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Desert View Family Counseling
Mission Statement: To be committed to the wellness of individuals, their families, and the community through prevention, intervention, treatment, and education. Our team of professionals is dedicated to helping each individual identify, adapt and effectively deal with difficult times. We can help you not only get back on track, but improve the quality of your life.

Our highly trained staff of licensed clinicians and other care professionals will provide you with the quality mental health and substance abuse services you deserve.
Services
Samantha Baca, BA -Family Resource Connection Supervisor (a new pilot program for McKinley County). Family Support Services & Family Reunification- Vacant ( We are hiring 1 FSS worker, see our employment tab on this site). Family Resource Connections- Vacant (We are hiring for a part time position, see our employment tab on this site).
Accepted Insurances (If you do not see your insurance call 505-592-0263 and ask for Maria to verify coverage). Your payment will be deducted or charged that day. Payments received after 5 p.m. PT will post the next business day. Payments will appear on your bank or credit card statement in about three to seven business days.
Francesca Smith is a licensed individual and family therapist specializing in the treatment of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), who's passion is to help confront these delicate but serious manageable issues. She provides evidence-based treatments including Cognitive Processing Therapy and Prolonged Exposure Therapy as well as.
Assertive Community Treatment, or ACT, provides a full range of services to people diagnosed with a serious mental illness (SMI). ACT teams offer complete, communitybased treatment to people in the most difficult situations. The teams help with these ongoing needs where and when client's need it. Desert View partners with Capacity Builders and Samhsa Grant to offer a specialty ACT team that serves San Juan County including the Navajo Reservation.
Desert View's Healthy Kids Program provides clinical counseling for children who have experienced abuse, incest, molestation, neglect, abandonment, medical trauma, divorce, behavioral issues, and other types of trauma. We focus on improving the psychological well-being of young children and strive to help them sustain healthy relationships and improve family resiliency.
Reviews (15)
Jennifer Lee
Jennifer Lee
Oct 31, 2021
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Does this place help homeless that have mental issues get into housing.
Shane Holiday
Shane Holiday
Apr 27, 2021
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They are going to save my life!! AND my kitty cat's life!!! 500 stars!!!
Molly Widing
Molly Widing
Feb 24, 2021
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Violated HIPAA and shared my private medical information without my consent. Would not recommend to anyone.
Geraldine Emery
Geraldine Emery
Aug 20, 2020
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They discharged me without an explanation. They let me show up for a appointment knowing I was discharged in their system, after waiting for months. I feel hopeless about any treatment here.
Krishel Catmull
Krishel Catmull
Aug 14, 2020
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I loved the lady working at the front desk. That’s about it. My son really needed some help after my fiancé died by suicide. He’s been acting out. Just as soon as he would get to trust his counselor they would tell us “that one left our office , oh but here’s a better one for your son” so he gets to know a whole new guy and then that guy quits, then a week later comes back, then a little later leaves again. It’s just unprofessional. I don’t know how they expect kids to build up any trust and open up when they move them around like checker pieces. Not to mention I told them I wanted
Sheri Lasater
Sheri Lasater
Dec 18, 2019
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I love this place and my counselor, she is awesome, everyone is friendly and helpful!!!!!
Curtis Scott
Curtis Scott
Nov 03, 2019
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It took over three months for them to see me, I did the intake paperwork online and emailed it in and had to follow it multiple times. Although the CEO replied and asked his staff to follow up immediately I still had to follow up with them again. I was definitely willing to overlook that after my initial assessment with Luis, I really connected with him and he had a lot of valuable insight on specific situations in my life. I was really looking forward to future sessions where we could expand on tha.
HOWEVER... I just received a call from them saying they would be unable to see me because of crimes
Jennifer Quevedo
Jennifer Quevedo
Jul 14, 2019
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Providing a wide ranges of services from truancy prevention, counseling, play therapy and medication management
April Taylor
April Taylor
Dec 12, 2018
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The counselor my daughter was seeing wasn't not providing counseling asking how her day was then allowing her to get on her computer or on her phone. NOT COUNSELING YOUR NOT MEANT TO BE HER FRIEND YOU WERE PAID TO HELP HER.
Gina McDonald Christensen
Gina McDonald Christensen
Oct 11, 2018
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They are the best. When I am at my lowest they are there to help me out of my dilemma. Thx Rick and staff. You rock!!!
Joelle Christiansen
Joelle Christiansen
Jun 27, 2018
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Our daughter did not feel that she being engaged enough to talk about her issues, so when my wife emailed the councilor stating our concerns, she basically belittled us and touted about her sandbox qualifications. We aren’t taking our cat in for counseling. HAlso they have made reports to CYFD on the children’s behalf over actions concerning their biological father, they never contacted us to even let us know what was happening.
In summary there are some extremely nice people who work there, but they have not helped our children one bit that we can see and have only felt betrayal from them
Cindy Lynn Jennings
Cindy Lynn Jennings
Jun 23, 2018
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I just know that my one day son in law is a councilor there and is very understanding hard worker cares about people and there problems. He has worked hard to get where he is today.
Susan Anderson Avery
Susan Anderson Avery
Dec 08, 2017
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If you can't tell by my last name, I have a personal connection to you and I love your post. Thank you for each of you for giving of yourselves to those you counsel. Very proud of the individual that links us. I'm a very proud mother. Hugs to eacheck of you.
Ashiihi Toaheedliinii
Ashiihi Toaheedliinii
Oct 11, 2015
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Dis place iz almost helpin me... mayb 6 months total... I wel b gr8... gr8... n my mind... n heart...
Antionette Campbell
Antionette Campbell
Feb 17, 2015
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Breakthrough comes when one can trust the process! That is a WIDE open door full of compassionate hearts t serve a soul in the community and that's success one person at a time.