Compassionate Therapy. As therapists and guides, Northlight Family Services therapists have a thorough understanding of diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. We are perceptive in identifying what individuals and families need to make long-lasting change. Each member of our team of experiential therapists has unique skills and qualities and is prepared to support families through the process of using a residential program.

Our systems approach focuses on relationships and boundaries in the family. In addition to traditional cognitive behavioral therapy, we use experiential modalities such as art therapy, equine-assisted psychotherapy, and outdoor-experiential therapy to help families see and feel dysfunctional patterns of relationship in the moment. Using unique approaches, families build awareness of patterns of relationship, explore tools to interrupt dysfunctional patterns, and build new and healthier patterns through direct experience and practice.

Therapy can be scheduled on a regular basis through our main office.

Northlight Family Services offers parent support groups in Boulder and Denver for families whose children are in or have been in residential programs. Parents have an opportunity to share their thoughts, concerns, and issues with other parents. We use open-ended discussion, therapeutic activities, and occasional didactic instruction. We believe that it is important to have a community of support where parents can learn from each other. The groups have parents whose children are at various stages in the placement process ranging from about to go to a school to finished with their residential program(s) and living back at home.