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Chloe Pan-Kita
Sep 16, 2025
Going to Wings Recovery for three and a half months — from residential, to PHP, to IOP — truly changed my life. Before I arrived, I was in an incredibly low place and felt I had only two options: to give up, or to try something like this. I’m so grateful my mom found Wings for me, because I didn’t even have the energy or clarity to research programs myself.
Wings helped me understand why I reacted the way I did, gave me tools to make healthy choices for my future, and supported me as I made them. At first I planned to return to Los Angeles after treatment, but by the end I knew what was right for me was moving to New York. With their guidance I found a job, a therapist, and support groups there.
The structure was life-changing: therapy all day from 9–4, learning DBT, ACT, CBT, IFS, boundary work, trauma support, plus daily process groups. In residential I also learned basic life skills — cooking, cleaning, making my bed, living without my phone — which helped me break years of isolating habits. EMDR was especially transformative for my depression and PTSD, and having access to it alongside weekly therapy, and a psychiatrist who could adjust medications in real time, made a huge difference.
Wings is hard work, but if you’re at the point where nothing else has helped and you want to experience joy again, it’s worth it. I can honestly say Wings gave me the tools to build a new life.