The Mental Health Blog
Shop For a Therapist Like You Would a Surgeon
When crisis happens with your health, longevity and functionality are at steak. Looking for a doctor for back surgery or brain surgery is less about how much they charge and more about who knows them, their reputation and success rate. You shop doctors for serious...
6 Things That Will Kill Your Relationship Slowly
Often times people feel like they don't understand what happened to their relationship. These 6 things may be what happened to yours or what will happen if something doesn't change, fast... Stonewalling Stonewalling is icky business and may be a term you are not...
Emotionally Life-rafting: Your Children
Up until 3-4 centuries ago children were not seen as needing special treatment after they were weaned. The history of our children is quite sad. They have been killed, abused, used for labor in factories and for many other abhorrent adult satisfactions. Since the dawn...
Coping With Your Ex Moving On
First comes what you thought was love, maybe marriage, possibly a baby and then... a split. If you are reading this there has been a split and the rest has happened in no specific order. Welcome to modern relationships. The freedom of choice, social acceptance of...
Behavior: Sometimes It’s Not What it Seems
You are in therapy with your child for behavior issues, or you are looking into it. Your family could be dealing with a variety of issues; anger, hitting, throwing, tantrums, bed wetting, fear and the list goes on. "Symptoms", as we call them in my field, can...
Taking a Break from Therapy
Is taking a break from therapy giving up, lazy or losing hope? This comes up a lot in therapy with myself and for my clients who are committed to their work. As a client, you want to get better and move on with your life and the therapist wants to work with people...
A Diet Plan for Your Marriage
There is a diet for everything these days, isn't there? Now there is one for your marriage. It is easy to follow but, like every diet, will take work to implement. Many couples want a quick fix. "How long will it take to fix this?" How long has it taken you to get...
Clients Want “Counseling Tips”
You are thinking about getting a counselor because you want some tips on life. Tips, advice, opinions, should, must, etc, these are all no-no words in the counseling profession. We are actually trained NOT to give advice in session. If you happen to find yourself in...
What Lies Beneath
You are in your living room with your spouse and two kids feeling like an outsider. Your spouse just connects with the kids more. Even more now that they are adults. You feel like a fourth wheel on a tripod motorcycle. You carry in some dinner to the dining room...
Take The Time
It's a busy life you lead. Getting a moment to yourself is hard enough. You read plenty of Facebook articles on zen, reflection, meditation and so on; reading is one thing, applying the concepts are another whole ball of wax. The entire premise of taking time is to...
Customer Reviews
I have known Ashley Rickert for multiple years as she was one of my classmates in grad school. Having known Ashley for as long as I have, I've had the pleasure of seeing her therapy skills in a variety of scenarios (through practicum and internship, as well as her post graduate work).
She is immensely knowledgeable and professional. Lately, she has been described as "quiet, but mighty!" Most of all, she is respectful of our clients and genuinely cares for them.
Honored to share the space with her!
No doubt this is the BEST place to get the BEST counseling service in ALL of St. Louis area.
