Coping with Student Loan Repayment Stress
One of the biggest financial worries that many adults have today is student loan repayment. With the costs mounting and the promise of forgiveness being dangled and then taken away, Millennials and Gen Zers are finding their financial paths rocky and compromised– and...
What are the Effects of a Narcissistic Parent?
One of the hardest parts of growing up is realizing that our parents are people, too– and that sometimes they aren’t very nice people or very good parents. Sometimes our parents’ flaws create insecurities and challenges in our adult lives that have stuck with us since...
The Green-Eyed Monster in Love: Navigating Jealousy in Relationships
Hi! I'm Madilyn Schweikert, therapist for individuals and couples at Love Heal Grow Counseling. I help individuals and couples who are seeking deeper connection and intimacy in relationships as well as want to feel more worthy and capable of what they need and want...
Nurturing Our Roots: AAPI Mental Health and Inner Child Healing
In the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, the conversation around mental health has often been shrouded in silence. According to a study by the National Alliance on Mental Illness, AAPIs have the “lowest help-seeking rate of any racial/ethnic group”....
Tips for Parenting Your Daughter During The Social Media Age
Childhood looks very different today than it did even ten years ago. The omnipresence of smart devices and the massive presence and influence of social media means that your kids have access to more information– and that can be a good thing or a bad thing, depending...
Counseling for You and Your Valentine, Megan Negendank
Our wonderful Executive Director, Megan Negendank, was featured on a Valentine's Day segment on ABC 10 News! She describes what couples therapy is and some common reasons couples may come to our practice.Hi! I'm Megan Negendank, founder and executive director of Love...
Undiagnosed ADHD Can Lead to Depression
ADHD is a disorder that is very misunderstood. While there is a popular stereotype that this condition affects kids– mostly boys– and is identified by hyperactivity and impulsivity, the reality is that ADHD encompasses much more. In addition to the hyperactive type,...
What is Illness Anxiety Disorder?
The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced many mental health challenges. The WHO noted that globally, the prevalence of depression and anxiety rose by a massive 25%. Fear and anxiety about the pandemic, isolation, and numerous other factors contributed to this increase, as...
How to Teach Your Child to Think Critically
Critical thinking is one of the most important skills that a child can learn. And most parents agree; about 95 percent of people think that education, kindergarten through college, should require courses in critical thinking. Critical thinking, or the ability to look...
What Is An “Inner Child” and How to Heal It?
Have you ever heard the phrase “your inner child” and wondered what it really means? It might even seem a little silly to think about– that you, an adult, have to think about having your childhood self inside of you? If that’s how you feel, your inner child might need...
How to Move on After a Friendship Breakup
As a society, we spend a lot of time talking about romantic breakups. From movies to advice mavens, everybody seems to have something to say about what happens when a romantic relationship is over. But romantic relationships aren’t the only kind of relationship. For...
Post Traumatic Growth: Finding Hope As You Heal From Trauma
For many, the negative consequences of trauma are all too familiar. Changes in mood, intrusive thoughts and memories, challenges in interpersonal relationships, difficulty focusing or being present in our bodies… the list goes on. These symptoms can hugely impact...
Social Anxiety: Helping Your Child Cope With It
Does your kid often feel sick, complaining of a stomach ache or headache before going to school? Have you noticed that they often try to find any excuse not to go? Are they cutting back on social activities, avoiding places where they might meet their peers? While you...
What is Revenge Bedtime Procrastination?
Do you often find yourself up late, watching Netflix, gaming, or otherwise enjoying yourself? If this is a regular pattern, you might have fallen into the practice of revenge bedtime procrastination. Today, we’re going to talk about what that is, where it comes from,...
Should You Be Having Breakup Sex?
It’s a familiar situation for a lot of people who have recently broken up with their partner. It’s late at night, and your phone buzzes. You ignore it, not wanting to pick it up– but the text alert goes off again, and you check it. It can’t hurt to check it, right?...
What Is Aftercare and Why Is It So Important?
Sex is a lot more than just, well, sex! The activities before and after a sexual encounter can have a huge impact on the intimacy between you and your partner. And while you might be familiar with the importance of foreplay, what happens afterward is just as...
What is Vicarious Trauma?
Trauma is a complicated thing. Sometimes, it makes some sense– like when you directly experience a traumatic event, you may find yourself having symptoms that you can at least explain, if not fully understand. But there are other types of trauma, too, like complex...
How to Express Criticism in Your Relationship
Wouldn’t it be great if you and your partner agreed on everything and always got along? Sadly, that pesky thing called being human gets in the way. Even if you and your partner share the same values and get along most of the time, there are still going to be times...
Why Complex Trauma is Hard to Heal From
Dealing with trauma is never easy, but it’s something that many people have to do in order to live their lives the way they want. Some trauma, called simple trauma, single trauma, or acute trauma, is a little easier to understand than complex trauma. Acute trauma...
Helping First Responders Cope With PTSD
Eighty percent of first responders deal with traumatic events on a regular basis, and 30% of them will develop post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD– that’s a rate 10% higher than the general population. PTSD is one of the biggest threats facing first responders,...
What Is EMDR Therapy?
When you imagine seeing a therapist, what do you think happens? For many people, especially folks who have never visited a mental health professional before, there is a very stereotypical image. You know the one: big leather couch, lying back and talking while a...
