Specialized support
Licensed social workers who know trauma, family law, benefits and the local systems a family has to navigate to get stable.
Boerne, Texas · Serving the Hill Country since 2018
Where healing
begins.
Safe housing, licensed therapy and steady, practical help for women and children rebuilding after abuse — for as long as it takes.
Talk to someone now · 24 hours1-800-799-7233
Transformation House · Mon–Fri(830) 542-9166
Our work
Time and tools to reclaim a life.
Transformation House provides women and children who have experienced trauma and abuse with the time and tools they need to reclaim and rebuild their lives.
Every family deserves to feel safe at home. The path to safety is usually blocked by things that are hard to move on your own — housing, money, custody, transportation, the effects of trauma itself. Our licensed social workers help each family name those barriers and build a plan to get past them.
Most shelters can offer days or weeks. We measure our program in months and years, because that is what real recovery takes.
Coordinated care
One team, one plan. Housing, therapy, case management and children’s services move together instead of pulling a family in four directions.
Two generations at once
Mothers and children both heal here. Adults work with a therapist; kids get play therapy and school support in the same program.
What we do
Four ways into the same care.
Every service below is free to the families we serve. You do not need to live here to work with our therapists or case managers.
Residential
Transitional housing
Safe, free cottage housing for women and children on our private campus — up to two years in residence with coordinated wrap-around care, and up to a year of support after a family moves on.
About transitional housingNon-residential
Trauma-informed therapy
Free individual and group therapy from licensed clinical social workers — including certified play therapy for children — available to women and children across the Hill Country.
About therapyNon-residential
Case management
Information, referrals, assessments and skill-building rooted in social work values — every plan built around the goals the client names first. Open to any woman who has experienced abuse.
About case managementCommunity
Prevention & intervention
Training and speaker presentations that help the Hill Country recognize abuse and respond well — from DV 101 and safety planning to the Youth Council for Healthy Relationships.
About preventionClinical
EMDR
An evidence-based therapy for processing traumatic memory.
Clinical
DBT
Skills for managing overwhelming emotion and staying grounded.
Children
Play therapy
How younger children work through what they’ve seen and felt.
Whole family
Trauma-informed care
Applied to the clinical work and to how the whole organization runs.
The residential process
What happens after you reach out.
Nothing here commits you to anything. You can stop at any step.
Step one
You call or write
Tell us as much or as little as you want. We’ll explain what’s available and answer questions.
Step two
Application & interview
Admission to the residential program includes a written application and a conversation with our team.
Step three
Move in, make a plan
You and a case manager set the goals. Therapy starts for you and for your children.
Step four
Stability, then beyond
Up to two years in residence, and up to a year of support after you move into a home of your own.
2018
Founded in Boerne by four women who saw the gap after shelter
18 mo.
Average length of stay in the residential program
$0
Cost to every family, for every service we provide
94%
Of residents exit to stable, independent housing
What clients say
The impact, in their words.
Names and details are withheld to protect the safety and privacy of our clients.
Get involved
What a Hill Country neighbor can do.
Housing, therapy and case management are free to our families because this community pays for them.
Give
A gift here buys months of stability — rent covered, a therapist in the room, a case manager who picks up the phone. Monthly giving is what lets us promise a family two years instead of two weeks.
DonateVolunteer
We invest deeply in our clients and rely on volunteers for real jobs: mentoring, event planning, and serving on committees. Fill out an interest form and someone from our team will reach out.
Sign up to volunteerRun a collection drive
We go through household basics constantly. Organize a drive at your office, church or school, or drop items in the bin on our porch any time.
- Toilet paper
- Laundry detergent
- Paper towels
- Cleaning supplies
- School supplies
Partner with us
Businesses, faith communities and civic groups can host a training, sponsor an event, or offer employment and services to the families in our program.
Start a conversationEvents
Come stand with these families.
Sept 27Von Erich Ranch
Tiles for Transformation 2026 tournament
Mahjong tournament at Ironwood Events — check-in at 1 PM, play begins at 2 PM. Three rounds, refreshments, raffle prizes and awards. Open-play tickets are limited.
SeasonalDates announced soon
Begin Again support group
A support group for women navigating separation, divorce and other major relationship transitions — boundaries, self-worth, grief and healthy relationships.
Year roundBoerne
Mahjong nights & community drives
Open-play evenings for seasoned players and total beginners alike — recent nights collected school supplies for the children living at Transformation House.
Know the signs
Questions people ask us.
What is interpersonal violence?
Sometimes called intimate partner violence or domestic violence, it’s a pattern of behavior used to gain or keep power and control over someone. It can be physical, sexual, emotional, economic or religious.
What are the signs of an abusive relationship?
Any of these are worth paying attention to:
- Your partner doesn’t honor your boundaries, and dismisses or crosses them repeatedly
- You’re afraid of how they’ll react to ordinary things
- They control the money, the car, the phone, or who you’re allowed to see
- You’re blamed for their anger, and told you’re the reason it happens
- You’ve stopped telling friends or family what’s really going on
No one should have to stay in an abusive relationship. Getting help safely matters — for general help and referrals, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233.
Does it cost anything?
No. Housing, case management, adult therapy and children’s play therapy are provided free of charge to the women and children we serve.
Do I have to live at Transformation House to get help?
No. Our non-residential program serves women and children in the Texas Hill Country who are stably housed but dealing with the effects of trauma and abuse. If you’ve applied for residential and are on the waitlist, you can take part in non-residential services in the meantime.
How long can a family stay?
Families in the residential program stay an average of eighteen months, and may remain up to two years. Support continues for up to a year after a family moves out.
Can my children come with me?
Yes. This is a dual-generation program built for mothers and children together. Children work with a licensed play therapist, and their needs are part of the family’s plan from the beginning.
How do I apply for the residential program?
Admission includes an application and an interview. Call (830) 542-9166 or email info@transformation-house.org and we’ll walk you through it.
Why does long-term support matter so much?
The effects of trauma outlast the escape. Stable, longer-term housing gives survivors room to address that damage, get counseling, build skills and find work. Research on single mothers has repeatedly found far higher rates of past partner violence than among women generally — and far too little support after a shelter stay ends. Filling that gap is why we exist.