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Center For Change

1701 Kipling Street, Suite 102
Lakewood, CO 80215
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About Center For Change

Center for Change of Lakewood, Colorado is a drug and alcohol treatment center licensed by the Colorado Office of Behavioral Health and the Department of Human Services. They provide DMV required education for those convicted of a DWAI or DUI in the state of Colorado as well as for out of state offenders. All services are conducted over Zoom and enrollment is through email. Payment is required prior to treatment. Morning, afternoon, and evening groups are available.

Multiple Therapies and Levels of Education

They offer Levels I and II DUI education, lasting 12 hours over three days or 24 hours over 12 weeks. Level II can then lead into Level II Therapy, a series of different therapy tracks lasting anywhere from 21 to 43 weeks. In addition, they provide groups for anger management, parenting, trauma, cognitive restructuring, relapse prevention, and moral reconation therapy. Individual counseling is also an option.

Assistance With DMV Procedures

Treatment through Zoom means you can receive your mandated education without having to take a break from your life. They offer many options for reinstatement of your license, as well as assistance with DMV hearings and ignition interlock requirements. They can provide an affidavit of enrollment to verify that you’re working toward your legal requirements.

Clients say staff are understanding and caring, and that they want to help you to live your best life. They say that the Center for Change is unlike other treatment programs they have been through. However, some question the professionality of the front desk staff, and mention that there are occasionally issues with not returning phone calls.

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Latest Reviews

Jonathan Mitchell
2 months ago on Google
1
BEFORE YOU APPLY!!! I read reviews before getting into classes here and I gave center for change the bennifit of the doubt in hopes that the bad reviews were just angry people...but oh boy was I wrong! Every bad review has been proven to be true and I am currently attending 2 different classes here and have acquired an outstanding balance due during recovery from a broken jaw due to being a victim of violence. I had a severe concussion and my jaw was wired shut. They asked for more medical records after I gave them the doctors note that did my oral surgery, insisting I could still attend group with a severe concussion and a wired shut mouth, stating they could make "accommodations", so they hit me with fees the whole time I was recovering and not able to work either. They refused to understand a dire medical situation and only cared about their fees and payments. Im disappointed in the groups I have attended after my recovery because the counselor i was assigned for DV groups and Substance Abuse groups insisted I was "making excuses", and their name has been mentioned in several reviews (more bad than good, and im sure they know who they who they are) and I do see the unprofessionalism that was mentioned, and saying I was making excuses is rude, which were all mentioned in several other reviews. It has been more of a cash grab and unfortunately have not been able to learn anything useful from these groups so far and am imidiately looking into other places to get real treatment ASAP. Just a fellow warning if you don't want to be sorely disappointed and be hassled for money, do not go to this place.
Porsha Brewton
3 months ago on Google
5
I honestly felt like I was an emotional wreck when I first came into contact. I felt like I couldn't relate to any of the women because some of them were quite standoff-ish, in my opinion. Miss Kaye was very effective with creating a safe space and breaking the ice, which allowed me to open up vulnerably and be honest with myself, as well as with everyone else. I cannot put into words how hard it was initially, to effectively express myself emotionally without coming off too forthright. Miss Kaye changed all that! At first I thought oh yeah, I'm gonna do this group and just be another number. No one is gonna truly understand how I feel about what got me here! To my surprise, I am kind of saddened to be leaving the group. I've made friends, realizations and just all around great connections with others' as well as with miss Kaye. She's really a pleasant person to work with. She'll make you laugh and cry. If you're not willing to listen, you cannot retain any of the information that is presented to you to make a change. That was my problem. Listening. I'm now able to look back and see my own growth as a person, a mom, friend, sibling, aunt etc.. I don't just listen to react anymore. I actually take the time to reflect on what I'm hearing, think about how it makes me feel and try to understand what I can do to help the situation, if need be. I've also learned that not everything deserves a response, or even warrants one. Introspection will get you a lot further emotionally, if you're willing to put in the work. I cannot count on one hand how many times Miss Kaye and the ladies brought tears to my eyes. Some tears fell because of past traumas I had let seep out of my mind and they came to surface, others were that of laughter and joy! The biggest cry was the one I let out after fully accepting that I was the one responsible for being there in the first place. If you can't be honest with yourself, you can't be honest with anyone else. Cliche right? Not so much. It's the blatant truth! Miss Kaye has not only taught me to be a better, more understanding person but she's also shown me what kind of people I want in my life. We all deserve the utmost respect in every relationship we encounter. Whether it be romantically intimate or platonic, family or friends. The most important thing to remember is that you have to respect yourself. How can you expect others to respect you, when you don't even grant yourself the grace you seek. I just want anyone who reads this to know that we're all in this together. Keep your head up and your heart guarded but spread love. Love is free. Respect is earned. Treat people how you want to be treated and you'll be okay. If I could give Tim and Miss Kaye 10 stars, I would. It must really be hard having to tell others about themselves. I know one thing, I've come so far and still have a long way to go as a person. We never cease to stop learning and growing. Every day is another chance to better ourselves. I have faith in God and I have faith in myself. Thank you miss Kaye for helping me become more emotionally intelligent and helping me express myself in a more calm manner. I'm grateful and honored to have gotten to know you, although it may not have been under the best circumstances. This situation was most definitely a negative that turned into a positive. I hope that everyone allows themselves the same opportunity. It's really up to YOU! Take it or leave it! Bless you Miss Kay and everyone you come in contact with! I will miss you so much!!! ❤️🥹🫶🏽
Response from the owner1 week ago
Thank you so much for your heartfelt and thoughtful review. Your journey, growth, and vulnerability are truly inspiring. It means the world to hear how your experience in the group—despite how difficult it was in the beginning—turned into something so meaningful and transformative.
Wishing you continued growth, peace, and success in everything you do. You will be missed too—thank you again for allowing us to be part of your journey.
Doug Bennett
4 months ago on Google
4
I learned a lot from this place. The counselors here helped me turn myself into a better person. I'll always owe a debt of gratitude to these people.
Response from the owner1 week ago
Thank you so much for your heartfelt words. We're truly honored to have been a part of your journey and growth. Your dedication and openness played a huge role in the progress you’ve made. We're proud of you and grateful to have walked alongside you. Wishing you continued strength and success!
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Other Forms of Payment

Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.

Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.

Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.

Addiction Treatments

Levels of Care

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.

Completing a drug or alcohol rehab program shouldn't spell the end of substance abuse treatment. Aftercare involves making a sustainable plan for recovery, including ongoing support. This can include sober living arrangements like halfway houses, career counseling, and setting a patient up with community programs like Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) or Narcotics Anonymous (NA).

Treatments

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

Professional services are often necessary to recover from addiction. Drug rehab in Colorado provides the expert services needed to address the complex issues of addiction and help individuals start their recovery journey.

Substance rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from substance abuse, including alcohol and drug addiction (both illegal and prescription drugs). They often include the opportunity to engage in both individual as well as group therapy.

Programs

Adult rehab programs include therapies tailored to each client's specific needs, goals, and recovery progress. They are tailored to the specific challenges adult clients may face, including family and work pressures and commitments. From inpatient and residential treatment to various levels of outpatient services, there are many options available. Some facilities also help adults work through co-occurring conditions, like anxiety, that can accompany addiction.

Recovery is most successful when clients feel accepted and validated by their peers and treatment providers. Facilities that offer LGBTQ-inclusive programming are committed to creating a safe space where everyone can grow and recover without fear of judgment or discrimination. They will have dedicated policies in place to create a safe and supportive environment that fosters free expression.

Serving in the military is both mentally and physically challenging, and can result in trauma that persists even after combat ends. Military programs are tailored to the specific and often complex needs of active duty personnel, veterans, and military families. Clients often access these programs through the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

Young adulthood can be an exciting, yet difficult, time of transition. Individuals in their late teens to mid-20s face unique stressors related to school, jobs, families, and social circles, which can lead to a rise in substance use. Rehab centers with dedicated young adult programs will include activities and amenities that cater to this age group, with an emphasis on specialized counseling, peer socialization, and ongoing aftercare.

Clinical Services

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.

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.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

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 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.

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.

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.

Rational Behavior Therapy (RBT) is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy meant to be short-term and comprehensive. It was intended to help clients become more self-sufficent and move forward without the need for expensive, ongoing therapy. It includes an emotional self-help method called “rational self-counseling,” the purpose of which is to give clients all the skills needed to handle future emotional issues by themselves, or with significantly less professional help.

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.

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Staff & Accreditations

Staff

Debra Knaub

Owner

Accreditations

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1992 by congress, SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on American's communities.

SAMHSA Listed: Yes

State Licenses are permits issued by government agencies that allow rehab organizations to conduct business legally within a certain geographical area. Typically, the kind of program a rehab facility offers, along with its physical location, determines which licenses are required to operate legally.

State License: Colorado

Contact Information

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1701 Kipling Street
Suite 102
Lakewood, CO 80215

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Travis Tucker
2 weeks ago
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Jonathan Mitchell
2 months ago
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BEFORE YOU APPLY!!! I read reviews before getting into classes here and I gave center for change the bennifit of the doubt in hopes that the bad reviews were just angry people...but oh boy was I wrong! Every bad review has been proven to be true and I am currently attending 2 different classes here and have acquired an outstanding balance due during recovery from a broken jaw due to being a victim of violence. I had a severe concussion and my jaw was wired shut. They asked for more medical records after I gave them the doctors note that did my oral surgery, insisting I could still attend group with a severe concussion and a wired shut mouth, stating they could make "accommodations", so they hit me with fees the whole time I was recovering and not able to work either. They refused to understand a dire medical situation and only cared about their fees and payments. Im disappointed in the groups I have attended after my recovery because the counselor i was assigned for DV groups and Substance Abuse groups insisted I was "making excuses", and their name has been mentioned in several reviews (more bad than good, and im sure they know who they who they are) and I do see the unprofessionalism that was mentioned, and saying I was making excuses is rude, which were all mentioned in several other reviews. It has been more of a cash grab and unfortunately have not been able to learn anything useful from these groups so far and am imidiately looking into other places to get real treatment ASAP. Just a fellow warning if you don't want to be sorely disappointed and be hassled for money, do not go to this place.

Porsha Brewton
3 months ago
5

I honestly felt like I was an emotional wreck when I first came into contact. I felt like I couldn't relate to any of the women because some of them were quite standoff-ish, in my opinion. Miss Kaye was very effective with creating a safe space and breaking the ice, which allowed me to open up vulnerably and be honest with myself, as well as with everyone else. I cannot put into words how hard it was initially, to effectively express myself emotionally without coming off too forthright. Miss Kaye changed all that! At first I thought oh yeah, I'm gonna do this group and just be another number. No one is gonna truly understand how I feel about what got me here! To my surprise, I am kind of saddened to be leaving the group. I've made friends, realizations and just all around great connections with others' as well as with miss Kaye. She's really a pleasant person to work with. She'll make you laugh and cry. If you're not willing to listen, you cannot retain any of the information that is presented to you to make a change. That was my problem. Listening. I'm now able to look back and see my own growth as a person, a mom, friend, sibling, aunt etc.. I don't just listen to react anymore. I actually take the time to reflect on what I'm hearing, think about how it makes me feel and try to understand what I can do to help the situation, if need be. I've also learned that not everything deserves a response, or even warrants one. Introspection will get you a lot further emotionally, if you're willing to put in the work. I cannot count on one hand how many times Miss Kaye and the ladies brought tears to my eyes. Some tears fell because of past traumas I had let seep out of my mind and they came to surface, others were that of laughter and joy! The biggest cry was the one I let out after fully accepting that I was the one responsible for being there in the first place. If you can't be honest with yourself, you can't be honest with anyone else. Cliche right? Not so much. It's the blatant truth! Miss Kaye has not only taught me to be a better, more understanding person but she's also shown me what kind of people I want in my life. We all deserve the utmost respect in every relationship we encounter. Whether it be romantically intimate or platonic, family or friends. The most important thing to remember is that you have to respect yourself. How can you expect others to respect you, when you don't even grant yourself the grace you seek. I just want anyone who reads this to know that we're all in this together. Keep your head up and your heart guarded but spread love. Love is free. Respect is earned. Treat people how you want to be treated and you'll be okay. If I could give Tim and Miss Kaye 10 stars, I would. It must really be hard having to tell others about themselves. I know one thing, I've come so far and still have a long way to go as a person. We never cease to stop learning and growing. Every day is another chance to better ourselves. I have faith in God and I have faith in myself. Thank you miss Kaye for helping me become more emotionally intelligent and helping me express myself in a more calm manner. I'm grateful and honored to have gotten to know you, although it may not have been under the best circumstances. This situation was most definitely a negative that turned into a positive. I hope that everyone allows themselves the same opportunity. It's really up to YOU! Take it or leave it! Bless you Miss Kay and everyone you come in contact with! I will miss you so much!!! ❤️🥹🫶🏽

Response from the owner
Thank you so much for your heartfelt and thoughtful review. Your journey, growth, and vulnerability are truly inspiring. It means the world to hear how your experience in the group—despite how difficult it was in the beginning—turned into something so meaningful and transformative.
Wishing you continued growth, peace, and success in everything you do. You will be missed too—thank you again for allowing us to be part of your journey.
Doug Bennett
4 months ago
4

I learned a lot from this place. The counselors here helped me turn myself into a better person. I'll always owe a debt of gratitude to these people.

Response from the owner
Thank you so much for your heartfelt words. We're truly honored to have been a part of your journey and growth. Your dedication and openness played a huge role in the progress you’ve made. We're proud of you and grateful to have walked alongside you. Wishing you continued strength and success!
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