Therapy: 385-313-0055
IOP: 385-202-5315
Welcome
Red Willow Counseling and Recovery provides effective therapy in Salt Lake City for diverse clients who struggle with mental health struggles, addiction, relationship challenges, and more. Serving Salt Lake City, Park City, and other surrounding areas gives community members the opportunity to live a life full of intention. Using skillful therapy, as well as competence, compassion, and collaboration, our specialists will help you develop a meaningful and well-balanced life. Mental health challenges can come in many forms, and some individuals experience addictions or anger because of this. Let us help you with proven effective therapy methods.
Our Services
Therapy for Mental/Emotional Health,
Addiction & Serving the LGBTQ+ Community
Meet The Team
Therapy Benefits
Mental health challenges come in many forms. It is common for everyone to struggle with situations that cause stress, worry, or sadness at some time in their lives. For some individuals, addiction also impacts many areas of their lives. Their relationships are suffering, they are in danger of losing their jobs, they may have legal problems, or they suffer from anxiety or depression.
Furthermore, couples often encounter difficulties as they blend their lives together. What previously attracted them to the other person now annoys them, and the relationship falters as a result. We also know that when one person is struggling in any of these situations, the entire family is likely to be impacted. Real-life outcomes from therapy in Salt Lake City tend to show up less as a single “breakthrough” and more as a steady change in how you feel, think, and function on a daily basis. While it varies from person to person, common outcomes of therapy include:
- Feeling more emotionally grounded and less overwhelmed by stress and anxiety
- Responding to stress and challenges intentionally instead of reacting impulsively
- Improved communication skills
- Stronger boundaries and healthier relationship patterns
- More self-confidence and trust in your own decision-making abilities
- Reduced intensity and frequency of symptoms like anxiety, depression, or mood swings
- Greater self-awareness around thoughts, emotions, and triggers
- Better coping skills that hold up outside therapy sessions
- A greater sense of direction, purpose, or “feeling like yourself again”
Regardless of the challenges a person, couple, or family is facing, we can be of help. We define our practice by three core principles: competence, compassion, and collaboration, and we work with clients who have a substance or process addiction, anxiety, bipolar disorder, or depression, along with many other issues. We do so using evidence-based therapies, meaning we are skilled in the types of therapy that have been proven effective. Our goal is to help our clients create a meaningful and balanced life.
How We Help
At Red Willow, we offer a range of therapy services in Utah designed to meet you where you are–whether you know exactly what you need or are still figuring it out. We can help!
You don’t need a diagnosis to get started. Our approach is personalized, flexible, and grounded in evidence-based care. We’ll help you find the right path–whether that’s mitigating stress, overcoming relationship challenges, addiction, or feeling stuck–our Utah team is here to guide you toward meaningful and lasting change.
Our core services include:
- Individual therapy: for anxiety, depression, trauma, or personal growth
- Couples counseling: to improve communication and rebuild connection
- Family therapy: to navigate conflict and strengthen family dynamics
- IOP (intensive outpatient program): IOP is a structured form of care that allows you to live at home while maintaining parts of your daily routine. This is top notch care, as our IOP facilitators are masters level clinicians (including our interns!).
- IOP is typically a good fit when someone needs more support than weekly therapy, but doesn’t require inpatient care. We offer IOPs focused on mental health to support people coming out of residential treatment or hospitalization or for mental health concerns like navigating major life transitions or overcoming trauma. We also offer Recovery IOPs to support those struggling to overcome addiction. You might need this type of therapeutic therapy or support after a relapse or when substance abuse is starting to impact work or relationships.
- Addiction support: for substance use or to curb addictive behaviors (gaming, gambling, shopping, etc.) that are impacting your daily life.
Why Choose Red Willow Counseling
Choosing the right therapist matters, especially when you’re already feeling lost, overwhelmed, or unsure of where to turn.
At Red Willow Counseling, you’re not just getting talk therapy. We offer many services that go beyond the traditional once-a-week therapy session. Our trauma-informed care, IOP programs, and specialized addiction support, is what sets us apart from other counseling centers. All of our clinicians are masters level trained and many are EMDR trained. That might look like helping someone stabilize after a relapse while coordinating care, or supporting a client through past trauma without pushing them faster than they are ready to go (many of our clinicians are EMDR trained). Our clinicians are highly trained in evidence-based approaches and continue their education, so you’re getting care that is both current and effective.
When you come to Red Willow, you can expect:
- To be treated like an individual–that includes working with a therapist to create a plan tailored to meet your goals, challenges, and pace. We don’t use a one-size-fits-all therapy model.
- A commitment to industry excellence. We continue to build our expertise through ongoing training to ensure you receive high-quality, up-to-date support.
- Evidence-based therapy methods. Evidence-based therapies like EMDR, DBT, ACT, and structured IOP programs are supported by decades of clinical research and have helped many families and teens improve emotional regulation and resilience.
- Advanced training in trauma-informed care, specialized addiction treatment, and IOP programs.A non-judgemental space where you can be honest and feel understood.
Just as important, we focus on how that care feels. We lead with competence, compassion, and collaboration–so you’re not judged, rushed, or treated like a checklist. Instead of a one-size-fits-all plan, we tailor therapy to you. Whether that means building coping skills for daily anxiety, repairing communication in a relationship, or creating structured support during a difficult life transition, Red Willow is with you every step of the way.
IOP
Intensive Outpatient Programs can help provide a level of care for clients that they won’t get from basic therapy. Unlike a residential rehab program, an IOP meets multiple times a week, gives structure, and allows you to work in groups, without being confined to a facility. IOP can fit into your schedule and work around your job, family life, or other aspects of daily life. This is an appealing way to handle addiction or mental health because it gives the client more control over their impulses while out in the real world. Taking back your life and improving your mindset doesn’t have to mean sacrificing your freedoms.Most of the time spent in IOP includes group therapy and educational groups to help you overcome substance abuse disorders, risky behaviors, or certain mental health diagnoses. Red Willow Counseling And Recovery offer different IOP sessions including Substance Abuse IOP, Mental Health IOP, and Seasons IOP. Check out the IOP FAQ page to learn more about what will take place in your IOP meetings with us.
Resources
Outside of therapy, clients may need resources and validation to help them cope. Working with our therapists will give you tools to use during your daily life, but our website also has resources for many different categories to help you understand your diagnosis. Whether your struggles have to do with addiction, trauma, grief or loss, or a mixture of multiple difficulties, we have more clinical information that can help.
Our resources section also has helpful tips and how to adopt practices like happiness, better communication, forgiveness, and gratitude.
Our community is full of helpful groups, nonprofit organizations, and recovery groups that may be helpful for you. We also have a list of these resources for you or visitors on our website. Check out all the community resources and partnerships here.
About Red Willow
James Ott, Executive Director
When I arrived at Red Willow almost 4 years ago, I had no idea what to expect. I was sick and tired and not sure of I even had a future. Although nothing about recover is easy, I am incredibly grateful to Red Willow for providing a safe space where I could grow to accept my own relationship with addiction and start to build a relationship with myself again.
My family has been fighting addiction for over a decade. We’ve had experience with several inpatient and outpatient programs as well as many counselors, therapists and doctors. What I love about Red Willow, and James in particular, is that it doesn’t feel like someone just doing their job. It feels, in a sense, like we’ve gained a family member.
I have been working with James Ott on and off over the last 10 years. He is very compassionate and insightful. I have made it through some of the most difficult times in my life with his help and support. I have not worked with any of the other staff at Red Willow Counseling, although my brief interactions have been warm and welcoming.
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