Programs

Take your time to explore our offerings & see what folks are saying about what’s happening at CTS.

This page will be updated frequently to reflect programs available to the community. Check out our Calendar to see what programs may fit best into your schedule.

Programs for Parents

  • Intentional Parenting

    We host a 4 hour small group experience to assist in your journey to being the best parent, strengthening your relationships with your children, and having a healthier home.

    Expect to gain a better understanding of yourself and your children, applicable skills and tools in how to effectively communicate with your children, and ideas on how to maintain meaningful connections no matter the age of your children.

    This workshop is for all caregivers in a parental role who desire raising confident secure children.

    Medicaid accepted.

    1st Saturday or Thursday every other month, 8:30am-12:30pm.

    Check out the calendar for the most up to date offerings.

    Reserve Your Spot

Relationship Programs

  • Blueprint for Resilient Relationships Couples Workshop

    The quality of our lives is equal to the quality of our relationships.

    Helping couples strengthen their relationship through learning and practicing evidenced-based tools in a day long, small group environment to promote healthy development throughout the various stages of a relationship.

    Join us for a comprehensive 6 hour workshop to gain a better understanding of yourself and how to operate within a relationship.

    Various Saturdays, 9am-4pm. Lunch included.

    Medicaid accepted.

    Reserve Your Spot

  • Foundations Date Night Series

    Because we know that relationships grow when there is consistency, we offer 6 couples a date night once a month for a 6 month series.

    With dinner provided, the couples will gain insight into how to directly and positively impact their relationship for long term satisfaction.

    Date nights are once a month for 2.5 hours and each topic builds from the previous date night.

    Medicaid accepted.

    Date night series will take place the 1st Wednesday of the month 6-8:30pm.

    September 4th
    October 2nd
    November 6th
    December 4th
    January 8th* adjusted for holiday
    February 5th

    Reserve Your Spot

Programs for Women

  • Women & Mental Health

    Women carry a lot on their shoulders, let us help lighten the load and remind you— you’re not alone.

    This group was designed to create community with like-minded women, to help develop coping skills, and discuss mental health topics relevant to being a woman in 2024.

    Join us the 4th Friday of the month from 9-10:15am at our 543 S. 2nd Street. Participants can attend various sessions.

    Medicaid accepted.

    Snacks and drinks provided.

    Check out our calendar for future dates.

    RSVP

  • Wild Women Reflection

    Do you wish you took time to journal and reflect in a quiet beautiful place, but never take the time to actually do it?

    Welcome! This group was developed to help put ourselves back up on the priority list. We will meet once a month and head out to nature— our therapist will guide the outing with thought provoking questions to reflect and reconnect with your intuition.

    Join us the 2nd Friday of the month, 9am-12pm.

    Meet at our 543 S. 2nd Street office and we will depart to a scenic place within 30 minutes of Montrose.

    Medicaid accepted.

    Transportation and snacks provided.

    Check out our calendar for future dates.

    *Will resume in spring 2025

    RSVP

Programs for Families

  • Mother Daughter Date Night Series

    We know relationships change as we change.

    This series is designed for mothers & daughters to get reacquainted with each other, develop more adaptive communication skills, and bring the fun back into our relationships.

    Join us and 6-8 other pairs once a month for dinner and curated conversations as part of a date night series. Participants are asked to commit to full series as each date night builds off each other.

    Virtual All Mother’s Meeting 6-7pm
    Wednesday, September 11th

    Date nights 5:30-8:30pm Wednesdays
    September 18th
    October 16th
    November 20th

    Medicaid accepted.

    Reserve Your Spot

  • Family Wilderness

    Connection, communication, and nature.

    For families with children ages 8 and older.

    Join us to help foster connections within your family system and enjoy the outdoors.

    Please bring water, a pen and a journal (if you have one). Wear closed toed shoes and weather appropriate attire. Please note: this is not a hiking required group.

    Group will meet at our 543 S. 2nd Street office at 9am to have hot beverages with introductions then caravan to the wilderness location around 30 minutes outside Montrose. Snacks will be provided. Click here for more information.

    Medicaid accepted.

    Check out our calendar for future dates.

    *Will resume in spring 2025

    RSVP

Programs for LGBTQ+ Community

  • Empowering the Queer Experience: Turning Stress into Strength

    Starting Tuesday, January 14th, join us for an evidence-based curriculum developed at Yale designed specifically for the LGBTQ+ community.

    Expect to learn more about yourself, your community, develop resiliency, and how to manage minority stress in a rural community.

    This group is designed for each meeting to build on each other for 10 sessions and will meet every other week at our 543 S. 2nd office.

    Every other Tuesday, January 14th - Tuesday May 6th, 5:30-7:30pm.

    Registration closes February 7th.

    Medicaid accepted.

    Drinks and snacks provided.

    Adults 18+

    Register

Programs for Helping Professionals

  • Expressive Art Therapy Group

    You do so much to help your clients— let's take care of you!

    Join us for a 20-30 minute Expressive Arts based group for helping professionals.

    Expressive Arts uses music, movement, art, writing, drama, and creative expressions to nonverbally extract subconscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings without the pressure of verbalizing.

    Join us in person at our 543 S. 2nd Street office or online via the button below.

    The group meets the first Tuesday of every month at 12:15pm and is free.

    Check out our calendar for future dates.

    Join Us

Community Collaborations

  • Yoga with New Leaf Mindfulness

    We are pleased to announce a partnership with New Leaf Mindfulness for existing CTS clients.

    Clients can enjoy a healing combination of therapeutic movement, gentle yoga, and balance exercises accompanied by guided meditations to help you find more peace and well-being in mind, body and spirit.

    Services are covered by Medicaid for clients enrolled in therapeutic services through CTS.

    Mondays 8-9am
    Wednesdays 12-1pm
    Fridays 8-9am

    Ask your therapist and let us know which class you’d like to join.

    Contact Us

  • Life After Loss: A Therapeutic Grief Retreat

    December 6-8th in Ouray, Colorado

    Starting 4pm on Friday December 6th, ending 12pm on Sunday December 8th

    Have you lost someone recently? Are you having a hard time embodying lightness and love through your grief?

    Join us for a weekend in the Switzerland of America, Ouray, Colorado, to gain a new lens on love & loss.

    With others by your side, process your individualized grief through photography, symbolism, story sharing, and cognitive reframing. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR) will be interwoven by trained mental health professionals. By the end of the weekend, expect to carry your grief and loved one in an entirely new way.

    Facilitated by Erik Cooper, LMFT
    Lindsey Ermatinger, LPC and
    Rhonda Follman, Life & Leadership Coach

    Key Features
    Open to any stage in the grieving process
    Variety of healing modalities
    Individualized EMDR sessions
    Relaxation & hot tub at Twin Peaks Lodge
    Grief support through the holidays
    Ages 18+

    For more information contact Rhonda Follman
    (970) 596-3958
    rhonda.follman@yahoo.com

    Click Here to Register

Testimonials

  • "There are very easy 'bite-sized' things that you can blend into your parenting without having to completely change your parenting style. Felt like a safe nonjudgmental space."

    Participant, Intentional Parenting Workshop

  • "To me, learning how to be the best you for yourself and for your partner is one of the most important and biggest investments you can make in life. Learning to break generational cycles is essential in life! This class and the therapy I've had over the years is helping me more & more every single day."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Couples Workshop

  • "This trip was healing, it held a safe place to be vulnerable. It was work but such great work. The women were wonderful. Lindsey and Kendra were also absolutely fabulous! I would recommend to my dearest friend. I am so incredibly grateful for this experience and all the work that was put in to make it happen."

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "This is one of the best ways to understand what a healthy relationship is supposed to look like. This class helps you see what you are already doing correctly and also what areas you both can work on. All the tools and guidance is from the workbook and the teachers. The only thing left is practice."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Relationships

  • "This is great for awareness and education in parenting today in this fast-paced world."

    Participant, Intentional Parenting

  • "I came into this trip full of judgment and insecurity and left more confident and secure in myself and my trust in others. I was alone before this trip and now I have the belief and proof to show I'm not actually alone. This trip was incredibly freeing, scary, sad, yet beautiful and I faced so many of my fears and tried new things. Overall, I can't even believe I had such an incredible and introspective experience."

    Participant, Teen Wilderness Retreat

  • "This workshop is intense and at times difficult but it gave us the time, space, and framework to begin working on our relationship. We can only achieve growth by stepping out of our comfort zone and this is the jumping off point to begin that growth and improvement."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Couples Workshop

  • "This class helped with self-discovery and learning better ways to talk and listen to my children. Great class."

    Participant, Intentional Parenting

  • "By lunch the air felt lighter in the room and my partner and I have a better understanding of each other already and how to address conflict in the future. I have less anxiety around uncomfortable conversations and conflict."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Relationships

  • "The retreat was excellent! It had several components to it - workshops, hiking, conversations, meals, rest, & adventure. Expect to share and be authentic. It is a safe place to be real. Kendra and Lindsey were terrific counselors. Expect feeling and thinking differently than when you came."

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "This was an immersive therapy session that provides a wide selection of tools that all couples can work with to improve their relationship in a positive way."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Couples Workshop

  • "A safe place to share and heal with others."

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "This offers a strong set of foundational tools which will help launch positive action in regard to strengthening relationships."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Couples Workshop

  • "This trip has taught me so much about myself as well as the importance of community with women and how important it is to connect with each other. Will come again. <3"

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "I would encourage a friend to go a group like this that is having problems in a relationship and even if [they're] not. I would talk to them about where my relationship was when we started this and where it was when we left today."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Couples Workshop

  • "This program completely changed my point of view. It taught me so much about other people. I made incredible friends. I went into this feeling very alone and now I feel I have so much love and support surrounding me. Such an incredible experience. 10/10."

    Participant, Teen Wilderness Retreat

  • "Good information on parenting tips."

    Participant, Intentional Parenting

  • "At first I was very nervous but immediately felt the love of all the girls and the therapists. We went on hikes, took in our surroundings, and enjoyed nature. We would have 3 meals a day with dessert and were able to help with meals. We also had group a few times a day that would help all the girls get closer and vulnerable."

    Participant, Teen Wilderness Retreat

  • "It is a safe place to cry & show your emotions. Talking in a group of people that have similar backgrounds, getting out of your comfort zone, being around other women and seeing & feeling their strength- it is very moving. [I appreciated] not having to go into detail unless [I] wanted to. The women that do the trips are wonderful in making sure you are safe & comfortable & full with food."

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "It's a lot of information but it is well worth the time and amount you take in."

    Participant, Intentional Parenting Workshop

  • "Do it! It was a very relaxed and helpful way to learn new tools to keep our relationship strong."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Relationships

  • "I would tell my friend about how mind opening it is to go. Everyone is so friendly, it helped me make new friendships with people similar to me. We went on amazing hikes and learned responsibility. I highly recommend going, I loved it. <3"

    Participant, Teen Wilderness Retreat

  • "This retreat is an incredible, safe opportunity to look introspectively at your deepest hurts and desires around other women who all, in one or many ways, understand. You have space, time to speak or not, safely ask questions and share (also or not!) and find ways to accept healing and letting go. You will leave with new tools, realistic approaches, and a love for yourself you likely did not ever think possible. You deserve it and you can do it. Best of luck in your journey!"

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "Eric and Lindsey gave us a practical toolbox to help initiate and sustain meaningful conversations and positive change in our relationship."

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Couples Workshop

  • "I really liked it and finally made truthful, nonjudgmental friends."

    Participant, Teen Wilderness Retreat

  • "Very positive & safe space for healing to occur. Would encourage anyone who is willing to do the work to attend this workshop. Helped me to see women of all ages struggle just as I have. I love that the intention of the retreat is to process whatever you want with the love & support of others. Also love that we do activities to let go of the things making us feel yucky."

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "I highly recommend it."

    Participant, Intentional Parenting

  • "This women's retreat opened my mind and my heart and allowed me to meet the divine feminine for the first time. Through tears, through patience, and grace of women I hadn't known or even met before the start of this weekend, I feel loved and I feel big; I feel like I have space to put my light back into the world and I have a piece of myself back I didn't even know existed. 10/10 every empowered WOMAN should experience."

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "This workshop was amazing, whether your kids are babies or teenagers, everything that is taught applies. I truly feel like it could have been an all day workshop."

    Participant, Intentional Parenting Workshop

  • "This trip was great. It was nice to meet new people. It got me out of my comfort zone. Even though I was nervous at first, I became calm afterward."

    Participant, Women’s Wilderness Retreat

  • "This workshop gives all the ingredients you need to create a healthy relationship!! Excited to utilize some new skills & put them to use! Thank you for an amazing day!

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Couples Workshop

  • "Feeling anxious or nervous is normal when soul searching. This workshop was powerful, life-changing, and really fun!! Nothing but positive, wonderful, and inspiring!!"

    Participant, Blueprint for Resilient Relationships

  • "Come with questions. Take what is given (information wise) and try it before just shutting down right away."

    Participant, Intentional Parenting Workshop

  • "Honestly this trip is something I never want to forget. I've never felt more belonging and support."

    Participant, Teen Wilderness Retreat