At Aspen View Mental Health, we provide compassionate support for those struggling with compulsive behaviors that have taken over their daily lives. As a premier treatment center in Colorado, we recognize the devastating toll that process addictions can take on individuals and their families. We offer comprehensive mental health treatments designed to address problem gambling treatment alongside any co-occurring disorders. Our primary mission is to provide evidence-based care that empowers individuals to regain complete control of their lives, rebuild their self-esteem, and restore their overall wellness through a highly structured treatment program tailored to their exact needs.
Whether you are actively searching for a reliable treatment provider for yourself or a loved one, our dedicated addiction treatment center is fully equipped with the clinical resources and compassionate staff needed to guide you toward lasting, sustainable recovery. Located in Greeley, we proudly serve communities across the state, from Denver to Boulder, providing highly personalized addiction treatment options. By addressing the deep psychological roots of your struggles, we help you break the cycle of compulsion and build a more stable, deeply fulfilling future.
Before exploring the specific ways we can help, it is essential to first understand what this condition actually entails. Gambling addiction, commonly referred to clinically as a gambling disorder, is a severe condition characterized by an uncontrollable urge to keep betting despite facing severe negative consequences. Unlike physical addictions to drugs or alcohol, this falls under the unique category of process addictions, where the destructive behavior itself directly triggers the human brain’s internal reward system. This constant, exhausting chase for a dopamine high leads to profound behavioral health challenges that completely disrupt a person’s life on multiple levels.
Individuals struggling with compulsive gambling often find that their erratic gambling behavior negatively impacts their personal finances, their closest family relationships, and their overall mental health. They may continuously chase massive losses, actively hide their activities from family members, or experience intense restlessness and severe irritability when attempting to stop. Recognizing these destructive behavioral patterns is the vital first step toward seeking appropriate healthcare and committing to a sustainable path of true healing.
Problem gambling rarely exists in total isolation. Many individuals find that the extreme emotional distress caused by their financial losses or relationship strain leads them to seek relief through other unhealthy coping mechanisms. It is incredibly common for these behavioral struggles to co-occur with severe substance use disorders, creating a complex, tightly intertwined cycle of dependence and emotional pain that requires highly specialized interventions and structured support.
When a person is battling both a behavioral addiction and active substance abuse, they require a comprehensive dual diagnosis approach. Addressing the gambling addiction without also treating the underlying substance issue often leads to rapid relapse and continued suffering. By utilizing detailed treatment plans, clinicians can target both conditions simultaneously, vastly improving the chances of long-term stability. While some individuals may initially require a brief medical detox for their substance reliance before beginning therapy, the subsequent psychological care remains absolutely critical for addressing the core behavioral component of the disorder.
To ensure the best possible outcomes, we offer a range of proven treatment services tailored to individual needs. Our multidisciplinary clinical team focuses on addressing the core root causes of addiction to foster sustainable, lifelong healing.
Our primary therapeutic interventions include:
Because every single person requires a different level of structured support based on the unique severity of their condition, we offer various levels of care designed to easily accommodate your specific lifestyle and recovery goals. Our outpatient programs are designed to be highly adaptable and consistently effective.
Our core program offerings include:
We know that asking for help takes courage. Getting in touch is the first step. We’re here for you, no matter what. Once submitted, our admissions team will be in touch within 24 hours.
Or call us directly to get started: 970-717-1830
We know that asking for help takes courage. Getting in touch is the first step. We’re here for you, no matter what. Once submitted, our admissions team will be in touch within 24 hours.
Or call us directly to get started: 970-717-1830
At Sierra Meadows, we provide personalized treatment designed just for you, ensuring a safe and supportive environment every step of the way.
Making sure that you or your loved one are assessed for optimal care.
We craft a treatment plan tailored to suit your individual needs.
Our clinicians make sure that you access the medication you need.
We make sure you or your loved one are taken care of after your stay.
Overcoming this difficult disorder requires a strong, unyielding foundation of community and peer support. Beyond our highly structured clinical outpatient programs, we strongly encourage all clients to actively engage with external recovery services to maintain their forward momentum and completely prevent isolation. Organizations like Gamblers Anonymous provide invaluable 12-step support groups where individuals can openly share their deepest struggles and greatest victories with those who truly understand the complexities of the journey.
Additionally, finding a reliable helpline or reaching out to the National Council on Problem Gambling can provide immediate, accessible assistance during highly vulnerable moments of intense craving. We seamlessly incorporate robust aftercare planning into every single phase of our programming to ensure that when you complete your primary treatment, you have a solid network to rely on.
At Aspen View Mental Health, we are passionately dedicated to helping you or your loved one completely overcome the devastating cycle of addiction. Finding the right treatment facility is a massive, life-altering decision, and our compassionate admissions team is here to make the intake process as seamless and entirely stress-free as possible. We work diligently every day to ensure our vital clinical services are accessible to the entire community, actively partnering with a wide variety of insurance plans, including Medicaid, to completely remove heavy financial barriers to your ultimate wellness.
If you are genuinely ready to reclaim your life from gambling, we openly invite you to take the courageous first step today. You can confidently reach out to us via our direct phone number or connect with us on social media to learn much more about our IOP and ongoing outpatient offerings. Our dedicated team in Greeley is standing by to thoughtfully answer your questions, evaluate your unique circumstances, and passionately help you build a brighter, healthier future free from the exhausting constraints of compulsive behaviors.
A gambling disorder is a highly serious behavioral condition where an individual has an absolutely uncontrollable urge to gamble despite experiencing severe, mounting negative consequences. It is clinically classified as a process addiction because the repeated behavior itself triggers the brain's internal reward system, leading to intensely compulsive actions that quickly disrupt finances, personal relationships, and overall mental health.
CBT, or cognitive behavioral therapy, directly helps individuals actively identify the highly irrational beliefs and negative thought patterns that persistently drive their powerful urge to bet. By carefully restructuring these thoughts, patients learn to develop much healthier coping mechanisms and improve their emotional regulation, significantly reducing the overall frequency and intensity of their compulsions.
Yes, we highly specialize in comprehensively treating co-occurring conditions through our dedicated dual diagnosis programs. We recognize that severe behavioral addictions frequently overlap directly with serious substance use disorders, and our fully integrated clinical approach ensures that both primary issues are addressed simultaneously for a much more sustainable, long-term recovery.
We proudly provide highly flexible outpatient care perfectly designed to meet your current clinical needs, including intensive outpatient programs (IOP) and standard outpatient treatment. These specific options directly allow you to receive high-quality, fully structured clinical support while still successfully maintaining your daily work, school, and essential family responsibilities.
Yes, we are deeply committed to ensuring our comprehensive behavioral health care remains as accessible as possible to the surrounding community. We readily accept a wide variety of insurance plans, including Medicaid, and our dedicated admissions team will gladly help you verify your personal benefits to ensure you completely understand your financial coverage before beginning any treatment services.
Families play an absolutely vital role in sustainable recovery, which is exactly why we proudly offer dedicated therapy sessions specifically for relatives and loved ones. These collaborative sessions actively help rebuild broken trust, vastly improve household communication, and thoroughly educate family members on how to best provide healthy, non-enabling peer support throughout the entire healing journey.
Dr. Tatum received his Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from Rosemead School of Psychology. He has extensive experience developing and expanding behavioral health services, including residential, detoxification, and outpatient programs. As CEO of Sierra Meadows, his focus is on expanding access to care for the Central Valley.
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Jessica L. Varner is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a Licensed Addictions Counselor (LAC) with over a decade of experience in the field of mental health. She received her master’s degree in clinical counseling in 2012 from the University of Northern Colorado and became a Licensed Addictions Counselor in 2018.
Nathan Swisher, PsyD is a licensed Clinical Psychologist and Certified Addiction Specialist in Colorado. He earned his Doctorate of Psychology in Clinical Psychology (2011) from Rosemead School of Psychology, Biola University, an APA-accredited program in California. At Rosemead, he was trained in psychological assessment and multiple psychotherapy models in a variety of clinical settings. Dr. Swisher returned to his home state of Colorado to complete his full-time internship in a community mental health setting. More recently, he has worked in community mental health and private practice in Greeley. Dr. Swisher is motivated to improve easy access to quality mental health services in Greeley and the surrounding areas.
