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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

A Season of Reflection and Commitment
Regular reflection is how we renew our promise. It reminds us who we serve, what works, and why it matters, and it grounds us as we boldly plan what’s next. This season, there’s much to reflect on. 2026 is our 32nd anniversary. We've had record growth, both in the volunteer therapists joining our community and in the young people we serve.
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2025 Annual Impact Report

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

Thursday November 12, 11:00 AM PT
Virtual

This training explores the experiences of bilingual and bicultural clinicians working across languages and cultural contexts.

2 Credits Introductory Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors Psychiatrists
Wednesday November 18, 10:30 AM PT
Virtual

We will explore how to engage endings honestly and with care — and how a thoughtful, mutual goodbye can itself become one of the most healing experiences we offer.

1.5 Credits Introductory Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Wednesday November 18, 2:45 PM PT
Virtual

This session addresses the core clinical stance of the series as it applies to foster youth.

2 Credits Advanced Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Friday November 20, 9:00 AM PT
Virtual

This 2-hour continuing education workshop explores how foster care experiences, relational disruptions, chronic stress, and systemic factors can influence executive functioning, emotional regulation, engagement, and behavior in children and adolescents.

2 Credits Intermediate Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Wednesday December 9, 2:45 PM PT
Virtual

This integrating session addresses the ethical terrain of applying a protection-informed stance with foster youth.

2 Credits Advanced Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Thursday November 12, 11:00 AM PT
Virtual

This training explores the experiences of bilingual and bicultural clinicians working across languages and cultural contexts.

2 Credits Introductory Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors Psychiatrists
Wednesday November 18, 10:30 AM PT
Virtual

We will explore how to engage endings honestly and with care — and how a thoughtful, mutual goodbye can itself become one of the most healing experiences we offer.

1.5 Credits Introductory Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Wednesday November 18, 2:45 PM PT
Virtual

This session addresses the core clinical stance of the series as it applies to foster youth.

2 Credits Advanced Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Friday November 20, 9:00 AM PT
Virtual

This 2-hour continuing education workshop explores how foster care experiences, relational disruptions, chronic stress, and systemic factors can influence executive functioning, emotional regulation, engagement, and behavior in children and adolescents.

2 Credits Intermediate Psychologists LMHCs MFTs Social Workers LPCs Counselors
Wednesday December 9, 2:45 PM PT
Virtual

This integrating session addresses the ethical terrain of applying a protection-informed stance with foster youth.

2 Credits Advanced 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