Alicea Ardito, a Therapist with Virginia Oak Counseling, is a Licensed Master of Social Work and a certified Aging Life Care Manager. She is currently a Supervisee in Social Work working toward clinical licensure in the Commonwealth of Virginia. She has been working with older...
Owner, Amanda LaRose, is featured as a guest in a podcast hosted by Lorraine Rise, Owner of Career UpRising. Lorraine is a Career Coach who has helped many people going through changes in their career. Together, Amanda and Lorraine discuss the stressors within the workplace...
Few things zap your energy the way a stressful day can. Stress is known to reduce our levels of serotonin and dopamine, neurotransmitters that play an important role in our mood, energy and motivation. After a difficult day, you might be tempted to lounge on...
When a serious illness strikes a family, everyone’s life is thrown into turmoil. Whether the illness is chronic or acute, no one can really prepare you for the responsibility of caregiving and the emotions that go with it. Unfortunately, as we throw ourselves into overdrive,...