Wildflower Center for Emotional Health

We are a team of mental health professionals located in River North and Oak Park. We seek to support the well-being of individuals, couples, and families.

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More about Schey from @mnhs is here! https://t.co/r0WQrlzLyA

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For #WomensHistoryMonth, we’re highlighting the story of Engla Schey, a working-class woman who profoundly influenced the mental health field. In 1948, the governor of MN began to reform mental hospitals after he learned of abuse and mistreatment at facilities across the state.

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Schey continued to work at state mental hospitals doing what she could for patients on the ground as reforms slowly began to take hold. Her work and the work of other organizers has helped pave the way for improving conditions and to reduce the stigma around mental health today!

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Doomscrolling your way through this election? Here are 4 quick ways to set media consumption boundaries this election season!

Read Kayla Wingert’s full article “How to Cope with Election Anxiety,” in our webzine at: https://t.co/X6japVlKeW

#Nov8 #ElectionDay #vote

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Pregnancy loss can result in “disenfranchised grief,” which is a type of grief that results from living in a society without culturally defined and accepted mourning rituals for pregnancy loss, leaving parents feeling cheated out of their right to mourn. #NeverBeStill

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New in the webzine: "What is Dyspareunia and the Underlying Diagnoses of Sexual Pain" by Kate Ernstrom, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C (she/her). (4 min read)

Check it out! https://t.co/aeWxRdtIZk

#therapy #therapist #sextherapy #pain #mentalhealth #blog #zine #chicago #chicagotherapist

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Ever felt so overcome with emotions that it’s difficult to control your response to others? You might be experiencing EMOTIONAL FLOODING, a psychological concept that describes when someone becomes overwhelmed with emotions.

https://t.co/g0q1qGHbHl

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Registration is $30 and we will donate 50% of proceeds to @marketboxchi, a mutual aid project that sources food from small farms and distributes it for free across the South Side of Chicago! 1 CEU is offered for this training.

https://t.co/KCj5FGnVLm

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New training! "How to ACT in Conflict: Helping the Psychotherapy Client Survive Holidays,” hosted by Reyna Schwartz, PsyD, PMH-C on 11/16 from 2:00pm-3:00pm CST

https://t.co/KCj5FGnVLm

#ceu #continuinged #continuingeducation #therapist #mentalhealth

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Join us 9/28 for "The Lowdown on Low Libido". 2 #CEU will be offered for this training and 50% of all proceeds will go to @howardbrownhc!

https://t.co/xTYUngSSHG

#training #mentalhealth #therapy #therapist

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New in the webzine: "How Understanding Desire Can Help You Connect with Your Sexual Self" by Kate Ernstrom, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C. (5 min read)

Check it out! https://t.co/Xua3A0Qu10

#reproductivehealth #sexualhealth #womenshealth #sex #therapist #therapy #psychotherapy

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@ANSIRH #mentalhealth #roe #abortion #reproductivecare #abortioncareismentalhealthcare

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You may have heard people claim that having an abortion leads to negative mental health outcomes including depression and low self-esteem. How do we know this isn’t true? 🧵

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Sources: (@ANSIRH); Biggs, M.A. Women’s mental health and well-being 5 years after receiving or being denied an abortion; Foster, D.G. (2020) The Turnaway Study.