Welcome New Clients!

New Clients
new clients

Easy Scheduling:

Reach our office by phone, text, email, or online.

Phone or Text: 214-547-1318
Email: info@ichoosechange.com
Online: Click here.

We have several counseling options depending on your budget, insurance, and issue. We’re ready to help you choose, or you can browse our counselor bios.

Once scheduled, you’ll receive a login to your private client portal. You will complete new client paperwork and manage your appointment times and billing documents. Your clinician will review this paperwork before your first appointment.

New Client Paperwork:

We are a 100% paperless and virtual office. Once you’re booked, you’ll receive an email with paperwork to complete before your first appointment. If you feel more comfortable filling out paper intake forms, we will have them in our office when you arrive. They will be uploaded into your HIPAA-compliant client portal and then shredded (therefore, we highly recommend online forms).

**NOTE: If you do not fill out forms 24 hours before your appointment, your session will be canceled until you can complete them.

Fee Information:

SESSION FEES:

Session fees range from $45 to $195, depending on the counselor’s experience. Our scheduling staff will be able to schedule you with a counselor who both meets your needs and meets your budget.

Legal fees: $200 per hour. This includes appearing in court, copying records, testifying, copying records, drive time, wait time, depositions, and court proceedings. new clients

FORMS OF PAYMENT:

Payment is due at the time of service. Our office takes Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Health Savings Accounts (HSA), Debit Cards, or PayPal (email to info@ichoosechange.com). All checks returned unpaid will be subject to a $25 administrative and processing fee.

**Please note that no-shows and cancellations not made 24 hours in advance by telephone will be billed at the full rate of your session. e

INSURANCE:

Some counselors accept BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD (BCBS), UNITED HEALTHCARE, and AETNA. Before scheduling, you will be given information about your client fee and insurance status.

We are out-of-network for all other plans and are happy to give you a superbill for services to submit for reimbursement with your provider. new clients

Locations:

Allen Office:

1514 N. Greenville Ave., Suite 310
Allen, Texas 75002-1205

The Allen office is tricky to find. Our complex is across from St. Jude’s Church on North Greenville Avenue, between Stacy Rd. and Exchange Pkwy. You’ll see two white buildings facing Greenville Ave. We are located in the white building behind those two white buildings. See map below:

McKinney Office:

107 1/2 S. Tennessee Street
McKinney, Texas 75069

Our McKinney is a bit hard to find, too! It’s just above Emporium Pies and next to “Groovy Coop” in downtown McKinney Square. When you’re standing outside facing Emporium Pies, our door is to the right of their front windows. (Don’t forget to get the office door code before you arrive!)

Virtual Office:

Wherever you want (in Texas)!

Teletherapy is as easy as having an internet connection and a device to connect. Schedule video appointments just as you would an in-office appointment.

Clinician Fees & Specialties

Almost all counselors at ICC are hybrid (both in-person and telehealth).
Those listed in the “Virtual Office” below are 100% telehealth.

Allen Office:

Jennifer Slingerland Ryan, PhD., LPC-S
Adults | Couples | CBT | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) | Gottman Level III
INSURANCE: N/A
FEE
: $195

Karlie Niehus, LPC
Ages 12+| Anxiety | Life Transitions | Grief | Depression
INSURANCE: Aetna, UHC, TriCare (Awaiting BCBS credentialing to finalize)
FEE: $115

Jared Gavin, LCSW-S
Teens | Adults | Anxiety | Stress | Substance Use | Relationships

INSURANCE: N/A
FEE
: $135

Christina Guess, Counselor Intern
Supervised by Jennifer Ryan, LPC-S
Adults | Teens | Children | Depression | Grief & Loss | Trauma
INSURANCE: N/A
FEE
: $45

Shakiba Kalantari, Counselor Intern
Supervised by Jennifer Ryan, LPC-S
Pre-teens | Teens | Children | Anxiety | Stress | Behavioral Issues | Self-Esteem
INSURANCE: N/A
FEE
: $45

Maggie Shield, Counselor Intern
Supervised by Jennifer Ryan, LPC-S
Adults | Depression | Grief & Loss | Trauma | Life Transitions | Pain
INSURANCE: N/A
FEE
: $45

Cyrus W. Lightsey, LMSW
Supervised by Dr. Norman Cobb, LCSW-S
Adolescents | Adults | Anxiety | Self-Esteem | Grief & Loss | Relationships
INSURANCE: N/A
FEE
: $125

Yohana Tecleab, LPC Associate
Supervised by Jennifer Ryan, Ph.D., LPC-S #19003
Teens | Adults | Anxiety | Depression | Grief & Loss | Self-Esteem | Lifestyle Changes
INSURANCE: N/A
FEE: $85

Amanda Myers, M.Ed., LPC, RPT

Children (ages 3-8) | Play Therapy | Parent Training | ADHD | Anxiety | Grief & Loss
INSURANCE: BCBS, UHC Aetna
FEE
: $155

Devrick Ridgeway, Counselor Intern
Supervised by Elise Thompson, LMFT-S
Teens | Adults | Families| Couples | Stress | Anxiety | Depression | Racial Issues | LGBTQ
INSURANCE: N/A
FEE
: $45

McKinney Office:

Elisa Swartz, M.S., LPC
Adults, and Couples | Personal growth | Relationships | Infertility/Parenting | Divorce/Remarriage/Blending families| Career | Grief | LGBTQ
INSURANCE: BCBS, UHC, Aetna
FEE: $145

Kandice King, M.S., LPC
Children & Teens (ages 10-17) | Attention Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder | Oppositional Defiant Disorder | Self-harming behaviors | LGBTQ
INSURANCE: BCBS, UHC, Aetna
FEE: $125

Andrea Erwin, M.S., LPC
Adults | Couples | Depression | Grief and Loss | Anxiety | Life Transitions | Substance Use | Attachment
INSURANCE: UHC, Aetna, BCBS
FEE: $135

Jennifer Gray, LPC Associate
Supervised by Dr. Leslie Stalcup-Laws, LPC-S #17776.
Teens & Adults |Anxiety | Self-Esteem | Parenting | Personal Growth | Divorce
INSURANCE: N/A
FEE
: $115

Virtual Office:

Katie Cole, M.S., LMFT
Children | Adolescents | Teens | Adults | Depression | Anxiety | Relationships | PTSD | Life Changes | Grief & Loss
INSURANCE: UHC, Aetna, BCBS
FEE
: $125

Krystal Pennington, M.S., LPC, LMFT
Adolescents, Teens, Adults, Couples, and Families | Personal growth | Healthy relationships/Boundaries | Anxiety | Depression | Cancer Diagnosis
INSURANCE: BCBS, United HealthCare, Aetna
FEE
: $135

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