News
Scroll down to find past volunteer profiles and news about Walk-In.
This month, we are launching a sustainability campaign that centers the volunteer practitioners who make Walk-In’s work possible. Retire to Walk-In is both an invitation to clinicians and a call to the wider community to support the critical work they do. Many clinicians reach the end of their paid careers with decades of skill and…
Last October I wrote to you about planting bulbs. I was a few months into this role, the days were getting shorter, and the letter was about preparing: putting something in the ground and trusting it would be there in spring. A year later, I can tell you some of what came up. This fall…
When Kathy W. retired from practicing clinical psychology in 2018, she discovered that she dearly missed the work. So when a friend invited her to consider joining a counseling team at Walk-In Counseling Center, she soon volunteered — and she is glad she did. “It gives me a chance to continue doing the work that…
David Farley, LICSW, who presented a training in September on assessing suicidality, will present a training on the same topic specifically tailored to Walk-In Counseling Center’s model, where services are free, anonymous, in-person and virtual. It will be held on Zoom from 3-5 pm on Tuesday, Oct. 20. 2 CEUs are available. Free for all…
I’ve been part of Walk-In since the very beginning — 1969, before we had much more than an idea and a willingness to try something different. I was the first paid staff in 1971, and in 1973 I became Executive Director, a role I held until 2010. That was a full 37 years in that role.…
Psychoanalyst Erik Erikson called it generativity — the human drive, especially as we move through midlife and beyond, to invest in and guide the next generation rather than simply protect what we’ve built. He set it against its opposite: stagnation, the sense of holding on so tightly that nothing new can grow through you. Generativity…
Emily J. grew up in a rural Wisconsin town that had no mental health services at all. Now a marriage and family therapist, Emily is committed to making mental health services more available everywhere. To that end, Emily’s practice, Northlight Mental Health, has partnered with Walk-In to help train new practitioners through a new internship…
Gauging the likelihood that a person will attempt suicide after an encounter with a mental professional is a daunting responsibility. This training will help you develop an effective and ethical lens for assessing suicidality. The training will be presented by David Farley, LICSW on Zoom on Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026 from 3-5 pm. David is…
Walk-In Counseling Center will be fielding a team at the NAMI Walks event on Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 am to noon at Minnehaha Falls Park in Minneapolis. The walk begins at 9:30. Walk-In is looking for volunteers to help staff our resource table throughout the event. To volunteer at the table, please email Jessica…
During the surge of federal agents in Minneapolis earlier this year, therapist Laura H. saw the impact of added stress all around her, including on her own clients. She called Walk-In to learn about what she could do to help the larger community. She learned about a new way to volunteer at Walk-In: As a…