Our very own clinical coordinator, Andrea Sierra, is now an animal assisted therapist. The clients of Flower participate in therapy classes with Sampson or "Sammy" the dog, who lives at Flower. Sammy is a rescue and an older dog. He is an absolute sweetheart and loves helping the clients, while participating in their treatment.
The KTAR morning radio team meets with Greg Halvorson, Program Coordinator from our East facility to discuss the very real problem of Fentanyl and how it is affecting families, children and communities
September 30th, 2021 was the day we'd all been waiting for at our Extension Women's Facility in Mesa. The opening of the new and improved Sammy's Room! This room will be a special place where moms can be reunited with their kids and spend invaluable relationship-building time together, as the moms work on their recovery. [...]
On Sunday, September 26th 2021, Hubbard Radio aired a very important interview between radio professional Kayla Mortellaro and Crossroads' CCO Christopher Riley. They speak on the current drug epidemic, what Crossroads does, and what someone needs to know if they want to get in for treatment. Give it a listen and send to a friend! [...]
"Valley man shares recovery journey from addiction to fentanyl." By: Sonu Wasu Originally aired at 4:10 PM, Sep 08, 2021 PHOENIX — It is a drug that is 100 times stronger than morphine and 50 times stronger than heroin. In a medical setting, it is used in very small amounts to help treat pain, but [...]
By: Sonu Wasu Posted at 9:45 PM, Aug 20, 2021 and last updated 2:13 PM, Aug 21, 2021 A Valley business is working with a drug addiction treatment center to give recovering addicts a fresh start by deleting tattoos they no longer want to be associated with. The Delete Tattoo Removal and Medical Spa has [...]
This past Saturday August 14th, 2021 was National Tattoo Removal Day and the grand opening of Delete Tattoo Removal & Medical Salon in Chandler! In addition to the ceremonious ribbon cutting there were tours of the new [...]
Crossroads' Arcadia facility Program Coordinator Justin Lawson was interviewed morning for AZFamily's Drug Free Awareness Day. Justin shared his personal journey of addiction and the road to recovery through Crossroads. Justin spoke on the pervasiveness of the powerful and dangerous drug fentanyl, that is now rampant on Phoenix streets. Today almost 80% of Crossroads clients [...]
The vision for "Sammy's Room" began when we saw our recovery residents trying to engage with their children for visits conducted for custody/severance hearings. CPS, as it was called then, could not get a clear picture of interaction between mother and child. With the help of a grant from the Virginia Piper Foundation, two of [...]
My View: Learning to cope with 'reentry' anxiety amid pandemic recovery By Lee Pioske – Contributing writer Jun 23, 2021, 2:04pm EDT Anyone who lived through the NASA space flights or has watched the countless movies about the American space program, is aware of the dangers of “atmospheric reentry.” This is when the change [...]
