Archive for March, 2006

Recurrent Emotional Affairs, Maybe More?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Q. I have been married to my husband for almost 3 years now. After about 6 months of marriage, I noticed the increasing amount of time that he spent on the computer. I ignored those thoughts, and denied he would do anything to harm ...

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Suspicious of husband

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Q. My husband and I have been married for 10 months. In the past three months I have begun to lose trust in him. Right before Christmas, he began acting suspiciously - taking cell phone calls in the other room. One night, after he ...

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Trusting again after partner lied

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Q. I had been with my fiance for one year and lived together for one month when he started talking about seperating and wanting to feel single again. Things were different around the house(less talking, contact). I found out he had been talking to ...

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School work, parents, friends, etc

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Q. Ummmm this feels really akwards, but... Okey, I've tried suicide about 3 times now... It all has to do with friends getting into fights and expecting me to take one side and if I don't choose their side, they get mad at me and ...

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Depression or just Stress?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, March 9th, 2006

Q. My husband just deployed about 3 months ago to Iraq and I have a 5 month old baby boy. Im not sure if the given situation is making me stress or if im really getting depressed. I find myself very irritable and fautigued. ...

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A Good Son

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 8th, 2006

Q: Ive made my moms life a living hell! In the last two years ive been experimenting with drugs and im finnaly clean. i can now see life how it really is and i dont like it. i have basicly made my moms life hell. ...

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The Dance of Ambivalence

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, March 7th, 2006

Q: I have been separated from my husband for a long time now but we just haven't made the time to finalize our divorce. We are still good friends and have 2 children together, its just a matter of taking the time out of our ...

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Risperidal side-effects

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, March 2nd, 2006

Q. Hello, I was wondering whether you could tell me about a specific side-effect of Risperidal that I am experiencing. I have excessive sweating and would like to know the underlying cause of the sweating (i.e., what bodily system is being affected to cause the ...

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Celebrating a Year of Ask the Therapist!

By John M. Grohol, Psy.D. on Wednesday, March 1st, 2006

On behalf of the Psych Central family, I'd like to sincerely thank Kristina Randle, LCSW, our long-standing resident therapist, for her many, many hours of work and effort she's placed into this feature for the past year, as we're now approaching her first year anniversary ...

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