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Apologizing is an important element to maintaining healthy and happy relationships. Sometimes apologizing is tricky but a sincere apology can make both parties feel better and help you to move on to happier times.  Why is apologizing so challenging for some … Continue reading →

Posted on May 29, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on How to Apologize

Communication is a two way street and the listener plays a very important role in facilitating communication. Often with good listening skills you can extract more information and provide comfort and support without verbally saying anything at all. Listening skills … Continue reading →

Posted on May 14, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on How To Be a Good Listener

May is Mental Health Awareness month and this is a great time of the year to reflect on your brain and emotional wellbeing!  Your brain is the most important organ in your body and just like sometimes your heart, kidneys, … Continue reading →

Posted on May 7, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on Mental Health Awareness Month

Serotonin is one of the many chemicals in the brain that impacts how we feel. Serotonin regulates many things including appetite, sleep, mood, and happiness. Some things like a poor diet, disease, and alcohol and drug use can lower the … Continue reading →

Posted on April 28, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on Serotonin, Part of the Medicine Cabinet in the Brain

Memory is one of our favorite psychological processes and neuroscientists are still learning how our memories work and studying strategies to improve and maintain it. A basic breakdown of memory looks like this: an individual encodes or takes in information, … Continue reading →

Posted on April 18, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on How Memory Works

Compassion fatigue is a very interesting condition that impacts many people in the helping professions like teachers, counselors, doctors, and first responders and those who are caregivers of a loved one. So what is compassion fatigue?  Compassion fatigue is the … Continue reading →

Posted on April 11, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on What is Compassion Fatigue?

Emotional trauma can come in many shapes and sizes and some clinicians colloquially use the words Big T and Little t to describe different types of trauma. What is important to know is that everyone handles, processes, and recovers from trauma differently and that … Continue reading →

Posted on March 28, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on Big “T” and little “t” Trauma

The emotional dance of couples: We meet…date…get married… and then experience either healthy or unhealthy relationship patterns between us and our partners. No matter how our love story unfolds we owe it to ourselves and our partners to be aware … Continue reading →

Posted on March 23, 2021 by Jessica Ulmer, LPC, NCC | Comments Off on The Emotional Dance

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is one of the more common neurodevelopmental disorders that is often diagnosed during childhood and can last across the lifespan. Individuals with this disorder can demonstrate a whole gamut of symptoms and the disorder can … Continue reading →

Posted on March 21, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on ADHD Across the Lifespan

Radical Acceptance is a current buzzword in mental health- Lady Gaga is a big fan of this principle. Radical Acceptance is a concept that emerged from Dialectical Behavior Therapy and it is a very useful skill to apply when navigating challenging relationships … Continue reading →

Posted on March 7, 2021 by karahmolesevich | Comments Off on Radical Acceptance: