STAFF SPOTLIGHT
Our featured employee is Garth Lasater, CWS. Garth has worked at Cross Creek since the beginning of time it seems - he is one of the dinosaurs of our program having been here over 14 years.
he is a certified social worker within the State of Utah and received his Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Las Vegas, and his Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Brigham Young University.
Garth specializes in working with adolescents and their families in addressing chemical dependency, oppositional defiant attitudes and behaviors, depressions and other family issues. He has a wide range of clinical experiences from providing individual family and group therapy to teaching life skills and other educational information pertinent to recovery.
His past experience has included being the outpatient director for the Utah Alcoholism Foundation’s Central Utah Treatment Center where he also worked with alcoholic/drug abusive clients in a sixty-day inpatient program. He also worked for the Division of Family Services with the State of Utah assisting families and adolescents in crisis.
Garth appears on a local radio show “Last Call” with Dan Murphy with students from his groups teaching families about addiction, recovery and relapse prevention plans.
Garth was a recipient of the Special Recognition Eli Lily Welcome Back Award for his primary care with those who are engaged in the struggle with clinical depression.
Garth and his wife are parents of three children, a nineteen year old daughter, and seventeen and fourteen year old sons.
The list of professional attributes is long, but we chose Garth mainly because of his undying commitment to help families. His reputation as a tough therapist has landed him perhaps the most difficult teens to work with. However, his sense of humor and “off-the-wall” comments keep all of us laughing and looking at life from the bright side.
GARTH LASATER, CSW
STAFF MEMBER
CROSS CREEK PROGRAMS
Posted on December 3rd, 2007 by admin
Filed under: STAFF
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I dont know where this reply will go or if will even be seen since this is sort of old. Garth is a wonderful person. i was so afraid of him for about a day, haha, and then i talked to him and was in his group for over a year and he has helped me to change my life more than anybody ever. i cant find a way to thank him other than living my life in a positive way and do my best to pass on the things that i learned from him (a LOT of things!). Dont forget Ms Kathy! she “kicked my butt” and it sucked at the time but i am so thankful for it now. she helped me to be an accepting and humble person and never misses a beat of ANYTHING! you guys are great! thanks.