Korean American Wellness Association -

김미선

About four years ago, I happened to attend a free seminar in Kawa. The subject of that seminar was love languages. The point was that each person has a different way of expressing love and feeling love. It helped me a lot as I was preparing for married life at that time.

After then, we were to create a group for the rest of the hour to have a time of encouragement. Each group member looked back on their own lives, wrote down the words that had hurt them the most, then they tore the papers with the hurtful words on them while they were speaking to the group. After that, each person wrote down the words they wanted to hear the most, talked in front of the group, and the rest of the group told them those words.

The seminar, which I participated in with curiosity, comforted my heart and gave me peace. A lot of time has passed, but I am leaving a comment to say thank you.

Kelly

Thanks for all volunteers and dedicated therapists and social workers offering many FREE webinars and seminars. All your work make a huge difference in many people's lives including mine.

Mission Statement

Korean American Wellness Association (KAWA) is a not-for-profit organization, committed to promoting wellness of the Korean American community through increasing awareness of mental health issues, education, and bridging resources.

Jon Kang

Thank you so much for teaching Adult Mental Health First Aid for free. It is time for us to realize that First Aid is important, not only for the body but also for the mind. It was time for me to realize once again that our lives are changed by invisible things, not only visible things.

Rose Spinelli

Though I briefly saw Elizabeth Cho at her private practice, located at 636 Church Street, Suite 616, she also works at KAWA. She has not listed her private practice on Google, so I can't leave my review there. But it's imperative to leave a review on this therapist. She needs to be called on her unprofessional behavior, because I truly believe she is dangerous. I have already left a Yelp review, which I will leave here:
Unethical. Immature. Judgmental. Non-communicative. Unfaithful to the duties of a mental health professional. Incapable of handling the vicissitudes that go with the territory. If any of these ring a bell, please report behavior to The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is the Illinois so they can take action.
HER VIOLATION - The following is adapted from “10 ways practitioners can avoid frequent ethical pitfalls ” APA Monitor on Psychology

End of therapy
You should know the difference between treatment termination and abandonment.

Psychologists can ethically discontinue treatment when clients aren’t benefiting from therapy, may be harmed by treatment, no longer need therapy or threaten the therapist, themselves or others.

Your psychologist should explain why the current treatment is no longer appropriate, suggest alternative service providers, address feelings of rejection and resolve any practical issues.

In contrast, abandonment occurs when a psychologist inappropriately ends treatment.

M H

It's great place and great people. I love here. Strongly recommend!