On top of having to move anywhere from three to six times a year on average, foster advocates say, these kids also typically have to switch therapists.
Astrid Truss, the psychiatry program manager and licensed professional counselor at Jewish Family Services of San Antonio, sits in a counseling room where children can share their feelings through play.When children enter the foster care system, there is inherent trauma in their lives. This trauma can be dealt with in many ways, therapy being the most common, and in Texas, it’s paid for by the state.
“If there’s one thing that youth and young adults in the foster care system have been lacking, it’s consistency,” said Courtney Laverty, CEO of THRU Project. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription. Please reload the page and try again. When a child first enters the system, it’s often an emergency situation, said Allison Martinez, CASA’s vice president of programs.
And kids who need hospitalizations or in-patient care will often fall off of an outpatient therapist’s schedule while they are being treated. Through their work with children and young adults in the foster system, CASA and THRU Project will refer clients to Project Launch therapists who need it the most, said Ryan Curran, clinical director for Jewish Family Service, who will oversee the project.“It’s repetitive trauma,” he said.
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