Every letter is signed by a clinician holding a current Colorado license, after a real consultation. Their names are on your letter so you can verify them yourself.
In most states an ESA service can promise a real evaluation and nobody verifies it. Colorado is different. The Division of Professions and Occupations licenses these clinicians, publishes their status, and has told them in writing what must happen before an assistance animal recommendation is issued. That oversight is the reason our team can be described in specifics rather than adjectives.
Dr. Cheryl takes the cases where the body and the mind are knotted together, which is more common than people expect. Chronic pain that reshaped someone's week. A long recovery. A diagnosis that changed everything. She is careful about the line between a condition that is hard and one that meets the legal threshold, and she tells clients which side they are on rather than leaving them guessing.
Dr. Miller writes most of our housing letters, and writes them for whoever has to act on them. A Colorado property manager needs three things settled: was this person evaluated by a Colorado licensee, does that licensee confirm a disability-related need, and is the request specific enough to approve. Answer those cleanly and the letter usually goes through without a follow-up call. He is equally direct when the answer is no.
Andrew runs the psychiatric service dog work, which means asking pointed questions about what a dog has actually been trained to do. The trained task is what separates a service dog from a beloved companion, and no letter papers over its absence. He also reviews every page on this site, which is why these pages changed when HB26-1045 passed rather than months later.
Do not take a website's word for a clinician's credentials, ours included. Colorado publishes a free licence lookup covering every regulated profession, run by the Department of Regulatory Agencies. Your letter names the clinician and their licence type, so the check is quick.
It is also the single most effective defence against a letter mill. A service that will not tell you who is signing, or whose signer is licensed in another state, has answered the important question without meaning to.
That sequence is why our process has a consultation in the middle of it and why a clinician can decline. Both are features of the law, not of our pricing.
Yes, and it matters more here than in most states. Colorado's bona fide relationship duty attaches to Colorado licensees, so an out-of-state provider cannot satisfy it. The name and licence type are on your letter and checkable through the DORA lookup.
Yes, every time, by video or phone. Colorado law requires a genuine evaluation before an ESA recommendation, so a screening form on its own is not an option here.
Yes, and that possibility is what makes the letter meaningful. If the clinical standard is not met they will say so, explain why, and you are not charged.
If you have a provider who knows you well, ask them first. A letter from a long-standing Colorado clinician is the strongest documentation available. We exist for people whose provider will not write one, who have none, or who need it quickly.
You can ask and we accommodate it where scheduling allows. Availability varies by day and by the type of evaluation.
Nothing legal on this page is asserted without a source behind it. Open them and read the originals rather than taking our summary on trust.
Choose a time that works for you. If your clinician does not approve the letter, there is no charge.
