Growing Together Child and Family Therapy

09/20/2024

We are hiring!

We are pleased to announce we are seeking a compassionate and skilled Telehealth Provider to join our team! This role can be tailored to fit part-time or full-time schedules and provide flexible opportunities for delivering high-quality mental health services through telehealth platforms.

Growing Together Child and Family Therapy is an innovative mental health practice located in Colorado, dedicated to serving children and families facing challenges related to behavior, anxiety, depression, and trauma. We specialize in supporting neurodiverse populations including 2E, ADHD, Autism, PDA, and OCD. Our approach emphasizes cultural humility, values-based family practices, and a neuroaffirming care lens. We primarily work with children aged 12 and under, with opportunities to engage with adolescents.

The ideal candidates are licensed or licensed eligible in Colorado as a mental health clinician (PsyPact is acceptable) and has experience delivering evidence-based therapeutic interventions, including PCIT, CBT, ACT, DBT, Parent Management Training, and emotion coaching that celebrates individual differences, adapts to varying cognitive styles, and empowers families to navigate challenges in ways that honor each child's strengths.

Competitive pay and opportunities for certification in PCIT are available. Please see attached for more information.

Please send your resume/CV and a cover letter to info@growingtogethertherapy.com to apply.

09/27/2022

Happy Rosh Hashanah to our GTCFT community! Have a Happy New Year!

09/28/2021

Check out this amazing article from The Meg Foundation as we move into flu shot season!

25% of adults, 50% of teens, and 63% of kids have significant needle anxiety that impact their healthcare decisions...but it doesn't have to be that way. The...

03/18/2021

I am pleased to announce that the presentation "All Up In My Race: Fostering Emotional Development in Children has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 23 from 5:00-6:30 MT. Please see the flyer below for registration details!

ASL interpretation is provided

https://www.playfulleighpsyched.com/
https://growingtogethertherapy.com/

12/14/2020

Some great tips for communicating with your kids and teens this holiday season!

Talking with and pulling information from a teenager is difficult enough in typical times, never mind during a pandemic. Families are spending more time together now than ever before, which is both a blessing and a challenge. Here are some tips for connecting with your teenager: 1. Use “AND” ins...

12/01/2020

Dr. Amanda N'zi recently wrote an article for Colorado Parent Magazine. Click the link below for some tips on how to stay grounded during this challenging developmental phase.

It's extremely frustrating to deal with your child's back talk. Find solutions, tips, and recommendations for moving past it here.

10/04/2020

RESCHEDULED: This event has been rescheduled for January to promote more inclusion by providing ASL interpretation services. Stay tuned for future announcements!

Join Dr. LaTrice L. Dowtin and me in a series called: All Up in My Race: Fostering Emotional Intelligence in Children.
This two-night webinar event will feature inclusive conversations and skill-building strategies for parents, caregivers, early interventionists, and educators of young children ages birth to 10-years-old.

https://linktr.ee/PlayfulLeigh_Psyched

09/21/2020

A great link shared by the National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth that explains some of the terms used to describe gender and sexuality

It's a fast-changing world. Gender terms and definitions are constantly evolving, so we're constantly updating this section. Here's the 2019 update.

08/26/2020

Zoom fatigue is real! Parents and kids are experiencing it alike. As kids are starting virtual school, check out this tool called the "Attention Bulls-eye" and how we can use it with kids to help with that end of the day burn out.

How to use the attention bulls-eye:
First, Teach it to your kids. Draw it out together and talk about what the different levels mean:
1. "I am focused and calm"
2. "I am moving around in my seat or having some feelings, and I still know what is happening and can do my work"
3. "I am working hard to stay calm or focused. I still know what is going on and can do my work"
4. "I am feeling frustrated or anxious or sad. I can't really focus well or my feelings are big. "
5. "I can't focus. I am asleep or upset or not in my workspace."

Then, talk about taking a break at 3. Most people break at 4, we want to work on taking short breaks at 3 to help keep us on track. At 4, we need longer breaks and it may take longer to recover.

Practice Brain and Body breaks. A brain break may be taking 5 deep breaths or tensing and relaxing our muscles or doing a few yoga poses! A body break may be 10 jumping jacks, 10 sit-ups, or running up and down the stairs three times. See which ones help your kid the most.

Then, watch for signs of fatigue and take short breaks. Typically every 20 - 30 minutes.

07/21/2020

Compassion or "Love put into action" as Dr. Kerry Makin-Byrd calls ist can be a helpful approach to addressing our depleted and overwhelmed feelings through a recognition of the suffering in ourselves, family and community that then leads us to helpful action. These brief practices make a difference in our burn-out and our feelings of disconnection. Dr. Kerry walks us through 1) definitions of compassion, 2) how compassion can be helpful, 3) barriers to compassion, and 4) some resources for how to get started.
Dr Kerry Makin-Byrd

06/04/2020

Did you know kids aren’t colorblind? In fact, kids form many of their initial reactions to different races and their own race before the age of 5!

Watch this video for some great, concrete guidance on how to help talk to Black and white children about racism. Talk to them about 1) what the world might tell your child about they are because of their race as well as the truth about those racial messages and 2) what the world may tell them about other races and they truth about those racial messages.