Our Programs
Therapy Fund Foundation Programs:
A Focus on Mental Health for Black Communities
Our programs are dedicated to addressing the mental health challenges currently affecting Black individuals, including Black women and girls, Black men and boys, Black trans and non-binary individuals, and everyone across the African diaspora. We are committed to creating impactful solutions that foster healing and well-being for all.
FREE THERAPY
The backbone of our foundation stems from our Free Therapy Program, that not only provides community members with free therapy, but also provides the amazing clinicians who serve them, with an adequate wage! Too often therapist provide pro-bono and sliding scale services that lead to provider burnout. We value the work of therapists, their skills, and their business!
HEALING CIRCLES
We provide a number of evidence-informed, psychologically sound, culturally grounded, and community-defined self-help support groups designed to help heal, and end, the trauma caused by the root cause of anti-Black racism.
PRESERVING BLACK FAMILIES
Preserving Black Families is a TFF-led program focused on sustaining family bonds, improving familial relationships among children and their parents/caregivers, as well as partners, spouses, and the entire family unit while also preserving the culture and kinship care arrangements that promote racial equity, and ensure permanency for children/youth and their communities. Specific programming including couples retreats, therapy, events, and education around improving and uplifting families.
MCGIRT-ADAIR SCHOLAR
We provide tuition, training, and book assistance to those committed to obtaining degrees and working toward a degree in psychology and serving marginalized community members.
YOUTH H.E.AL.
(Healing, Empowerment, Advocacy, Leadership)
We are committed to a special focus among our Black youth. This program focuses on mental health advocacy, anger management, violence prevention, Anti-racism and allyship, HIV/AIDS education.
Youth Heal is a Therapy Fund Foundation led program focused on Black youth, designed to provide violence prevention, intervention, and treatment strategies that are trauma-informed including, but not limited to therapeutic interventions, group healing circles, education, and day retreats designed to prevent relationship violence.
Our youth heal program includes Therapy, Parenting, Mentoring, and Substance Abuse programming, focused on deterring youth from committing violent acts, and equips them with healthy skills to manage the effects of abuse and violence in their lives. Through this youth and their parents have access to free therapy, group healing, and education.
“I knew there were good people but I never knew there were that many that had an open heart…when you do good, good things come to you.”
— Dolores Constance McDowell - (Ashley’s grandmother)
THRIVE & EMPOWER:
THERAPIST SUPPORT INITIATIVE
This project focuses on retention, development, increasing access, and sustained support in the mental health field. We believe in collective empowerment for therapists and the communities they serve.
PEER SUPPORT SERVICES
Our Peer Support Services offer mentorship, recovery tips, life tips, and ways to heal through some of life challenges as someone who has directly been there themselves.
