Finding Peace and Joy for Your Soul
Why do we have this deep-seated craving that never gets satisfied by the things of this earth? Why do we...
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John Lakvold, MA, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
With humility and empathy, I will listen to your concerns and work with you to establish an individual treatment plan catered to your needs and goals. Each person is unique in God’s eyes; therefore, the approach I use in each session will be based on your specific circumstances. Regardless of what you may be facing, hope and healing are possible, with God’s guidance and direction.
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Qualities of a Healthy Godly Man
Every year, Lake Superior State University publishes a list of banned words. The purpose of this list is to eliminate...
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Finding Support for Addiction: How to ...
Any journey (short or long) starts with the first step. Most individuals would prefer arriving at the destination rather than...
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Developing, Maintaining, and Nurturing ...
Have you ever wondered how relationships are created? Have you ever wondered how relationships are maintained? Have you ever wondered...
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Unproductive Regrets: Dealing with the ...
Nothing can be done about the “shoulds” and “only-ifs” of the past by remembering them now. Guilt and self-judgment require...
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Effects of Favoritism on Families
As mental health professionals, we often focus on a client’s trauma or adverse childhood experiences as part of the assessment...
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Cognitive Processing Therapy and PTSD
Approximately sixty percent of men and fifty percent of women will experience a traumatic event in their lifetimes (VA, n.d.)....
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Unintended Effects of Pornography
A Case of Curiosity That Went Wrong Several years ago, while working in a prosecutor’s office, one of the prosecutors...
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Is It Infidelity or Not? Types of ...
I often get questions from individuals about the definition of infidelity. The definition is hard to pin down because there...
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Comparing Individual Intimacy With God ...
It is amazing, profound, and awe-inspiring how much our heavenly Father knows us. David wrote that our Heavenly Father searches...
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Parenting and Development of Anxiety ...
Since the COVID-19 pandemic, cases of depression and anxiety have risen. Even before the pandemic, cases of depression and anxiety...
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Three Stages to Affair Recovery
Most experts would concur that there are two basic types of infidelity: physical and emotional. There are at least three...
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