Family Counseling - 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 based upon their ability to pay for them.

Services include:

• Comprehensive counseling for families, individuals and children.
• Specialized support groups.
• Critical incident debriefing – specialized help for people or groups exposed to trauma, natural disasters, suicide and other critical incidents.
• Employee Assistance Program - We can carefully craft programs designed to help employees cope with a variety of workplace issues including trauma, downsizing, layoffs, drug and alcohol problems, conflict resolution and more. Services can be delivered at Gateway facilities or on-site at the workplace.
• The Shelby County office also offers Wraparound services to enable families to safely care for their children in their homes. Referrals for these services are provided by Shelby County Department of Human Resources.

Thanks to the following generous funding sources, Gateway’s Family Counseling Offices are able to provide services regardless of the ability of our clients to pay for them:

• Community Foundation of Greater Birmingham
• Governor’s Safe and Drug Free Schools (ADECA/LETS)
• Robert R. Meyer Foundation
• United Way of Central Alabama

GATE - Guiding Adolescents Through Education
Aggression Management Groups For Adolescents and Parents

With violence on the rise in our schools and in our communities, parents and educators are looking for ways to break that vicious cycle. Gateway’s Aggression Management Groups provided through the Family Counseling offices can help.

Eligibility

• Males and Females
• Elementary through High School
• Exhibiting anger management problems, lack of self-control, and/or a propensity towards violence.

Group Size

• 6-8 Adolescents
• Up to 20 Parents/Guardians

Group Sessions

• 2 hours per session
• 1 evening per week for 9 weeks