When Tragedy Strikes in our Communities
Videos on the news, information on the internet, guns firing into crowds of people because of fear, hate and anger. People hurting others. When bad things happen, how do we deal with them? This is at the heart of how we deal with each other and at the heart of our...
Acorn is now a Continuing Education Provider!
https://docs.google.com/a/christygrahamlpc.com/forms/d/1yGqlL0SyTRbcc4JzMkTcUe7KM9pwoXzotnbssv3oFUQ/editCalling all Therapists! Get set, get ready, we are on our way to opening up all kinds of new ways to partner in our community! We've been approved to provide CEUs for LPCs in Texas. I can't wait to develop programs and trainings! I have so many ideas, that I need help...
Book Review: Quiet by Susan Cain
During the summer, many of us seek out new learning and ways of understanding each other. My husband, Brandon, passed this book along to me and asked me to read it. He was so eloquent, and so right, that I decided to pass this book review along to you. As he is the...
Guest Blog by Marc Thompson with New Day Services
Every so often, I meet people who have a similar mission to mine: to strengthen families, strengthen children, and strengthen our communities. Typically, their mission statement is not an almost exact replica of mine! I met with Marc and his coworker David today and...
Acorn Overview of Services 2016
CPRT Training for Denton Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition Wanting to find out more about Acorn Counseling Education Services? Here is a recent powerpoint presentation Christy gave at the Denton Regional Suicide Prevention Coalition to introduce Acorn and...
Tragedy: When a Child Dies
A Community Changes We were having an afternoon like any other Sunday afternoon, when my husband read his email. He called me over, had me read it and we hugged. Then we quickly got the kids to eat, change, and go to a candlelight vigil for a family from our school. A...
Acorn Education Digest April 2016
Acorn Digest April 2016 Read articles and find our calendar. You can find the full articles here, from our blogs. Renee Pfeffer, LPC Intern and Ashley Barkley, LPC. Here is a copy of our very busy calendar: Calendar of Events Knowing The Signs April 12th, 2-3...
Building Intentional Community
Village People It’s 8:45am and I need to drop my 2-year-old off at Mother’s Day Out to make it to work in time. I get her loaded in the car and try to start it. Nothing. My battery is dead and my husband is traveling for work. We have no family that lives in town....