Right Start for Infant Mental Health
Right Start is a mental health program for pregnant women and families with children ages birth to 5 years. We provide help when there are concerns about a child’s emotions, behavior or development, or when parenting becomes difficult.
Our Services
Our team of psychologists and therapists work exclusively with infants, toddlers, preschoolers and their families to offer comprehensive, trauma-informed, relationship-based interventions including:
- Child and family therapy (talking with you about your baby)
- Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP)
- Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)
- Parent Child Groups
- Case Management for enrolled families
- Psychiatric evaluation
Who We Serve:
We serve any family with a child between the ages of birth to five years who lives in Denver County, if any of the following are true:
- You think your baby is unusually quiet or uninterested in you
- You’re concerned about your baby's sleeping or feeding
- You think your baby is fussy or cries too much
- You’re worried about your young child’s temper tantrums or aggressive behavior
- Your child is having difficulty coping with scary/traumatic events
- You have a young child that is often sad or keeps to him/herself
- You feel exhausted or overwhelmed by the demands of parenting
Contact
To make a referral to the Right Start program, please call the Access Center at (303) 504-7900.
For more information or specific programmatic questions, please call or email Michelle Roy at:
Phone (303) 300-6194
Email michelle.roy@mhcd.org