About Greg Burnham, LMFT
Hi, I’m Greg.
For 27 years I’ve worked with teens, young adults and the parents trying to help them. Today I coach parents and young adults, and men working on their marriage.
27 years
working with teens, young adults and their families
LMFT
licensed marriage and family therapist in Idaho and Utah
By video
coaching from Boise, anywhere in the US
Why I call it coaching
I’m a licensed marriage and family therapist, and coaching is the work I do now. It fits how I’ve always worked. I care about the people I work with, and then I get practical, with guidance built for each situation and changes to try at home. We adjust as we learn what works. My coaching doesn’t diagnose or treat mental health conditions.
What matters most to me is that the people I work with are moving forward, whatever that looks like. It can be messy, and mistakes are part of it.
Where I’ve worked
For much of my career I was a clinical director. Early on, three years in community mental health showed me how long some struggles last and what happens when people can’t get help. The last several years have centered on young adults with ADHD and autism, and the families around them. Today I run my own coaching practice, and I also consult for a program that serves young adults.
My family
I’ve been married for more than 30 years, and we have four kids, all young adults now. ADHD runs in our family, me included, and we’ve each been learning how our own brains work and how to work with them. Watching my kids find their own paths through school and life is a big part of why I care so much about helping young people figure things out.
In 2021, my oldest son became seriously ill. For months I was at the hospital every day from early morning until late at night, taking calls from families I worked with between doctor visits and trying to keep my work going. I know what it’s like to carry a full-time job and the full-time job of caring for your kid at the same time.
Raising my kids taught me to let go of ideas I once held almost sacred and to measure progress differently. It also taught me that I had a real part in shaping them, and that I’m not responsible for every choice they make. Most of the parents I work with are learning to hold both of those.
I also went from firmly anti-dog to having a dog for a running partner and nap buddy. My kids find this very funny.
Outside work
I run most mornings, often on the phone with a good friend, working through life’s big questions a few miles at a time. I lift weights too, heavy for me. One of my most meaningful runs was rim to rim to rim across the Grand Canyon with a friend.
I’ve run marathons too, and twice I missed breaking three hours by about 15 seconds, once just three weeks after COVID. I still laugh about those 15 seconds.
I train the way I coach: when something stops working, I look for a new angle. I like the kind of hard I get to choose. Mostly I want to live well and be there for my family for as long as I’m here.
Credentials
- Licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) in Idaho and Utah
- MS in Marriage and Family Therapy, Harding University
- BS in Psychology, Brigham Young University
- 10+ presentations at professional conferences on neurodiversity, parenting and the treatment process
- Hundreds of parent support groups led
- Years of training and mentoring other professionals
Want to talk it through? Start with a free consultation.
It takes 30 minutes by video.