The Legacy of Trauma
Guest Blog by Jenny Wang, M.A., LPC It was the middle of a difficult freshman year of college, and I found myself waiting in my lawyer’s office for the deposition to begin. I had been dreading this for weeks, so [...]
Craving Connection: A Desperation That Kills
This week, tragedy happened in a neighboring town. A young boy was killed by two friends over a girl they were both dating, apparently. The more I think about this, the more heartbroken I become. I am reminded how much [...]
What Is Love? (Baby Don’t Hurt Me)
It’s circa 1993, I’m 19 years old, in my first year of college at Texas Tech University and the absolute WORST song has just made its debut: “What is Love” by Haddaway. It wasn’t horrible because the song was particularly [...]
New Year New You
I Choose Change is participating in an event with KLAK 97.5 this Saturday at the McKinney Performing Arts Center. "New Year, New You" is a cause Jennifer Ryan supports for its dedication to health and wellness. If you are in McKinney, Texas [...]
Nesting
While creating vision boards this week with our staff, I pointed out how important it is for me to have quiet, meditative time, usually in the horizontal position on my couch. My bed will suffice, too. It's "mommy" time in [...]
The ABCs of Friendship, and Why They’re REALLY Important
From friends, family, spouse, co-workers, church members, and others, I want to know who around this client knows what's going on with them, and will support them no matter what. Usually, I'm met with a "deer-in-headlights" look. Rarely do clients want to take their "therapy issue" to their support system. Spouses may know an angry side of the problem, but that's not REALLY knowing.