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AspenRidge Recovery Now In-Network with Kaiser Permanente

AspenRidge Adds Another Big-Name Insurance Company to its Growing List of In-Network Providers We're thrilled...

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AspenRidge Alumni Headed to Moab for 2022 Camping Trip

2022 AspenRidge Alumni Camping Trip We're going to Moab!! Our annual alumni camping trip will be May 12-15 in...

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AspenRidge Launches New Medicaid Treatment Center

AspenRidge Recovery Launches Alpine Recovery Center for Medicaid Treatment in Colorado Denver...

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Looking for a source for a story? AspenRidge is happy to provide sources who can speak on a variety of topics ranging from addiction recovery to business.

Steve Sarin, PR Contact

Phone: 720-484-4556

Email: ssarin@aspenridgerecovery.com

Sources

Looking for a source for a story? AspenRidge is happy to provide sources who can speak on a variety of topics ranging from addiction recovery to business.

Steve Sarin, PR Contact

Phone: 720-484-4556

Email: ssarin@aspenridgerecovery.com

Sources

Looking for a source for a story? AspenRidge is happy to provide sources who can speak on a variety of topics ranging from addiction recovery to business.

Sources

Looking for a source for a story? AspenRidge is happy to provide sources who can speak on a variety of topics ranging from addiction recovery to business.

Steve Sarin, PR Contact

Steve Sarin, PR Contact

Phone: 720-484-4556

Email: ssarin@aspenridgerecovery.com

Email: ssarin@aspenridgerecovery.com

AspenRidge’s Experts

AspenRidge’s Experts

Shannon Van Deman, MBA, PhD

CEO

Van Deman has spent her career in behavioral health and has a background in finance, technology, and cognitive psychology. Before Joining AspenRidge, Shannon served as vice president of Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Pediatric Mental Health Institute for five years.

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She co-chaired Gov. Polis’ Behavioral Health Taskforce and was instrumental in drafting and passing two bills to create Colorado’s new Behavioral Health Administration. Van Deman is an accomplished public speaker and holds a doctorate in cognitive psychology from Notre Dame and a Master’s of Business Administration from Ball State.

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Shannon Van Deman

Shannon Van Deman, MBA, PhD

CEO

Van Deman has spent her career in behavioral health and has a background in finance, technology, and cognitive psychology. Before Joining AspenRidge, Shannon served as vice president of Children’s Hospital Colorado’s Pediatric Mental Health Institute for five years.

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She co-chaired Gov. Polis’ Behavioral Health Taskforce and was instrumental in drafting and passing two bills to create Colorado’s new Behavioral Health Administration. Van Deman is an accomplished public speaker and holds a doctorate in cognitive psychology from Notre Dame and a Master’s of Business Administration from Ball State.

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Shannon Van Deman

Daniel San Filippo, LPC, LAC

Clinical Director

San Filippo serves as AspenRidge Recovery’s clinical director. He has worked in direct service with clients for the past 12 years. His contact with clients and therapists provides him with unique insight into addiction trends as they happen.

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San Filippo is dually licensed to treat mental health and addiction and is trained in brainspotting, an integrated trauma therapy. He hosts training classes on crisis de-escalation, trauma-informed care, suicide intervention, and professional boundaries. San Filippo earned a Master of Arts in counseling from the University of Colorado Denver.

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Opioid epidemic
Emerging trends in substance use
Addiction treatment
Mental health
Suicide
Trauma treatment
Clinical programming for addiction and mental health
Addiction’s effects on the family
Harm-reduction and abstinence models of recovery

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Daniel San Filippo, LPC, LAC

Clinical Director

San Filippo serves as AspenRidge Recovery’s clinical director. He has worked in direct service with clients for the past 12 years. His contact with clients and therapists provides him with unique insight into addiction trends as they happen.

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San Filippo is dually licensed to treat mental health and addiction and is trained in brainspotting, an integrated trauma therapy. He hosts training classes on crisis de-escalation, trauma-informed care, suicide intervention, and professional boundaries. San Filippo earned a Master of Arts in counseling from the University of Colorado Denver.

Topics

Opioid epidemic
Emerging trends in substance use
Addiction treatment
Mental health
Suicide
Trauma treatment
Clinical programming for addiction and mental health
Addiction’s effects on the family
Harm-reduction and abstinence models of recovery

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Mary Hoover

Manager of Recovery Support Services

Hoover has worked for AspenRidge Recovery since 2018 and currently serves as our Manager of Recovery Support Services. She uses her four years of direct client care experience to oversee our case management and alumni programs.

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Mary is a certified Colorado Peer and Family Specialist through CCAR, a nationally certified Narcan instructor, and is an active participant with the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. Hoover has personal experience as a woman in long-term recovery from opioid addiction, which drives her passion for advocacy, education, and the accessibility of substance abuse and mental health treatment.

Topics

Personal experience with opioid addiction
Harm reduction strategy/advocacy
Community engagement
Stigma
Addiction resources in Colorado
Continuing care after treatment
Addiction’s family impact
Peer Recovery

Mary Hoover

Mary Hoover

Manager of Recovery Support Services

Hoover has worked for AspenRidge Recovery since 2018 and currently serves as our Manager of Recovery Support Services. She uses her four years of direct client care experience to oversee our case management and alumni programs.

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Mary is a certified Colorado Peer and Family Specialist through CCAR, a nationally certified Narcan instructor, and is an active participant with the Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention. Hoover has personal experience as a woman in long-term recovery from opioid addiction, which drives her passion for advocacy, education, and the accessibility of substance abuse and mental health treatment.

Topics

Personal experience with opioid addiction
Harm reduction strategy/advocacy
Community engagement
Stigma
Addiction resources in Colorado
Continuing care after treatment
Addiction’s family impact
Peer Recovery

Mary Hoover

Kathleen Morgan, MA, LMFT

Family Program Director

Kathleen Morgan is the program director of our family program. Kathleen works directly with people in our programs and their loved ones. She helps clients and families work through issues of trust, establish healthy boundaries, and learn about addiction and recovery.

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Her holistic approach includes therapy and education for the mind, healthy eating, exercise, and medication for the body, and mindfulness, yoga, and spiritual practice for the spirit.

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Kathleen Morgan

Kathleen Morgan, MA, LMFT

Family Program Director

Kathleen Morgan is the program director of our family program. Kathleen works directly with people in our programs and their loved ones. She helps clients and families work through issues of trust, establish healthy boundaries, and learn about addiction and recovery.

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Her holistic approach includes therapy and education for the mind, healthy eating, exercise, and medication for the body, and mindfulness, yoga, and spiritual practice for the spirit.

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Kathleen Morgan

Clinical Staff

Collectively, our therapists have over 100 years of experience treating addiction, mental health and trauma. Our experts can discuss:

Addiction treatment techniques
Mental health and trauma treatment techniques
General therapy topics
Issues facing the recovery community
Personal stories of recovery
Addiction’s family impact

Clinical Staff

Collectively, our therapists have over 100 years of experience treating addiction, mental health and trauma. Our experts can discuss:

Addiction treatment techniques
Mental health and trauma treatment techniques
General therapy topics
Issues facing the recovery community
Personal stories of recovery
Addiction’s family impact

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Recovery Stories from AspenRidge Alumni

We have a robust alumni program and keep the people we treat involved with recovery services. AspenRidge can provide access to former and current clients to share personal stories of addiction and recovery.

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Recovery Stories from AspenRidge Alumni

We have a robust alumni program and keep the people we treat involved with recovery services. AspenRidge can provide access to former and current clients to share personal stories of addiction and recovery.

News Featuring AspenRidge Recovery

News Featuring AspenRidge Recovery

News Featuring AspenRidge Recovery

News Featuring AspenRidge Recovery

Colorado Man in Recovery Urges Congress

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Reevaluating your goals after Dry January

Van Deman: The other pandemic is alcohol abuse

Opinion: The other pandemic: alcohol addiction

Boulder’s main library to reopen after closure due to meth contamination in air ducts

Fentanyl is everywhere, and showing up in other illicit drugs

Fentanyl: the killer among us

Hiring Crunch Hits Rehabs Hard

Elevate Recovery Homes Founder Wants More Holistic Approaches Towards Sobriety

Addiction treatment center expands services offered in Colorado Springs

Spike in drug, alcohol related jail deaths puts spotlight on fallout from ‘war on drugs’

AspenRidge Recovery launches diversity scholarship for minorities battling addiction

Covid crisis is exacerbating LGBTQ alcohol abuse, studies find

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Fatal drug overdoses surged 59% in Colorado last year as overall deaths rose during the pandemic

People Are Taking Diarrhea Medication to Get High, Sometimes Consuming 400 Pills at a Time

How Restaurants Feed A Culture Of Substance Abuse

Kratom Addiction: Colorado Clinics’ Widely Different Reports

The Pandemic Moved Some Substance Treatment Services Online—Possibly Permanently

The 9 Things You Should Know About Colorado’s Work-Life Balance

Letter to the Editor: Take action against drug addiction

Fort Collins’ casual alcohol culture has day and night difference

Recovery industry grows during COVID-19 pandemic

Heroes Of The Addiction Crisis: How Dianna Sandoval & AspenRidge Recovery Are Helping To Address The Underlying Psychological Reasons Behind Addiction

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Colorado treatment center launches online program

Coronavirus moved some substance treatment services online in Colorado — possibly permanently

AspenRidge Recovery is making sure people suffering from mental health and or substance abuse disorders can still get treatment during this pandemic

El Paso County: Fentanyl related deaths more than double in 2020 when compared to 2019

September is National Recovery Month. Here’s how AspenRidge Recovery is helping

New diversity scholarship designed for substance use treatment

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Drug in development to help battle alcohol abuse; other resources available

AspenRidge Recovery launches diversity scholarship for minorities battling addiction

Cannabis & Opioids: A correlation, or a lifesaver?

Dianna Sandoval: “Pride isn’t the right word”

Zoomed Out: Recovery Community Facing a COVID-19 Winter

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Covid crisis is exacerbating LGBTQ alcohol abuse, studies find

Fatal drug overdoses surged 59% in Colorado last year as overall deaths rose during the pandemic

AspenRidge Recovery launches diversity scholarship for minorities battling addiction

Hiring Crunch Hits Rehabs Hard

Addiction treatment center expands services offered in Colorado Springs

Spike in drug, alcohol related jail deaths puts spotlight on fallout from ‘war on drugs’

Elevate Recovery Homes Founder Wants More Holistic Approaches Towards Sobriety

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