Growing Minds

Growing Minds Expertise in social-emotional development; specializing in early childhood- adolescence and parent support. Strengths and Relationship Based. LGBTQ+ Affirming.

Neurotype-Affirming. BIPOC Affirming. Playful and Expressive.

🌧️☔📖🎵🎨 “Stormy Skies and Storytime Surprises” with Jill & Orly!LIVE!4:30!TODAY -3/16/26!Join Jill & Orly for a cozy stor...
03/16/2026

🌧️☔📖🎵🎨 “Stormy Skies and Storytime Surprises” with Jill & Orly!

LIVE!
4:30!
TODAY -3/16/26!

Join Jill & Orly for a cozy stormy-weather storytime featuring read-aloud stories, expressive art, music, and mindfulness activities designed to help children feel strong, calm, and safe during stormy weather.

Stormy Skies and Storytime Surprise with Jill and Orly | Meeting-Join | Microsoft Teams:

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Introducing... 🔥🫖☕🧶👯🎨 The Cozy Girls Club! 🔥🫖☕🧶👯🎨This group is designed for 5th and 6th grade girls! Our group is like h...
02/18/2026

Introducing... 🔥🫖☕🧶👯🎨 The Cozy Girls Club! 🔥🫖☕🧶👯🎨

This group is designed for 5th and 6th grade girls! Our group is like hot cocoa, tea, & fuel for the soul! This therapeutic girls group led by Milan Essex, LCSW-C, provides a safe and welcoming space to have peer support, express yourself through crafting & art, foster empowerment, build self-esteem, & maybe make a new friend along the way!

https://lnkd.in/gttHmgfp

CHILD MEETING SCHEDULE
7 Thursdays 4:00-5:00pm
March 12, 19th, 26th, (skip April 2), April 9, 16, 23, 30

Virtual PARENT MEETING
Thursday March 5th at 7:00-8:00pm
Thursday May 7th at 7:00-8:00pm


Billing and Out-of-Network Reimbursement
Billed weekly, $175/weekly group sessions
Out-of-network reimbursement may be possible
Child and Parent Group Meetings: CPT code 90853

Happy Black History Month! This year marks 100 years of recognition, starting with the first Negro History Week in 1926....
02/13/2026

Happy Black History Month!

This year marks 100 years of recognition, starting with the first Negro History Week in 1926.

Please feel free to check out this link to We The Urban on Instagram who made a great post with a collection of thoughts and quotes to sum up the progress, the pain, and the beauty of Black History and its contribution to this country ❤️💚🖤

https://www.instagram.com/p/DUNkBlFlI7r/?igsh=MTV2NzlrMnV4cWpyaQ==

🚽🌟 Tummy Troopers is BACK! 🌟🚽❄️Ages 3-6❄️ 🗓️Parents-only intro session: Monday, Febuary 2 at 7-8:00pm🗓️8 Mondays: Parent...
01/28/2026

🚽🌟 Tummy Troopers is BACK! 🌟🚽

❄️Ages 3-6❄️

🗓️Parents-only intro session:
Monday, Febuary 2 at 7-8:00pm

🗓️8 Mondays: Parent-Child session
4:30-5:30pm beginning Febuary 9

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💛What if instead of feeling hopeless and ashamed, your child's toileting struggles could help them feel STRONG, RESILIENT and CONNECTED?

💩If you feel like you are saying and doing all the wrong things to help your child move forward in their toileting process, you’re not alone - and you don’t have to figure it out alone either.

💖Tummy Troopers is a playful, sensory-based group where children and their caregivers explore body signals, reduce stress and shame, and build comfort, curiosity, and confidence - together.

In each session, we:

🧠 Use neuro-behavioral tools to support body awareness and regulation.

🫶 Practice gentle, body-based strategies to help reduce accidents and anxiety.

🌿 Offer holistic tips and calming routines to support toileting success at home.

🤝 Strengthen the parent–child partnership so your child doesn’t feel alone in this.

🌀With movement, games, and lots of sensory fun, your child will feel seen, supported, and safe to grow.

💬 One caregiver attends with the child.

💰Therapy group may be reimbursable through insurance

❄️❄️ SAVE THE DATE!!!!! ❄️❄️Getting Ready for Kindergarten? Join us for a FREE virtual gathering for parents & caregiver...
01/27/2026

❄️❄️ SAVE THE DATE!!!!! ❄️❄️

Getting Ready for Kindergarten?

Join us for a FREE virtual gathering for parents & caregivers!

📅 February, 25, 2026

🕖 7:00–8:00 PM

(Q&A: 8:00–8:30 PM)

📍 Virtual – RSVP required

https://forms.office.com/r/1EHn5wWM7Z?origin=lprLink

Learn how to support your child’s social-emotional readiness and ease the transition into kindergarten.

What You’ll Learn:

✨ Signs of readiness beyond academics

✨ Tools to support self-regulation, empathy & problem-solving

✨ Tips for your own readiness as a parent

Let’s get ready for this exciting new adventure—together!

💪 🚽⚡ Join our TUMMY TROOP! 💪🚽⚡A parent-child therapy group designed to support your child’s toileting journey through pl...
01/23/2026

💪 🚽⚡ Join our TUMMY TROOP! 💪🚽⚡

A parent-child therapy group designed to support your child’s toileting journey through play! This activity-based group helps children overcome toileting challenges, develop healthy bathroom habits, and build confidence through fun, engaging activities. Tummy Troopers provides guidance for common GI challenges such as constipation, withholding, and potty-learning struggles—all in a supportive and stress-free environment. Parents will receive resources and learn strategies during and following every group meeting.

❄️Ages 3-6❄️

🗓️Parents-only intro session:
Monday, Febuary 2 at 7-8:00pm

🗓️8 Mondays: Parent-Child session
4:30-5:30pm beginning Febuary 9

https://lnkd.in/gpmZjpVU

We understand the challenges you face in raising a child who struggles with anxiety or OCD (we call it “sticky thoughts”...
12/30/2025

We understand the challenges you face in raising a child who struggles with anxiety or OCD (we call it “sticky thoughts”). When a child is avoidant of situations, you’ll find yourself caught between the desire to push your child through the discomfort, to the natural tendency to accommodate your child’s (often unreasonable) requests.

The evidence-based SPACE protocol helps parents understand their child's anxiety & respond in a manner that supports their child’s confidence to confront their worries and improves their ability to effectively cope with anxious thoughts & feelings.

SPACE Therapy group might be reimbursable through your out-of-network benefits with CPT code 90853.

Join us this Winter 2026:

7 Wednesdays

🕒Beginning January 14, 2026

🕒10-11:30pm

📍Virtual

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❄️ 🚽🌟TUMMY TROOPERS Winter 2026! ❄️ 🚽🌟https://lnkd.in/gpmZjpVUA parent-child therapy group designed to support your chil...
12/23/2025

❄️ 🚽🌟TUMMY TROOPERS Winter 2026! ❄️ 🚽🌟

https://lnkd.in/gpmZjpVU

A parent-child therapy group designed to support your child’s toileting journey through play! This activity-based group helps children overcome toileting challenges, develop healthy bathroom habits, and build confidence through fun, engaging activities. Tummy Troopers provides guidance for common GI challenges such as constipation, withholding, and potty-learning struggles—all in a supportive and stress-free environment. Parents will receive resources and learn strategies during and following every group meeting.

❄️Ages 3-6❄️

🗓️ Parents-only intro session:
Monday, February 2 at 7-8:00pm

🗓️ 8 Mondays: Parent-Child session 4:30-5:30pm beginning February 9

🎮 🎰 🎲 🧩🃏 Calling all Gamers!!! 🎮 🎰 🎲 🧩🃏Gaming Group Therapy to begin in January!! This group is designed for students in...
12/18/2025

🎮 🎰 🎲 🧩🃏 Calling all Gamers!!! 🎮 🎰 🎲 🧩🃏

Gaming Group Therapy to begin in January!!

This group is designed for students in 6th–8th grade who share an interest in gaming—whether that’s board games, Dungeons & Dragons, video games, or more. Led by a therapist, this therapeutic gaming group provides a safe and welcoming space to practice social skills, build confidence, and form meaningful connections. Through shared interests and engaging activities, we celebrate differences and support each participant in growing socially and emotionally.

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CHILD MEETING SCHEDULE
Thursdays 6:15-7:15pm

January 15, skip 22, 29, February 5, 12, 19, 26, March 5, 12

Virtual PARENT MEETING
January 8th from 6:15-7:15pm
March 19th from 6:15-7:15pm

Join us this Winter 2026 for our new session of Social Emotional Early Development (SEED) classes:https://forms.office.c...
12/17/2025

Join us this Winter 2026 for our new session of Social Emotional Early Development (SEED) classes:

https://forms.office.com/r/KZ6bGxE4t2?origin=lprLink

Tuesdays
🎨Art From The Heart
3:00-4:00pm- Ages 3-5
4:15-5:15pm- K-2nd grade
1395 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD

Demo/Intro Class- Tuesday, January 6 at 4:00pm! (RSVP required)

Thursdays
🛠️Builders & Makers
3:00-4:00pm- Ages 3-5
4:15-5:15pm- K-2nd grade
1395 Piccard Drive, Rockville, MD

Demo/Intro Class- Thursday, January 8 at 4:00pm! (RSVP required)

Join Growing Minds in our last week of our Food Drive before this upcoming holiday season! We are gathering food donatio...
11/17/2025

Join Growing Minds in our last week of our Food Drive before this upcoming holiday season! We are gathering food donations at both our Potomac and Rockville offices to support Manna Food Center and St. Camillus Food Pantry 🥫🫘

Address

Rockville And Washington DC
Rockville, MD

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 9pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 9pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 9pm
Thursday 7:30am - 9pm
Friday 7:30am - 9pm
Saturday 9am - 3pm
Sunday 9am - 3pm

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Growing Minds Center for Child and Family Therapy

Growing Minds offers expertise in social-emotional development; specializing in early childhood through adolescence as well as parents as individuals and couples.

We believe that change and personal growth occur when parents feel understood and empowered while, at the same time, children feel accepted and connected. It is our mission to deepen your insight into your child’s behaviors and inner world. Growing Minds provides mindful, intentional, and specialized parenting strategies to both manage challenges and highlight your family’s unique strengths.

We integrate evidence-based methods that focus on the whole-child through individual, family, and group therapy modalities, along with collaboration with schools, specialists, and community resources.