In-Home Therapy

In-Home Therapy is a structured, strength-based therapeutic relationship between a Master’s level clinician, a Therapeutic Training and Support person and a youth up to age 21 and their family. It is established to treat the young person’s social and emotional health needs, improving the family’s ability to provide effective support to promote healthy functioning.

Who is eligible?

Families who have a child or young adult (youth) under age 21 who are at risk of an out-of-home placement and in need of intensive family therapy are (or may be) eligible. The program is offered to families in the Greater Fall River and Greater new Bedford areas, and is designed to enhance and improve the family’s communication skills and youth’s behavior and prevent the need for out-of-home placement. Most MassHealth and commercial behavioral health insurance is accepted.

Services Provided

The In-Home Therapy team develops a treatment plan with the family, that strives to:

  • enhance problem-solving, limit-setting, risk management, safety planning and communication;
  • build skills to strengthen the family, advance therapeutic goals and improve interaction;
  • identify and utilize community resources;
  • develop and maintain natural supports for the family to promote sustainability of treatment gains

In-Home Therapy may be provided in the home, foster home, school, child care center, respite setting and other community settings.  Services are delivered by professional providers to support and ensure clinical and psychiatric expertise as well as cultural and linguistic competence.

If you would like to learn more about the program or see if you qualify for services, complete this referral form and someone will reach out to you. Or, if you prefer, you may call one of our sites below.

In-Home Therapy – Referral Form

To learn more about the In-Home Therapy program

Please call Benjamin Machado at 508-974-4558 or email IHT@frfsa.org

In-Home Therapy operates seven days per week, 365 days per year.  The program has 24-hour urgent response accessible by phone to the youth and family.  In the event of an emergency, Mobile Crisis Intervention is available.

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