Therapy for foster parents & kinship caregivers in Denver
Get support from a licensed therapist who is part of the Colorado foster community.
We support foster parents and caregivers
At My Denver Therapy, we understand the challenges and rewards that come with fostering a child, whether you’re a foster parent, a kinship caregiver, or someone else who is helping parent in a foster family. You’ve opened your home and heart to a child in need, and while rewarding, it can also be challenging and complicated.
Through therapy, we can help support you on your journey with a therapist who is part of the Colorado foster community and partners with Foster Source, a local nonprofit serving foster parents and caregivers.
Parenting a child who has experienced trauma can be emotionally demanding. Even if you’re an experienced foster parent, it can be difficult to adapt to a new situation, child, and managing time in your own life. This can lead to feelings of isolation and burnout. Some families leave the foster system after their first placement, and we want to help equip foster parents with the tools they need to thrive, while creating a positive environment for your foster child or children.
By understanding and processing your own experiences as a foster parent or kinship caregiver through therapy, you’ll be better equipped to provide a loving and stable environment for the child in your care and yourself. Being a foster parent isn’t easy, and you don’t have to go through it without the support you need.
How therapy can help foster parents
Reduced Stress and Anxiety: Foster parenting is a demanding role in many different ways. It’s absolutely normal to feel overwhelmed at times. When you work with a therapist, you can develop healthy coping mechanisms to manage stress, fear, and anxiety.
Improved Emotional Balance: Balancing fostering with your personal, everyday life can be challenging. Therapy can help you establish healthy boundaries and prioritize your own well-being, leading to a more fulfilling, rewarding fostering experience.
Processing Grief and Loss: Saying goodbye to a foster child, especially one that you felt especially connected to, can be incredibly difficult. Therapy can provide a safe space to process grief and loss, allowing you to move forward with a healthy perspective.
Strengthening Your Relationship: Couples fostering together may face unique challenges in their relationships. Therapy can help foster couples navigate communication issues and strengthen their bond while taking on this role in a child’s life.
Building Resilience: Therapy empowers you to develop resilience, allowing you to better handle the challenges that arise throughout your fostering journey. This can help you make being a foster parent a more sustainable part of your life.
Meet our foster parent therapist
Kelly meets with her clients in our Lone Tree office, but she can meet with foster parents living anywhere in Colorado through online therapy.
Kelly strives to support her clients in identifying their own strengths to help them find fulfillment and healing. As part of the foster community, she provides nonjudgmental, accepting environment to explore your unique experience as a foster parent.
She specializes in helping her clients work through anxiety, depression, life transitions, and grief and loss counseling.
She is trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), to help clients move forward from trauma. Kelly has also completed training to support individuals and couples who are experiencing infertility or pregnancy loss. She currently serves as a process group leader for Uniquely Knitted, a nonprofit organization that offers affordable access to research-based therapeutic care for people suffering from infertility.
You can contact Kelly directly or mention her name in your request.
Individual support for foster parents
While foster support groups can be a valuable and helpful resource, foster parents often benefit greatly from individual therapy, especially when they see a therapist who understands them and their situation.
Therapy provides a confidential space to address your specific needs and concerns, without worrying about judgement or how others in the room perceive your experience.
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Meet our therapists
My Denver Therapy has become one of the largest therapy private practices in Colorado with many of the best mental health therapists in the Denver Metro area.
As a therapist-owned practice with over 100 years of combined experience, we care about seeing you heal, grow, and thrive. We’re one of the only therapy practices in Colorado with licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, addiction counselors, social workers, and psychiatric nurse practitioners who actively see new clients in person and online.
Whether you’re an adult, teen, young adult, couple, or family, our inclusive therapist team is built to specialize in clients of all ages, faiths, backgrounds, and life experiences.
Because our client-centered approach that meets you where you are, we’ve helped thousands of people in Colorado by providing in-person therapy at our conveniently located Denver Metro area counseling offices in Denver, Greenwood Village, and Lone Tree, plus online therapy for clients throughout Colorado. Our therapists also provide consultation for other therapists and private practices throughout the Denver Metro area.
To support you and your mental health journey, our therapists are trained in some of the most innovative, effective, and in-demand forms of therapy available today, including EMDR, Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, CBT, DBT, and IFS.
We know that you want to find the best therapist in Denver for you, so our team includes therapists of different ages with a wide range of backgrounds, specialities, and experiences to help you find the right match for your goals, location, budget, and schedule.
We’re out of network for insurance, Tricare, and are unable to take Medicaid or Medicare, but most of our therapists’ rates are lower than the local and national averages for therapy. Also, we don’t charge separate intake or administration fees or charge more for specialized therapy methods like EMDR.
All of our therapists take a client-focused approach to counseling and approach each session with a commitment to your progress and growth. When you’re ready to meet your therapist, we’re here to help.
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