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By Cari McKnight, MSW, LCSW When did we start thinking that our teens needed to be so…perfect? Something has changed dramatically over the past several years, and it’s gotten out of hand. [...]

Jacqueline Siempelkamp, MS, NCC, LPC Stay at home orders are beginning to lift and non-essential businesses are starting to open their doors. This news may be exciting for some but anxiety [...]

Programs available for school staff and parent groups Note: All presentations are available ONLINE via webinar during the 2020-21 school year.  Live presentations may be available during the [...]

Anxiety, Trauma and Self-Care in the Age of Covid Emergency Help for You and Your Students A professional development workshop for education professionals Live Webinar: Friday, August 14th, 2020 [...]

To the Clients of West County Psychological Associates, At West County Psychological Associates (WCPA), our primary concern during this time has been the safety and well-being of our clients, our [...]

Note, these protocols were taken and adapted from the St. Louis Regional Business Recovery Initiative’s Protocols, which were developed in accordance with guidance from the CDC. Although safety [...]

As we look online these days – and let’s be honest, we are online a lot – we see posts from friends sharing that they are baking sourdough bread, cleaning out long-cluttered closets, or [...]

By Lynette Dixon, PhD, LPC, NCC With so much going on in the world right now, many of us are managing more responsibilities than ever before. Additionally, we don’t have access to a lot of [...]

Cari McKnight, MSW, LCSW During this worldwide Covid-19 health crisis, many of us are looking for ways to decrease our anxieties and reduce our stress. We don’t know how long our world will [...]

Bill Kuntz, M.S., LCSW, Licensed Psychologist, BCPCC What a difference a few weeks can make. Who would have guessed in early January that we would be walking around with masks and keeping at [...]