Services

We can provide hope for your family and healing for your children.

Programs for caregivers

Chosen’s programming guides caregivers on how to make connections that heal the heart. From 1:1 coaching and trauma education to clinical assessments and crisis support, we offer a full range of proven practices to provide exactly what each family needs to thrive. Our tailored programs include:

FOSTERING CONNECTION

for foster families

ADDY

for parents of adopted children

RISE

for parents who are reunified with birth children after they were removed

FAMILY TIES

for grandparents, aunts, uncles and other kin caregivers raising relative children

20,000

youth left foster care in 2020
without a family to call home

Source: Annie E. Casey Foundation

Programs for teens and young adults

While the goal of foster care is for every child to have a home, that doesn’t always happen. Thousands of teens are living in group settings, treatment centers, and even hotels. And they’re at risk for becoming adults without healthy family ties. Chosen provides services specifically for this at-risk population. Our customized programs include:

ADAYA

for at-risk teens who are displaced from their family

TBRI®: Trust-Based Relational Intervention

for at-risk teens who are displaced from their family

LAUNCH

for foster care alumni who exit the system without family connections.

The Seven Life Domains Framework

designed to meet the complex needs of vulnerable teens

Making Sense of Your Worth

an eight-week curriculum run by licensed professionals to help people replace shame with self-worth

+ Clinical Assessments, Weekly Coaching, and more...

Get Started with
Two Complimentary Sessions

Let Chosen help you and your
family find hope & healing. 
You
are not alone! Contact us today.
 

Trauma occurs when a children are separated from their birth parent’s. Adoptive parents may struggle with addressing trauma and attaching to their child. Chosen can help you find connection and healing.
Birth parents who are reunified with their children are trying their best to reconnect with their children and stabilize their homes. Chosen gives reunified families the tools they need to heal together.
Fostering begins with a big heart, but it can be overwhelming. When stressful behaviors emerge in children, foster parents may find themselves wanting to give up. Chosen is here to help you persevere.
Often, kinship caregivers do not expect to be in this position. When a grandparent or extended family member welcomes a child into their home, Chosen provides resources to help navigate the situation.

TOOLS DESIGNED TO TRANSFORM HOMES.

Our Model of Care

Chosen’s team of licensed, trauma-informed practitioners do whatever it takes to bring hope, help, and healing to families who have been touched by the child welfare system. We’ve been where you are. With decades of lived experience and best-in-class trauma-informed training, our care managers implement our proven, customizable Model of Care to set your family on a path of healing. Your matched care manager will walk alongside you, guiding your family down your own unique path toward thriving together.

Individualized
Parent Coaching

Chosen’s care managers provide one-on-one coaching using curricula tailored to your needs. 

Therapeutic
Resources

Chosen matches you with evidence-informed, trauma-focused therapeutic services and resources.

Personalized
Case Management

Chosen connects you with the local third-party resources you need to help your family thrive together. 

Crisis
Support

If a difficult event occurs outside of your scheduled parent coaching session, we’re available to help.

Trauma
Education

We offer best-in-class teaching so you can parent your children in a way that takes their history into account.

Clinical
Assessments

Your coaching and action plan is based on measured levels of stress and trauma behaviors.

Individualized Parent Coaching

Chosen’s care managers provide one-on-one coaching using curricula tailored to your needs. 

Therapeutic Resources

Chosen matches you with evidence-informed, trauma-focused therapeutic services and resources.

Personalized Case Management

Chosen connects you with the local third-party resources you need to help your family thrive together. 

Crisis Support

If a difficult event occurs outside of your scheduled parent coaching session, we’re available to help.

Trauma Education

We offer best-in-class teaching so you can parent your children in a way that takes their history into account.

Clinical Assessments

Your coaching and action plan is based on measured levels of stress and trauma behaviors.

WHAT HAPPENS DURING AN APPOINTMENT?

Your care manager uses the information gathered during your session to create a plan that will work for your family.

Personalized Care
& Direction

Your care manager will listen to you and walk alongside you on your path of healing.  All resources and discussion will be tailored to your family’s unique needs.

Take-Home
Resources

Your care manager will provide access to the resources, including attachment exercises, tips to manage behaviors, and recommendations for third-party resources in your community.

Weekly
Action Plan

You will leave your session with a Weekly Action Plan to bring your family closer together. Activities range from self-care exercises, to scheduling appointments, to family bonding activities.

UNDERSTAND THE BENEFITS & SIDE-EFFECTS OF TREATMENT

Medication Consultation

Chosen’s Model of Care includes a consultation and educational service for parents considering or already using medication as part of their child’s treatment. While Chosen does not prescribe medication, our board-certified family nurse practitioner helps parents understand the benefits and side-effects of treatments prescribed by the family’s medical provider. These consultations are offered with a trauma-informed, educational focus designed to aid parents in making decisions about their child’s treatment.

OUR CARE TEAM MEETS FAMILIES WHERE THEY ARE

Chosen Teaches Attachment Style Connection

Chosen’s care team offers trauma-informed care that’s individualized and compassionate. Chosen teaches attachment style connection and uses Dr. Bruce Perry’s powerful dosing method. Our team has over 143 years of combined experience, working with children and their families who have been touched by the child welfare system.

Chosen’s care team uses industry-standard best practices and hold a variety of certifications and degrees, including:
Trust-Based Relational Intervention® (TBRI®) Providers

Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®) is a therapeutic model of care that trains caregivers to provide support and treatment for at-risk children. It has been used effectively with children and youth of all ages and all risk levels.

Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs)

Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) are master’s-level mental health service professionals, trained to work with individuals, families, and groups in treating mental, behavioral, and emotional problems and disorders.

Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs)

Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) are master’s-level social workers with extensive professional training and expertise in mental health. They provide psychotherapy and counseling to clients.

Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSWs)

Licensed Master Social Workers (LMSWs) work in a variety of care or agency settings to deliver therapy, counseling, and life-betterment services to people who need them.

Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs)

A Family Nurse Practitioners (FNPs) are registered nurses with specialized educational and clinical training in family practice. Nurse practitioners have a high degree of training in both the classroom and clinical settings.

Clinical Offerings

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Family-Centered
Therapy

Dyadic Developmental
Psychotherapy

Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy

Dialectical Behavioral
Therapy

Motivational
Interviewing

*We develop many of the materials we use based on the specific needs of our families.

OUR PRICES ARE BASED ON A SLIDING SCALE

All families receive two free complimentary sessions.

All families receive two free complimentary sessions. After that, fees are based on family size and household income. We believe our services should be available to all & that finances should never hinder a family from healing–if you are ready to begin your journey toward healing, contact us today.

The Chosen Effect

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Aggression reduction in children & adolescents
Anxiety reduction in children & adolescents
Depression reduction in children & adolescents
Dissociation reduction in children & adolescents
Total stress reduction in children & adolescents
Post-traumatic stress reduction in children & adolescents
588
Foster Disruptions​
171
Adoption Dissolutions​
216
Kinship Disruptions