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Join Therapy Project California.

Volunteer California Clinical Therapists Needed for Youth In Foster Care

Therapy Project California matches volunteer clinical psychologists and therapists licensed in California with:

• Youth in foster care 12 and older 
• Those who were formerly in foster care

Many people can make a phone call and get expert counseling and support. Youth in the foster care system can wait over a year to get that same support. Most, if not all, suffer from anxiety, depression, and PTSD. Could you wait a year?

With your expertise, California youth ages 12 and older in the foster system and those who were formerly in care can reach their goals at school or work, improve communication, and increase self-esteem. Help them tackle the issues they face.

Requirements for Therapist Volunteers

Applicants for this unique volunteer opportunity must be a licensed psychologist or have the following licensure: LPCC, LMFT, LCSW, or be Associates in these fields in the state of California. Associates can arrange their own clinical supervision or are eligible for free group supervision.

All psychologists and therapists can receive free ongoing CEs and can opt to participate in free consultation groups.

We ask for at least a one-year commitment. Are you ready?

Clients

Our program has provided over 2,500 teletherapy sessions.

“The program so far has been one of the best things to happen to me. I have been to therapy before, but nothing like this. I feel heard, I feel seen, and the process for signing up was so easy. I always felt like my circumstances with foster care and low funds would stop me from getting quality therapy but this program has helped tremendously. And my therapist is phenomenal. The best one I've ever had. I'm constantly telling my friends about her and the program. So many years of drowning with emotions, drowning from things I have been through, and drowning from not being able to get the help I need, I finally feel like I am above the water. Thank you for everything you all do. Starting therapy with you guys has really changed my life.”  –Current Client

Benefits

Our free teletherapy program offers some unique benefits:

• There is no limit to the number of sessions.
• We take confidentiality seriously and only share clients’ basic referral information with the therapist. Clients can talk about what they want to talk about, when they want to talk about it.
• Teletherapy removes the need for transportation to a therapist’s office and therapy continues with the same therapist, no matter how often, or where, they move within California.
• We offer an incentive program. After 3 visits clients receive a $50 Visa gift card and after 10 sessions, an additional $100 Visa gift card. This incentive is our way of thanking the client for attend teletherapy weekly.
• This program provides sessions by volunteer therapists for clients whose symptoms would benefit from weekly teletherapy. It does not provide crisis intervention, emergency service, intensive outpatient services, family therapy, or complex case management.

If you know a youth in foster care 12 and older who would like to give teletherapy a try, please notify their social worker about this opportunity. The youth can also self-refer.

If you know someone who was formerly in foster care who is seeking mental health support, please share this link with them.

Need more information about volunteering or referring? Email elliottnight@cccocasa.org