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January 8, 2010 - Spiritual Struggles Workshop

Starting in February, the Samaritan Counseling Center will begin offering Spiritual Struggles Workshops.
Do you struggle with reconciling your faith with the way you live your life? Do you carry emotional baggage from your upbringing or your own church experiences that keep you from living the life of faith you desire? Do you find it impossible to reconcile your concept of God with the presence of evil in this world? Are you angry at God?


November 19, 2009 - Colorado Mountain Medical Partnership

The Samaritan Counseling Center in Edwards has partnered with Colorado Mountain Medical to provide integrative care to patients coming in to visit their doctors. Primary care doctors and a therapist from the counseling center can now work together to improve the health and wellness of their patients. The collaborative increases the ability of the primary care doctors to screen persons with depression and other mental health conditions and to coordinate specialty treatment with local mental health organizations. This service is offered free of charge to patients at Colorado Mountain Medical. Therapist April Wilson is at Colorado Mountain Medical in Edwards 3 days per week for free psychological evaluations and a wealth of referral information.


November 17, 2009 - Welcome Dr. Austill

The Samaritan Center of the Rockies is pleased to announce the newest addition to its staff. A Colorado licensed Psychologist and a Fellow in the American Association of Pastoral Counseling, Dr. Bryan Austill, Mdiv, PhD, joins us at this time. He comes from Breckenridge where he has been in private practice for thirteen years. Dr. Austill has been an ordained United Methodist clergyman for thirty years and is familiar with the blending of insights from psychology and spirituality having been on the staff of other Samaritan centers in Albuquerque and Honolulu. His background includes social work, hospital and hospice chaplaincy, parish ministry, and pastoral counseling in cross-cultural and interfaith settings. He works with adults and his areas of specialization include couples’ therapy, depression, anxiety, and end-of-life care. He enjoys working cooperatively with physicians and clergy in providing care to their patients and parishioners. Individuals may also seek his services directly by calling (970) 547-4426 or the Samaritan Counseling Center at (970) 926-8558.