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Walk-In grants four diversity licensure awards

  • April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

Walk-In is excited to announce awards to four mental health professionals who are committed to diversity-informed therapy. Each will receive up to $2,500 in reimbursement of expenses associated with obtaining licensure in their fields. The awardees are Karl N., Bilan M., Ahlam M., and Faiza S.., and each plans to volunteer as a counselor at… continue reading

Are you our next Executive Director?

  • April 17, 2025April 17, 2025

Walk-In is engaged in a search for our next Executive Director, to succeed Mary Weeks, who is retiring this summer. Read the position profile, and please forward it to your networks!

A special announcement

  • December 12, 2024December 12, 2024

Executive Director Mary Weeks has announced her upcoming retirement. This is the message she sent to Walk-In volunteers: “So long, farewell, auf Wiedersehen, goodbye.” (As in the song from the Sound of Music.) It’s true, I’ve decided to retire, but I’ll be around for a while to ensure a smooth transition to new leadership. Walk-In is… continue reading

Applications Now Open for Walk-In Mental Health Diversity Licensing Award

  • December 11, 2024December 11, 2024

Walk-In Counseling Center recognizes the value of growing and supporting a diverse group of licensed mental health professionals to fill unmet community needs and improve the delivery of mental health services. In an effort to support diversity within the metropolitan Twin Cities mental health practitioner community, Walk-In is pleased to announce the 2025 Mental Health… continue reading

four interlocking hands of different colors: tan, dark brown, light brown and reddish-brown

Can you donate today to help us meet a match?

  • November 18, 2024December 12, 2024

During turbulent times like these, access to mental health care really matters. Walk-In’s free, no-appointment, anonymous counseling service serves people with urgent needs and few options every weekday. People like “Jeanette,” who came to us a few months ago accompanied by a friend. Jeanette’s partner had just died by suicide, and she was consumed with… continue reading

Barb M: “Walk-In is invaluable for those who need help, and for the helpers too”

  • October 18, 2024October 18, 2024

Barb M. first volunteered as a counselor for Walk-In Counseling Center in 2013, but she had already referred many clients to the free, accessible counseling service because it is a such a critical resource. “Walk-In is there for everyone,” Barb says. “For people who don’t have a place to go for counseling, and also for… continue reading

Training for mental health professionals Nov. 7: Understanding cultural contexts

  • October 11, 2024October 11, 2024

Join us on Zoom from 3-5 pm for “Incorporating Multicultural Components into Assessment and Therapy.” 2 CEUs available. Registration is open at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/incorporating-multicultural-components-into-assessment-and-therapy-tickets-1045006000077?

Jim A – A detoured path to counseling

  • August 15, 2024August 16, 2024

Psychologist Jim A. has been a presence at Walk-In Counseling Center since 1972, when he first volunteered as a counselor. These days might see him during an in-person clinic, leading the team of volunteer counselors who provide Walk-In’s free counseling services every weekday. The story of Jim’s path to psychology and to Walk-In is marked… continue reading

Stephanie T.: Once a client, now a counselor

  • June 20, 2024June 20, 2024

Stephanie T. first came to Walk-In Counseling Center when she was a teenager living in a stressful foster home. Today, she is a Walk-In volunteer counselor, helping others through their hard times. Stephanie never forgot her first counselor, Karen M. A few years ago at a social work conference, she spotted Karen across the room,… continue reading

Local therapists win award to help obtain counseling licenses

  • May 6, 2024May 6, 2024

Walk-In Counseling Center has announced four recipients of the 2024 Mental Health Licensing Diversity Award. The award comes with up to $2,500 to pay for the costs of obtaining a Minnesota mental health license (LGSW, LISW, LCPP, LP etc.) It was created in 2020 to help increase the number of people from underrepresented backgrounds in… continue reading

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