Restorative Solutions Counseling, LLC

12/27/2025

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December seems to be a stressful month. For some it might be because of a normal amount of stress associated with the holidays. Other people feel that these very holidays are difficult due to grief or family circumstances that make their lives more complicated. Sometimes the end of the semester mean

12/25/2025

12/24/2025

RSC is closed for Christmas Eve, Christmas, NYE, and New Year’s Day. Our clinicians all have limited hours over the holidays.

12/20/2025

Happy birthday to Lois Harmon.
We hope you had a great day!

12/18/2025

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I recently read a fantastic book by Dr. John Gottman called The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work . For the purpose of today’s blog, I’ll be referencing this book. Dr. Gottman is a big name in the world of couples counseling because of the huge amount of relationship research he’s comp...

12/05/2025

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Don't put this one off until later.

I’ve written about procrastination before in this blog, but today I wanted to focus on the specific challenges that people with ADHD have regarding procrastination. According to an article** from ADDitude magazine, “From executive dysfunction to emotional regulation challenges, ADHD symptoms and...

11/26/2025

Check out our updated "Meet the Therapists" page on our website to see Jessica's bio. Jessica Bailey, LPC, has immediate openings for clients with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, and Cigna insurance or self-pay. Christina Asare-Konadu, LSW, has daytime availability for new clients with Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Cigna, and Healthlink insurance or self-pay.

Becoming a therapist was not a difficult choice for me as I have always enjoyed helping others, listening to others talk about their lives and work through what is bothering them. I believe receiving therapy doesn’t have to be a lifelong commitment but rather it can be a short term solution to hel...

11/24/2025

Thanks so much to the JCHS advanced design students who decorated our window at the end of last week. They did a great job!

11/15/2025

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I think one of the hardest things that we have to deal with is watching a loved one suffer. It’s awful. When we care about someone and we have to watch them deal with something difficult, most of us tend to wish that we could take on their pain. We’d rather deal with it ourselves than watch them...

11/12/2025

A group of JCHS freshmen (under the leadership of Teacher Erica Heitzig) have offered to stencil holiday motifs on business windows in Jerseyville. There's no charge for this service; they simply want to help "dress up" the city for the holidays. If you'd like to be added to the list, contact us at downtowncountrychristmas@gmail.com.

10/31/2025

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Happy Halloween. Today's blog is intended to make finding a counselor a little less scary.

Making the decision to pursue counseling is not an easy thing. By the time someone reaches out to us, this decision has usually been on their mind for a long time. I have no data to reference for this, but I would imagine that it would be very rare for a person to simply think, “Well this isn’t ...