Nurture Denver
Parent Support
Supportive, evidence-based guidance for parents helping an anxious child feel steadier — one small step at a time.
About the Program
Who is SPACE for?
Who is the patient?
SPACE is a caregiver-based therapy intervention for the caregivers of a child, but the child is still the client! This approach was created by Dr. Eli Lebowitz from the Yale Child Study Center. This is an evidenced based form of therapy aimed at decreasing the impact of anxiety and OCD in children.
SPACE Can Treat:
- Separation Anxiety
- Social Anxiety
- Generalized Anxiety
- Phobias and Fears
- Panic Disorder and Agoraphobia
- Selective Mutism
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Picky Eating and ARFID
Emotion Focused Family Therapy
EFFT is grounded in a simple but powerful idea: families carry an extraordinary capacity to heal. Through therapy, caregivers build the emotional and behavioral skills to become powerful sources of support for their child — free from blame, shame, or the pressure to be perfect.
One important distinction: EFFT is not simply family therapy with an emotional lens. What sets it apart is its focus on empowering caregivers to take an active role in their loved one’s healing and recovery — even when that loved one is an adult, or isn’t ready to engage in therapy themselves.
