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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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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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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Relationships and Addiction Recovery
In 2019, there were over seventy thousand deaths due to substance overdose. (Peterson et al., 2021). Hospital admissions from primarily...
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Healthy Shame Vs. Toxic Shame
Shame is one of the common emotional schemas experienced by human beings. Emotional schemas are “specific beliefs and dysfunctional strategies...
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Addressing Developmental Needs of Teens
As adults, we probably remember our adolescent years. Adolescence marked a transition from adulthood. We left our childhood and began...
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Are You Sure You Want to Get Divorced?
Divorce is a topic that has become less stigmatized in the last forty years. California began the trend of making...
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