The Gathering Place Women's Sober House

About this Sober House

The Gathering Place is a women's recovery residence in Sheridan, Wyoming, on College Meadows Drive in Sheridan County. It serves women and women with dependent children, which in a state this size makes it one of a very small number of doors open to a mother who will not leave her kids behind to get well.

What Happens Inside This Women's Recovery Home

Residents take part in therapeutic, recreational and community activities built around recovery. Each woman is assigned a clinician at admission and given a full intake interview, and an individualized plan follows from it. The days are structured, and the programming is delivered by staff rather than left to residents to organize among themselves.

Why This Sober House Keeps Mothers and Children Together

Separating a woman from her children is one of the most reliable reasons she will refuse or leave treatment. Accepting dependent children removes that as a reason to say no. It also changes what the program has to teach, since parenting under stress becomes part of the recovery work instead of something waiting on the other side of it.

Sheridan County Recovery Housing and the Distance Problem

Sheridan is the county seat and sits in the far north of the state. For women in Johnson, Campbell or Big Horn County, this is the nearest residential option of its kind, and the alternative is often several hours of driving or nothing at all. Being on the operator's home campus also means admissions, clinical staff and follow-on housing are in the same town.

Stepping Down From This Recovery Residence

The operator runs a five-bedroom women's recovery home in Sheridan for residents who are self-sustaining and need a lighter level of support. A woman finishing here can move into it without leaving her clinician, her meetings or her job, which is the part of a step-down that usually breaks.

Certification and This Wyoming Recovery Housing

Wyoming has no recovery residence certification program and no NARR affiliate, so the credential to look at is the operator's. This one is CARF accredited and works with the Wyoming Department of Health. Ask admissions directly about medication policy, visitation and how long a stay typically runs.