Gateway – 20th Street South - Birmingham, AL

About Gateway – 20th Street South

Gateway, in Birmingham, Alabama, offers mental and behavioral health care for youth, adults, and families, including school, community, and home-based services. Dedicated programming is available for children, adolescents, young adults, seniors, low-income individuals, and persons with co-occurring addiction and mental illness. They are accredited by The Joint Commission.

Treatment at Gateway begins with comprehensive needs assessments, including medical and mental health evaluations. Individuals and families receive personalized care plans and complete case management.

Gateway provides individualized care where and when clients need it most, including therapeutic services in the home, school, or community. Clients may engage in intensive individual, group, and family counseling drawing on proven psychotherapeutic modalities. The program also prioritizes age-specific, recovery-focused life skills training addressing a wide array of topics, including coping, self-care, anger and stress management, wellness, financial and household management, parenting, communication, and relapse prevention. Referrals for acute and subacute inpatient treatment are available as needed.

Their aftercare services ensure a complete continuum of care aligned with clients’ evolving needs and may include academic and vocational training, employment and housing assistance, and referrals for additional services.

Gateway is a registered nonprofit organization offering financial assistance and low and no-cost services. They may also be able to work with major insurers, such as Aetna, Cigna, BlueCross BlueShield, Humana, Tricare, United Healthcare, and others, to offset treatment costs. Out of network benefits vary. Contact your provider to verify coverage.

Payment Options

Medicaid
Private insurance
Self-pay options
Financial aid
Sliding scale payment assistance
Medicare

Levels of Care

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Programs

Adolescence program

Adult program

Elderly program

Hearing impaired program

Program for men

Program for women

Young adult program

Treatment

Mental Health

Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Couples Therapy

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

Family Therapy

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Group Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

Individual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

Trauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.