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Providing Free Therapy for Foster Youth

Volunteer therapists that stay – for as long as it takes.

VOLUNTEER THERAPISTS

If you can offer one free hour of therapy each week to an individual with experience in foster care, we invite you to volunteer with us!

FOSTER YOUTH & ALUMNI

We offer open-ended, individual psychotherapy—free of charge—to current and former foster youth. Refer yourself or a someone else today.

Our Mission

A Home Within provides transformative mental health care to foster youth, while building the field of the future.

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Featured Update

Not Goodbye, but Take Care, Grace! 🌞
It’s hard to put into words just how much Grace Manger means to A Home Within! Over the past four and a half years, Grace has brought incredible care, commitment, and thoughtfulness to her role as our National Program Director.
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Our Chapters

Communities across the country are rallying around foster youth:

650+ volunteers | 25 chapters

18 states | 3,000+ served

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Featured Continuing Education Event

Wednesday August 27, 10:00 AM PT
Virtual

Life books are a tool used to help children in foster care and adoptive families write down the narrative of their history, their present and their future.

1.5 Credits Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Friday September 12, 10:00 AM PT
Virtual

Deliberate Practice is a structured, evidence-based approach to building clinical skill, grounded in the science of expert performance.

2.5 Credits Introductory Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Tuesday September 16, 9:00 AM PT
Virtual

Enhance your professional skills in working with teens who self-harm and teach you strategies to communicate with and connect with their parents/caregivers.

1 Credit Introductory MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Wednesday August 27, 10:00 AM PT
Virtual

Life books are a tool used to help children in foster care and adoptive families write down the narrative of their history, their present and their future.

1.5 Credits Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Friday September 12, 10:00 AM PT
Virtual

Deliberate Practice is a structured, evidence-based approach to building clinical skill, grounded in the science of expert performance.

2.5 Credits Introductory Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Tuesday September 16, 9:00 AM PT
Virtual

Enhance your professional skills in working with teens who self-harm and teach you strategies to communicate with and connect with their parents/caregivers.

1 Credit Introductory MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors

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The relationship—that's the medicine.

- A Home Within Client

It is one of the most rewarding experiences of my clinical career

- A Home Within Volunteer

I am so thankful for this amazing program that has, and does, change my life.

- A Home Within Client

It nourishes me to work with my A Home Within client, to see her come to a place of thriving.

- A Home Within Volunteer

Week after week, we get to be a witness to the pain, we get to be a witness to the joy, we get to be a witness to repair.

- A Home Within Volunteer

At a Glance

30,000 hours of free therapy provided each year.
5000+ clinicians trained in trauma responsive care.
650+ therapists in 25 chapters across 18 states.