Access for Therapists

Vision

A healthy, resilient, and well-supported mental health workforce with access to no-cost care and professional development.

Mission

Connect students, pre-licensed clinicians, and licensed providers to free therapy, supervision, mentorship, and training through a reciprocity-based network—boosting competence, capacity, and retention for public benefit.

Values

Embrace Reciprocity—Create avenues for providers to give and receive support.

Foster Community—Build connection and shared responsibility across the mental health field.

Safeguard Wellbeing—Facilitate restorative care so providers can better serve the public.

Cultivate Growth—Enhance learning, mastery, and leadership.

Champion Excellence—Elevate quality, integrity, and effectiveness in all work.

Access for Therapists (AFT) is a Colorado-based initiative that creates a practical structure connecting licensed providers, emerging clinicians, and universities through defined, reciprocal participation. The model organizes short-term, no-cost therapy for students and early-career clinicians with clear benefits for each group while keeping administrative demands low. Providers receive Professional Development Hours (PDH) credit and PDH verification for their participation. AFT manages eligibility, matching, and administration; independent providers deliver care, and AFT never receives or stores clinical records. Therapy launches first, with supervision, mentorship, training, and other development opportunities queued to launch as capacity grows.