Axis Health SystemTherapist in Gunnison, CO
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Axis Health System (Southwest Colorado Mental Health Center, Inc.) is a community health center serving Archuleta, Delta, Dolores, Gunnison, Hinsdale, La Plata, Montezuma, Montrose, Ouray, San Juan, and San Miguel counties in southwest Colorado. The organization offers integrated whole-person care including primary care, behavioral health, dental care, and substance use treatment. Clinical services include counseling and therapy, crisis care through Regional Crisis Centers in Durango and Montrose, medication-assisted treatment, withdrawal management (detox), intensive outpatient programs, dialectal behavioral therapy, assertive community treatment, and support for first episode of psychosis. Specialized services include care coordination, community mental health programs, support for veterans and those experiencing homelessness, naloxone education and distribution, DUI services, and disaster behavioral health response. The system operates locations in Cortez, Delta, Gunnison, Dove Creek, Durango, Montrose, Norwood, Pagosa Springs, and Telluride. A 24/7 Axis Care Line (970.247.5245) provides immediate support for mental health and substance use concerns.
Role
Therapist
Specialties & focus areas
Recovery focus
Co-occurring
Other focus areas
Evidence-based approaches
DBT
Dialectical Behavior Therapy. Pairs acceptance with change. Especially useful when emotions feel too big to ride out without acting on them.
Family systems
Family Systems work. Brings the people closest to you into the recovery picture, since urges and relationships rarely live in separate boxes.
Group therapy
Group Therapy. A small facilitated circle where people working on similar struggles practice naming what is hard, hearing themselves in others, and learning skills together. The room is the medicine.
Trauma-informed care
Trauma-Informed Care. Approaches addiction as something layered on top of unprocessed trauma, not in isolation. Pacing matters more than confrontation.
Brief intervention
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Cognitive behavioral therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. Spots the thought-feeling-action loops that fuel urges, then rewires them with practical skills you take into the moment.
Motivational interviewing
Motivational Interviewing. A collaborative conversation that strengthens your own reasons for change rather than arguing you into it.
Matrix model
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Relapse prevention
Relapse Prevention. Identifies your specific high-risk situations, warning signs, and choice points. Then builds a written, rehearsed plan for each so the moment is not the first time you decide.
Substance use disorder counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Trauma-related counseling
A therapeutic approach included in this provider’s plan of care. Contact for specifics on how it shows up in their work.
Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
Telehealth Therapy. Real clinical sessions delivered over video. Same evidence base as in-person care for most conditions; meets you where you actually are instead of where the office is.
What this facility offers
Care offered
Treatment type
- Substance use treatment
- Mental health treatment
- Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental illness (SMI) in adults and/or serious emotional disturbance (SED) in children
Setting
- Outpatient
Facility
- Community mental health center
Emergency services
- Crisis intervention team
Payment & access
Financial help available
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
Insurance acceptance is listed by the provider and can change. Call the number above to verify your specific coverage before scheduling.
How care is delivered
Ancillary services
- Assertive community treatment
- Chronic disease/illness management
- Court-ordered outpatient treatment
- Diet and exercise counseling
- Family psychoeducation
- Intensive case management
- Psychosocial rehabilitation services
- Supported employment
- Supported housing
- Vocational rehabilitation services
- Case management service
- Integrated primary care services
- Suicide prevention services
Education & counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
Who this is for
Age groups served
- Children/Adolescents
- Young Adults
- Adults
- Seniors
Special programs
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED)
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
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