How We Started
It Takes A Family began long before our clinic doors opened in 2011.
The idea first formed in 2008, built on a simple but powerful belief:
Every family deserves access to caring, steady, and meaningful mental health support.
Our founders saw a growing problem in the community.
State budget cuts were reducing in-home therapy. Families were losing services.
Children were going without help.
People were being told “there is no funding,” instead of “how can we support you?”
The founders felt this deeply.
They knew mental health care should not disappear because a budget changed.
So they decided to take action.
They made a promise:
“We will build a place where care is consistent, where families feel supported, and where people choose therapy—not because it’s their only option, but because they feel safe to ask for help.”
And that promise became the beginning of It Takes A Family LLC.
Why the Name Matters
The name “It Takes A Family” was chosen for a reason:
people heal when they feel connected.
Families, communities, and caring professionals all play a role in helping someone grow.
Our founders wanted to put the power back where it belonged—
in the hands of individuals and families, not in the hands of systems making decisions based on money.
So the first outpatient clinic was created. For the first time in a long time, families could choose therapy when they knew it was needed.
Three Founders. One Shared Mission.
Our founders share a deep passion for healing and advocacy. Each brought a different strength, united under one mission: whole-person, whole-family care.
Their combined experience includes:
work with children with behavioral challenges, adults with mental health needs, psychiatric hospitals, juvenile detention, substance abuse treatment, foster care, community advocacy, and more.
Together, they built a clinic dedicated to holistic care, grounded in cultural awareness, community ecology, family systems, and evidence-based mental health treatment.
