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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

The Good News: 2025 Year in Review
A Home Within achieved so much in 2025. We’re thrilled to start the new year by sharing some good news! By offering free, high-quality therapy for as long as it takes, we’re making an enduring commitment to young people who’ve lived through countless traumas, disruptions, and challenges. As our clients so often tell us, the results can be life-changing.
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Our Chapters

Communities across the country are rallying around foster youth:

650+ volunteers | 30 chapters

25 states | 3,000+ served

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Featured Continuing Education Event

Monday February 9, 10:00 AM PT
Virtual

A case presentation illustrating the effectiveness of psychodynamic and creative methodologies in the treatment of a Latina foster care youth who endured severe trauma.

2 Credits Intermediate Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Tuesday February 10, 12:00 PM PT
Virtual

Participants will learn the art of helping clients "unblend" from parts, the importance of the therapist's own "Self-energy" as the "active ingredient" in healing, and the specific 3-step sequence to unburden trauma from exiled parts.

2 Credits Intermediate Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Monday February 9, 10:00 AM PT
Virtual

A case presentation illustrating the effectiveness of psychodynamic and creative methodologies in the treatment of a Latina foster care youth who endured severe trauma.

2 Credits Intermediate Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Tuesday February 10, 12:00 PM PT
Virtual

Participants will learn the art of helping clients "unblend" from parts, the importance of the therapist's own "Self-energy" as the "active ingredient" in healing, and the specific 3-step sequence to unburden trauma from exiled parts.

2 Credits Intermediate Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors

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More Ways to Get Involved

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 30 chapters across 25 states