A Home Within Profiles

By Deanna Linville. “The therapist becomes part of the client’s network of relationships, which ordinary children in ordinary circumstances completely take for granted. It is just there for them. And that’s what we are trying to build for our AHW clients.” Recently Eileen Keller, an AHW consultation leader for the past 25 years, sat down…

“At this point in my career, I am speaking up because it has to be about our humanity and love. Apathy can no longer be an option in response to all the trauma that youth in foster care experience.” Hi there, A Home Within Community! I’m Candice Simonds. As the California Clinical Director for the…

“Being part of the solution and making a commitment to one youth can have a valuable impact for an entire community.” Hi there, A Home Within Community! I’m Candice Simonds. As the CA Clinical Director for the A Home Within CASA Therapy Project, I lead our collaboration to expand telehealth to youth across the state.…

“Working with foster youth, I realized that was really where I needed to be, because kids who are in foster care need so much more support than a lot of people I have worked with.” Emily Kent always wanted to do something in the helping field. She knew she wanted to be a social worker…

“It’s an amazing experience. It gives therapists the opportunity to truly use their skills to help those who have experienced trauma, who wouldn’t usually have access to this type of assistance. You get this support network, the consultation groups, and continued education.” Several years ago, when Elizabeth Earnshaw and her husband were getting married, instead…

by Emma Mears “You have a chance to offer your professional expertise, which is of high value. You get to contribute your time and make an impact in your community and repair inequalities that we are becoming more aware of in terms of privilege, class, and race. You get to learn and connect to somebody…

“It is common for A Home Within clients to be unsure if we are going to be there for them long-term because they have made connections and lost them in the past. So just the idea that we are offering to be their therapists for as long as they want—that it’s in their control, not…

by Emma Mears “My work with A Home Within is one of the most important parts of my private practice.” Sarah Campbell didn’t always know she wanted to work with adolescents. Following the birth of her second child, Sarah began exploring a career change, preferring not to return to her previous job in marketing. While…