Services & Specialties
Our Offerings
The Graduate School of Professional Psychology (GSPP) offers many mental health services at our clinics. We want you to feel comfortable and know that our therapists will listen to you and work with you to find a solution.
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Adult Individual Psychotherapy
About this Program
Clients typically meet weekly with their therapist to confidentially discuss their problems and work together to find solutions.
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Animal Cruelty and Animal Abuse Evaluations
About this Program
Denver FIRST, in partnership with local probation departments, Colorado LINKS, and the Institute for Human-Animal Connection, provides comprehensive risk evaluations for individuals facing charges involving animal cruelty and abuse. We utilize emerging practices along with standardized violence risk assessment protocols in conducting these specialized evaluations.
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Case Management and Assessment of Forensic and At-Risk Individuals
About this Program
Through a grant from the City and County of Denver, Denver FIRST has partnered with the Mental Health Center of Denver to provide case management to forensically-encumbered and at-risk individuals. These individuals are often chronically homeless, mentally ill, and involved with the police and low-level criminal courts. Denver FIRST students provide case management services in conjunction with established case management teams, and Denver FIRST faculty supervise their work carefully. Through a similar grant from the City and County of Denver, Denver FIRST also provides risk and strength-based assessment to incarcerated individuals who have been repeatedly arrested and in need of intensive psychosocial services.
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Child/Adolescent Therapy
About this Program
Children and adolescents meet with their therapist by themselves and occasionally with their families.
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Couples Therapy
About this Program
Couples meet with a therapist to get help communicating with each other, resolving problems together and improving their relationship.
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Family Therapy
About this Program
Families meet with a therapist to collectively discuss their problems as a family.
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Forensic Assessment and Evaluation
About this Program
We provide excellent forensic evaluation and assessment across a wide variety of psycholegal referral questions and circumstances. Common evaluations include violence risk, mitigation, competency to stand trial, capacity to waive Miranda or other legal rights, and juvenile waivers.
We also provide traditional psychological assessment for use in a forensic context. This includes assessments of intellectual and cognitive capacities, neuropsychological functioning, personality traits, and others.
Finally, Denver FIRST conducts forensic assessments in settings beyond the criminal court. We can conduct or consult on many types of civil forensic evaluations, such as evaluations for social security disability, discrimination, and others.
We use evidence-based and state of the art testing materials and assessment protocols. When appropriate, students will assist with testing administration and scoring under the supervision of licensed Denver FIRST faculty. Students have completed standard and advanced graduate courses in testing, measurement, and specific assessment areas. All students operate under the license and close supervision of faculty members, each of whom are licensed forensic psychologists.
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Group Therapy
About this Program
Several individuals meet with one or two therapists who help the group address common concerns and problems. Visit our Current Groups page to learn more.
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Immigration-Related Evaluations and Interventions
About this Program
Denver has been selected as a primary setting for federal immigration relocation. As such, cases involving refugees, asylum, and related immigration issues are prevalent in Denver. Denver FIRST has special expertise in dealing with these types of evaluations and interventions. We also partner with GSPP’s Trauma and Disaster Recovery Clinic in providing specialized trauma recovery services as appropriate.
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Neuropsychological Screening and Assessment
About this Program
Through a combination of federal and state grant opportunities, and in partnership with statewide correctional agencies as well as the Colorado Brain Injury Program, Denver FIRST practitioners provide state of the art screens and subsequent in-depth assessments to incarcerated persons with potential traumatic brain injuries. This innovative project provides free assessments to at-risk individuals in more than ten test sites across Colorado. In addition to these projects, Denver FIRST has special expertise in neuropsychological assessment and interventions across a variety of settings.
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Occupational Performance Package
About this Program
Designed for working professionals, this package provides businesses and individuals with the capability to operate at a heightened level, better manage daily stressors, and achieve performance excellence within their occupation.
Target areas of the Occupational package:
- Energy/Stress Management
- Attentional control and focus
- Job satisfaction and career motivation
- Enhancing team dynamics
- Efficient communication
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Outpatient Competency Restoration
About this Program
What we do:
- provide low-cost, high-quality outpatient restoration services in a timely fashion
- base our services in evidence-based interventions and assessments
- utilize well-trained, experienced students to provide direct services
- use licensed forensic faculty to supervise individual providers and cases
- provide second opinion competency to proceed evaluations as requested
What we cannot do:
- provide services to persons committed to the Colorado Mental Health Institute at Pueblo
- offer psychiatric services; if clinically indicated, we can make referrals to several low-cost psychiatric providers with whom we currently work
- guarantee that a person will be restored to competency
- force participants to attend our program; although persons are court-ordered for treatment, we cannot force or require them to attend
- provide transportation to the clinic
- provide competency to proceed evaluations on our restoration clients (unless we are retained as an independent source for second opinions, in which case the evaluation will be conducted by an independent provider within Denver FIRST)
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Performance Advancement Package
About this Program
Engineered for established groups looking to consistently compete at a high level or reach the next level of performance, this package provides teams and individuals with the capability to strengthen their performance and maximize their potential.
Target areas of the Advancement package:
- Overcoming adversity
- Confidence under pressure
- Mental toughness
- Finishing strong
- Emotion regulation
- Distraction management
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Performance Development Package
About this Program
Perfect for groups and organizations that are either just starting out or are in the rebuilding stages, this package provides teams and individuals with the capability to grow, mature, and reconnect to the enjoyment of performing.
Target areas of the Development package:
- Creating team culture
- Motivation and commitment
- Building self-confidence
- Purposeful practice
- Communicating effectively
- Leadership