Counseling in Frisco, TX. Find the Right Therapist.

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Frisco is a suburb of Dallas with a population around 100,000 people. It is also thought to be one of the more wealthy areas in the Dallas area, along with being one of the fastest growing areas.  Forbes magazine named it the seventh-fastest growing suburbs in the country, back in 2007.  The economy in Frisco is mostly retail, with the largest retail space being the Stonebriar Centre, which opened in 2000.¹ This center has 165 stores, IKEA, along with other retail and restaurant chains. The Centre is located right on Preston Road, which is a major traffic artery in the city. Frisco is different from the other cities in the area, as it diverts a percentage of their local sales tax revenue to fund the Economic Development Corporation, rather than the mass transportation system, which is what the other cities do. The purpose is to reallocate these funds back into commercial ventures. The city Square is another prominent structure in the area that is a mixed-use facility with 250 apartments, seven restaurants, and approximately 40,000 square feet in office space.  This is also where the new City Hall, main library and public common areas will be located.

Mental Health in Frisco

Stonebriar Community Church reaches out to the community of Frisco to supply encouragement and support in many ways.² One of their most important focuses is providing a facility and a safe, secure environment for support groups in the community. Their Care Ministries helps Frisco residents connect through a variety of support groups, including groups for wives of substance abusers and groups for those with eating disorders. They also offer a 13 week GriefShare workshop geared toward those who are coping with the loss of a loved one. For more information about the Care Ministries offered at Stonebriar, call (469) 252-5218 or (469) 252-5200.

Bullying has become one of the most important mental health issues of our era, due to the significant and lingering effects that childhood bullying can have on adults.³ The Olweus Bullying Prevention Program (OBPP) in Frisco is a community wide program with the goal of ending and preventing bullying in schools.⁴ The focuses of the program include creating safe learning environments, improving student achievement by reducing the anxiety and stress caused by bullying, providing the community with educational and emotional support in the event of bullying, and educating adults in strategies to address bullying. For more information about OBPP, call (469) 633-6000.

Current Initiatives

Connection United Methodist Church in Frisco is bringing the community together via its Community Impact volunteer program. The program’s volunteers seek out ways to become active in the community through serving those less fortunate. The Community Impact team addresses need in Frisco throughout the year in a variety of ways, including providing holiday meals to the homeless and others who are disadvantaged. For more information about the Community Impact team, call (214) 705-6070.⁵

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References

1. Dallas Business Journal. (2016). Frisco Invests $70K to Develop Retail Strategy. Retrieved from http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/news/2013/08/06/frisco-invests-70k-to-develop-retail.html?page=all
2. Stonebriar Community Church. (2017). Care Ministries Calendar. Retrieved from http://www.stonebriar.org/need-help/caring-ministries/care-ministries-calendar/
3.Texas School Safety Center-Texas State. (2017). Bullying. Retrieved from http://txssc.txstate.edu/topics/bullying/
4. Frisco Independent School District. (2017). Bullying Prevention and Intervention. Retrieved from http://www.friscoisd.org/ly/departments/guidancecounseling/bullying.htm
5. Connection United Methodist Church. (2017). Community Impact. Retrieved from http://www.connectionumc.net/serve/community-impact/

Frisco is a city that is located in multiple counties- Collin County and Denton County in Texas. It has a land area of 67.67 square miles and a water area of 0.55 square miles.  The population of Frisco is 163,656 people with 45,452 households and a median annual income of $114,098. .

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Licensed, professional counseling in Frisco is considered widely accessible by the majority of people who live here and budget is often not a concern for mental health treatment. Low cost counseling and affordable therapy are also sometimes offered by listed city and university level clinics, check with your local Frisco public health department.