About Us

Peopleworks-NM was founded in 2009 by Cindy Anderson, MSW, LCSW, IGCC-I, to provide mental wellness services to older adults, without consideration to economic status.  Though Peopleworks specializes in older adults, we provide services to individuals over 18 years of age.

As a nonprofit, our VISION is:

MENTAL WELLNESS SERVICES AVAILABLE TO PERSONS IN NEED REGARDLESS OF ECONOMIC STATUS

Activities which meet our Vision and Mission:

  • We value compassionate services, provided with integrity and professionalism. Our therapists have many years of experience, and are still expanding their knowledge base.
  • If funding is available, we will allow discounted session payments if necessary, and also provide home visits to a limited number of clients.
  • We are partners in our community, assisting and collaborating with other agencies for the best interest of the client.
  • We provide tele-mental health sessions on line for those with technical capability to use our on-line program.
  • We co-facilitate the Multi-disciplinary Team Meeting for Rio Rancho clients, together with Rio Rancho Police and Adult Protective Services and Senior Center management.
  • We provide memory and depression screens, free of charge periodically.
  •  We provide support and psychoeducational groups, free of charge to participants.
  •  We provide educational presentations at Senior Centers and in the community on various topics, such as Coping with the Holidays, and Coping with Difficult People.
  • We provide resource referrals for those needing extra support, whether financial, medical, spiritual, legal.

In Cindy’s words, “I believe people should have a quality of life, regardless of their age, or other status.  Even in the most challenging of situations, people can improve their lives, and achieve a sense of peace.  Some problems are not solvable, but everything is manageable.”

We partner with our clients to identify thought processes, behaviors, or relationships which aren’t working for them.  We gently guide our clients to solutions.  Most of the time, our clients get better!  We have a 96% satisfaction rate on our returned satisfaction surveys—which is an amazing rate, considering this is a “people” business.  We are in the business of HOPE—and turning lives around.

Our clients have suffered trauma, childhood issues, bipolar disorder, relationship problems, grief and loss.  We specialize in supporting the caregiver, especially those caring for persons with dementia. Anxiety and depression are among the most common of complaints our clients bring.

We offer:

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Addictions Therapy, including Gambling Addiction as a specialty

Supportive Psychotherapy

Client-Centered Therapy

Brief/Solutions Focused Therapy

Couples Counseling

Group Therapy (support and psychoeducational)

Family Therapy

Psychodynamic Therapy

Trauma Informed therapy

(List not inclusive)

At this time, we do not have a prescriber of medication as a part of our staff, but we are happy to make referrals.