Colorado legal term
Psychotherapy in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Psychotherapy” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Psychotherapy” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Psychotherapy" means the treatment, diagnosis, or counseling in a professional relationship to assist individuals or groups to alleviate behavioral or mental health disorders, understand unconscious or conscious motivation, resolve emotional, relationship, or attitudinal conflicts, or modify behaviors that interfere with effective emotional, social, or intellectual functioning. (C.R.S. § 18-3-405.5)
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