About Gateway Foundation – Dallas
Gateway Foundation in Dallas, Texas, was a 300 bed community corrections facility that provided substance use disorder and co-occurring disorder treatment for men and women. The two programs that were used to treat clients at this facility were the Cognitive Behavioral Substance Abuse Treatment Program and the Dual Diagnosis Center.
Individuals in the Cognitive Behavioral treatment program would participate in a 120 day intensive residential program and then 60 days of supportive residential treatment. As a part of the residential treatment clients would participate in group sessions, individual counseling and family meetings. Group counseling can benefit clients by reducing isolation and providing social support from peers. It was also an opportunity for clients to practice recovery oriented coping strategies.
In individual counseling, counselors would help clients stay on track with their treatment goals and better understand their addiction. Counselors would likely use evidence based practices such as cognitive behavioral therapy to help clients change negative thoughts and beliefs that were contributing to substance use. In addition to counseling, the staff would also provide education modules and outside support services.
One of the facility’s standout features was the Dual Diagnosis Center. It specialized in treating individuals with a co-occurring mental health and substance use diagnosis. Clients would receive a combination of treatment services for substance use disorder and mental health overlay services.
One of the top goals of these programs was to help clients develop skills and behaviors to enable them to live a substance free and crime free life. Additional goals that the facility set out for clients to achieve included eliminating antisocial behavior and developing support systems for continual growth and recovery.