Melissa von der Heide, MA, LMFT

10/12/2025

Sometimes as therapists our clients help us out when we are having a hard time. This morning I was messing up names like crazy. My client said I think you need to fidget to help unscramble your brain. I did and it helped

09/10/2025

07/13/2025

Going off for your first year of college can be overwhelming. Come and bring friends that are also entering the post high school world

07/10/2025

If you're feeling overwhelmed as a parent, professional, and everything in between this is the workshop for you! I've been working with Jessica in Nervous System Mastery program. I have learned so much about myself and how to talk to my clients about their nervous system. Sometimes it's the missing piece with my clients. Coping skills as great as long as you know how they impact your body.

Tomorrow July 11th. 1:30-2:30 pm
Recorded and replay
7- 20 minute sensory podcasts
$111

https://nervoussystemmastery.myflodesk.com/mamamia?fbclid=PAQ0xDSwLc2xhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpwV0V_9lLnAzLa7HM_B0ipno47tFsgkZvj_v2nfohy5rJi1gAai9xkJZ-aL0_aem_1edu5xJc2we44nzgCs5W-Q

05/21/2025

About a year and a half ago this Alpaca came into my office. It has become a favorite for clients to hold and play with because of how soft it is. Kiddos have started to hide it for other clients to find. So there are days when I walk into the office never knowing what I will find. Yesterday I walked into this scene because "sometimes you need to nap in a burrito." Who knew that a small toy would bring so much joy to an office and bring together people who will never meet each other.

02/07/2025

February is the month of love. One of the things that we shouldn't forget is to show that caring to ourselves. So right now when the world is so much let's focus inward. What will you do for yourself this month?

01/17/2025

And as modern relationships continue to put pressure on "the one" to be The Only One (where men cast their wives and girlfriends to play best friend, lover, career advisor, stylist, social secretary, emotional cheerleader, mom—to him, their future kids, or both—and eventually, on-call therapist minus the $200/hour fee), this form of emotional gold digging is not only detrimental to men, it's exhausting an entire generation of women.

https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/features/a27259689/toxic-masculinity-male-friendships-emotional-labor-men-rely-on-women/?fbclid=PAY2xjawH3iwBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABpp36rgk0pth7qkNravrjPPW-04OmScQcvEXOFhIufRPYy30JrFQ-llcDUQ_aem_1bREl1_C67BFZ7JWcKR2YA

11/21/2024

Today is Children's Grief Awareness Day. In NJ, 1 in 13 children's will lose a parent or sibling before they turn 18. Children are seen as resilient. These are losses that stay with them through the entire lives and need to be processed again at different life stages.

Today we remember all thise children who have lost someone important to them. You are not alone and there are many people who are going through the same or similar experience.

08/06/2024

If taking care of your mental health is good enough for the GOAT 🐐 what's keeping you from doing it?

07/25/2024

Alison the Alpaca is a big hit in the office. She is super soft and well loved by clients. You just never know where she will be hanging next in the office

05/04/2024

Each May, my staff and I participate in the Warren County Mental Health and Wellness Event. We are fortunate to be working with this group since the beginning. They always put on such a fun event. Last night, Senator Steinhardt shared this piece of wisdom with us and others on our Words of Widom board we created.