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Providing Free Therapy for Foster Youth

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

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.

Our Mission

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

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Become a volunteer therapist and join our community of commitment.

If you’re a therapist and can offer one free hour of therapy each week to an individual with experience in foster care, we invite you to join the A Home Within community! Volunteers gain access to ongoing virtual clinical consultation, continuing education, and a variety of individualized professional development opportunities.

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Become a client and receive support for as long as it takes.

We provide open-ended, individual psychotherapy—free of charge—to current and former foster youth. If you’ve experienced foster care and are interested in receiving one free hour of therapy each week from an A Home Within-affiliated therapist, we encourage you to learn more about our network and services.

For Clients

Our Chapters

Communities across the country are rallying around foster youth:

600 volunteers | 24 chapters

17 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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It is one of the most rewarding experiences of my clinical career, and now, more than ever, the best antidote to helplessness in the face of social injustice I have found.

- A Home Within Volunteer

I am so thankful for this amazing program that has, and does, change my life. My therapist says what we don't treat we repeat, I'm not repeating any of these cycles.

- A Home Within Client

At a Glance

Over 18,000 hours of free therapy provided each year.
Up to 600,000 youth in foster care nationwide need access to mental healthcare.
Over 600 therapists in 24 chapters across 17 states.