Gateway provides specialized counseling services for children, adults, seniors, couples and more; and with the help of United Way, we are able to offer these services to individuals and families at an affordable fee based on their income.

Services include:

• Individual, Family, Couples, and Parent-Child Counseling
• Transparenting – a seminar for divorcing parents to reduce the negative impact of the divorce on their children
• GATE (Guiding Adolescents Through Education) – group-based intervention program designed to teach adolescents and their parents’ alternatives to aggression and violence
• Diagnostic Testing to assist with evaluating educational and IQ levels and clarifying psychological diagnosis.
• The Parent Project (Shelby County Office)- a parenting group for parents and adolescents that teaches problem solving, communication, and relationship building skills.
• Child and Adolescent psychiatric services and medication monitoring (Shelby County Office)

Areas of Counseling Specialization:

• Family Reunification Counseling
• Family Preservation Counseling
• ADHD symptom management
• Child/Adolescent Behavioral Issues
• Depression/Anxiety
• Self Esteem/Assertiveness
• Marital/Couples Counseling
• Anger Management Skills
• Communication Problems
• Abuse Recovery Counseling
• School Adjustment Issues
• Trauma Recovery Counseling
• EMDR Therapy

Thanks to the following generous funding sources, Gateway’s Family Counseling Offices are able to provide services at an affordable fee based on their income:

Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
Governor’s Safe and Drug Free Schools (ADECA/LETS)
Robert R. Meyer Foundation
United Way of Central Alabama
Shelby County Board of Education Needy Children’s Fund
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid; All-Kids; PEE-HIP ; some EAP programs; and a number of other insurances.