autism, relationship issues, substance use, and life transitions. If you are not sure whether what you are dealing with fits somewhere on that list, call us. It probably does.
These are not marketing claims. They are the specific reasons people come to us after trying somewhere else first.
Same-week appointments
most clients are seen within days of their first call, not weeks
Medicaid accepted
along with all major private insurances, so cost is not a reason to wait
Evening hours
because most people who need help also have jobs and families
Telehealth across Iowa
same quality of care, no commute required
Counselors trained at an advanced level
we invest in ongoing external training so our clinicians stay sharp
An office that does not feel like a waiting room
warm, calm, and designed to put people at ease before the session starts
Most people who reach out to us are not arriving with a diagnosis and a treatment plan. They are arriving with something that is not working in their life and a genuine question about whether talking to someone will help.
The answer is almost always yes. The question is finding the right person and the right approach. Here is where we can help.
