by AJ Grovert | May 1, 2024 | AJ Grovert, Pregnancy, Postpartum, and New Parenthood
Welcoming a new baby into a family is a momentous occasion. Joy, love, excitement, stress, overwhelm, and exhaustion exist. For some new parents, the postpartum period can be clouded with feelings of sadness and anxiety. Postpartum depression (PPD) affects...
by AJ Grovert | May 1, 2024 | AJ Grovert, Assessment
In mental health care, psychological assessment serves as a cornerstone for understanding, diagnosing, and effectively treating a wide range of psychological conditions. I’ve witnessed firsthand the power of the assessment process in providing individuals with...
by AJ Grovert | Feb 1, 2024 | AJ Grovert, All Posts, EMDR and Trauma Recovery
I will proudly tell anyone who will listen that my dad spent his career as a ranger in the National Park Service. Now retired, spending his days walking his dog and playing his guitar, you’d never know that in the 1970s and 1980s, he was a search and rescue ranger,...
by AJ Grovert | Nov 13, 2023 | AJ Grovert, All Posts
As an enthusiastic supporter of pie and carbs, Thanksgiving has always been one of my favorite holidays. As a psychologist, it’s also a very busy season. Conceptually I love the idea of gratitude for bounty and harvest and setting aside time to gather with family and...
by AJ Grovert | Oct 16, 2023 | AJ Grovert, All Posts, Demystifying Therapy, Self Care
An earthquake in Morocco. Wildfires in Canada. Flooding in Manhattan. A pandemic. More terrorist attacks. Another war. The barrage of bad news feels endless. Every headline, every talking head on TV, every push notification on our phones, or panicked Instagram...
