Golden Triangle employee is all heart

Cheri Brindle treats her clients at the Golden Triangle Community Mental Health Center like her children.

"I just like seeing them succeed in any way," Brindle said. "I guess that's it."

Brindle has a son, Joe, who lives in Denver, and a daughter, Laurie, who lives just down the street from her. But she considers her clients her children because she is so close to them.

Brindle doesn't like to look at her clients' medical files because she feels it stereotypes them.

"If you're schizophrenic, you have something wrong with you," Brindle said. "I don't like tags or putting people into categories....