No help. Schedule, then paperwork, then reschedule... Months to see someone. Many will be dead or in trouble by then. I certainly didn't feel like I was able to access help. read more

I moved into a new town 2 years ago, on the heels of another domestic violence situation. I knew I had to find therapy and I am very finicky. I did Google searches for the ones that are the least common modalities not familiarity. I noticed Gateway to Success Pueblo, in 3 of 5 searches and in the final search I read, " Thinking For a Change". I was immediately offended. Who says I am not thinking about all of what I .... I want to change. I cried for 45 minutes. And I called the next day. As soon as I walked in for my first appointment, I glanced around for some poster sized corkboard with announcements on the beginning of the next class. It isn't there. "Help me get away from my past" is not a class offered as a group, and what I really expected. Cognitive Skills Development is the application of techniques that the Pueblo staff has begun to describe to me as soon as I had the intake appointment. I am nearly 60 years old and the people of Gateway to Success have helped me begin to think about the past circumstances as just that, past circumstances. With some really intense emotions and some very painful memories attached. I am learning to separate them. The emotions can be (and need to be?) peeled away with the "this is right for me" approach. Sometimes I call to scream and cry out based on triggers and past circumstances, nightmares with sheer terror attacks. I am in the care of an incredible group of people who listen and sometimes help me make connections, from my therapist, medication management and peer support. And the overnight staff with the emergency phone. Medication management was thoroughly discussed, "I want to stop taking them" I said. I expected resistance when I requested guidance in getting off these drugs. And dealing with the issues, some of them buried by the 3-year-old me. She was honest with me and said, "We will do everything we can to help you meet your goals." I expected something else, something I have heard many times, we will try to reduce a bit, and see how it goes, but you will probably take Rx++ the rest of your life. No one has said anything like that to me at Gateway to Success. I don't believe in serendipities or coincidence. This group of people really care, and it shows. And the survey said 3 out of 5?!?! Try it. You're worth it. * Anger Management * Emergent Services * Needs Assessments * Relapse Prevention * Brain Synchronization Therapy (BST) * Cognitive Skills Development * Strategies for Self-Improvement & Change (SSC) * Seeking Safety * Thinking For a Change read more