Gateway Counseling
Gateway Counseling in Pocatello, Idaho focuses on treating alcoholism, drug addiction, and mental health issues. This private rehabilitation center offers counseling services for adults and children, including community-based rehabilitation and case management. With a commitment to both mental health and substance use treatment, they specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy.
Gateway Counseling's mission is to promote mental health awareness and provide quality services to individuals facing mental health challenges. Their vision fosters a collaborative therapeutic community. Specific licenses, awards, or recognitions have not been noted.
- Substance Use Treatment: Specializes in treating addictions through evidence-based approaches.
- Mental Health Services: Offers comprehensive mental health care, including community-based rehabilitation services.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy: Provides cognitive behavioral therapy for both substance use disorders and mental health issues.
- Family and Individual Counseling: Assists both adults and children with personalized counseling sessions.
Gateway Counseling treats a variety of addictions and mental health issues. Their services benefit both adults and children, ensuring comprehensive care for all ages.
- 4 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 21 Therapies & Programs
Staff
- Jaime WeidnerCEOBorn and raised in Grace, Idaho. Outgoing personality brought Gateway Counseling to success.
- Pat SeilerFinancial DirectorManages financial aspects of Gateway Counseling. Attended Grace High School.
- Teri WilskeCommunity Based SupervisorLSW with 12 years experience in mental health and addictions.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Rehab centers in Idaho exist to help individuals bounce back from substance abuse. Drug addiction refers to the use of illegal drugs and improper use of prescription drugs. Substance abuse includes all problems that stem out from using psychoactive substances. Centers like Gateway Counseling are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction is one of the most common forms of addiction Idaho. Opioids include drugs like heroin, oxycontin and fentanyl. They are prescribed to treat pain, but they are often abused and they are addictive. The addiction is treated by detoxing the body, so it no longer needs the chemicals in the drugs. This is followed up by therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem.
Dual-Diagnosis
Some of the most common co-occurring disorders are schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder. Most rehab facilities in Pocatello, ID like Gateway Counseling provide patients with a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis gives rehab the means to treat addiction while restoring mental and emotional health.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in Idaho is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.
An Outpatient Rehab Program is a part-time drug rehab program for treating individuals in Pocatello, ID with mild addiction or mild-to-moderate drug withdrawal symptoms. It generally requires about 10 to 12 hours every week.
Doctors can administer on-the-spot medication to ease withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, increased heart rate, and even depression. Groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) can be used as a part of outpatient treatment to help maintain sobriety.
Aftercare Support at Gateway Counseling, in short, is the support provided to a patient after they have finished treatment. It allows them to adjust to everyday life. It may entail setting them up and enrolling them in services such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) inside a halfway house. Career coaching may also be offered to patients to help them get back into the workforce.
Therapies & Programs
Therapy for couples decreases unhealthy behavior in a relationship that can trigger addiction. Either, or both, members of the couple will be improved by this. This treatment administered by Gateway Counseling still targets addiction and can also make a relationship healthier through a variety of methods.
Group therapy occurs in a group setting as opposed to a one on one setting. It benefits patients by providing a feeling of support and letting them know they are not alone. Patients at Gateway Counseling also learn to build trust and understanding and gain perspective through discussions.
After experiencing trauma, it’s crucial to look for a facility that can provide trauma therapy. This approach zeroes in on the traumatic incidents that a patient has encountered in the past, recent or not. It’s been widely known that trauma can make an individual resort to alcohol or other substances to mask their troubles and pain. Trauma can originate from domestic violence, sexual abuse, an early encounter with death, sexual assault, and many more. The goal of trauma therapy at Gateway Counseling in Pocatello, ID is to help the patient see beyond the trauma and move forward. Mental health professionals will facilitate the patient’s journey and see to it that he or she is no longer a victim of his or her traumatic experiences and has wholly regained his or her personal power.
DBT, also known as dialectical behavior therapy, is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that helps people understand how their thoughts, behaviors, and feelings all connect. This can give them more control over their actions, effectively stopping self-harm ideations and attempts in some patients. It can also help put people in control over some mental struggles, like borderline personality disorder.
Most individuals suffering from addiction have low self-awareness, so they end up making poor decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is suitable for patients recovering from an addiction of any kind. Through it, patients become more aligned with their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, giving them a better opportunity to respond appropriately to temptations and negative feelings.
This therapy modality at Gateway Counseling in Pocatello, ID strengthens a person’s ability to stay on top of their emotional state and learn new stress management techniques so they won’t give in to the temptations easily. Moreover, CBT helps people communicate and express their emotions well, which can be vital in relapse management. CBT is also suitable for managing co-occurring disorders like depression and bipolar illness.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy sees a person suffering from substance addiction to have illogical reasoning, counterproductive actions, and does not see things clearly. REBT at Gateway Counseling in Pocatello, ID deals with cognition, images, and behavior extensively to rectify the client’s bad habits. The process calls for practice, reiteration, and bolstering the new way of thinking being introduced to the patient.
A 12-Step Program is a common method that is used to treat addiction. This format is used for both drug and alcohol treatment. It is extremely popular and successful for large numbers of people. It is a relatively simple set of steps that are done continuously in order to move through life with awareness, accountability and honesty. 12-Step programs are available in most every city in the Unites States. They are available in person, electronically and virtually through phone or web-based meetings.
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Location & Contact
224 South Arthur Avenue Suite 2
Pocatello, ID 83204
Phone Number
(208) 242-3771
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Location
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224 South Arthur Avenue Suite 2 Ste 2
Pocatello, ID 83204 -
(208) 242-3771
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Pocatello, Idaho Addiction and Treatment
In 2010, Idaho ranked amongst the top ten states of substance abuse in several categories. Alcohol dependence and abuse pose a major problem throughout the state, especially among minors between the ages of 12 and 17 years old. Opioids, like everywhere else in the nation, are also responsible for many substance abuse problems in the Gem State.
Pocatello offers outdoor adventurers a slice of heaven, nestled in Idaho's northern Rockies with prime hiking, biking, and skiing. But this oasis battles deeply-rooted addiction—in 2020, the opioid prescription rate hit 89.2 per 100 residents, while 2022 saw 6 fentanyl overdose deaths by May.
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