Jefferson Center for Mental Health -

Intensive Family Services

An array of programs and supports designed to meet the needs of adults with serious and persistent mental illness. Services support recovery, wellness and independent living and range from 24-hour intensive residential services to peer-led support groups.

Intensive Services include:
• Peer Specialists
• Case Management
• Hospital Alternative Programs
• Housing and Residential
• Community Bridges Volunteer Partnership

A model of treatment for every family.

One size doesn’t fit all. At Jefferson Center we know that each youth, each family faces unique challenges and has individual strengths and needs.When you call Jefferson Center’s Intensive Family Services team, we’ll connect you with the right services that best fit the needs of your family. Jefferson Center for Mental Health’s Intensive Family Services Program offers a variety of treatment options designed to foster empowerment and resiliency in families. Our programs are all evidence or practice based which means they have demonstrated effectiveness and positive outcomes. To determine which program is best for you and your family, call us at 303-432-5250 today!

Families Together
When there is a serious mental illness in the family this in-home treatment program offers the needed flexibility in terms of intensity, duration and age of children served. Families Together specialists provide intensive support to families in crisis and work to help parents through practical, hands-on coaching in parenting, communication and life skills.

Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
FFT, an evidencebased program, focuses on improving family relationships that can be the key to addressing behavioral problems in youth. This therapeutic model works with the entire family to create positive change and is provided in the office or in the home to fit the schedules and needs of all family members. FFT therapists help to identify and mobilize family strengths to turn around problems and improve communication and family relationships.

Multisystemic Therapy (MST)
This evidence-based program works primarily with highly delinquent youth to address serious behavioral issues. MST licensed clinicians work with parents to set consistent limits and involve community systems to impact youth’s behavior. Focus is on helping caregivers address behavioral problems, thereby improving family relationships, school performance, and peer/neighborhood/ community interactions.