Archive for August, 2006

A bond too strong

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. My younger sister and I have had a very strong bond since I can remember and last year she was raped by our uncle and that just put a lot of stress between us. I have just let her cry on my shoulders for ...
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Depression has had an impact on quality of work.

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. I have been suffering from depression for some time now it has gotten so bad that my quality of work has really dropped and my boss is angry with me because of it, i am not trying to make excuses for this but how ...
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In love with a paranoia schizophrenic

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. My mom introduced me to this really nice man. He wined me and dined me like no one has. We went to dinner and parties and seem to be getting close. He told me he was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic.( i dont know anything ...
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Bipolar daughter

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. My daughter is bipolar and has to children,two and five. My question is would it be safe to leave my daughter alone at home- she lives with me - with her to children all the time. I worry that if she has an ...
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I am worried about myself

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. I think my sex drive is to high and it has been effecting me socialy. Since I was 15/16 I have always been getting up to things. Masterbating in womens knickers, spying on people having sex, I even tried to put a hole in ...
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Shyness about sex

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. Hello my name is Belinda, there is a boy at school that is really hot and has asked me a couple of times to have sex with him and i really want to have sex with him but i am shy that i ...
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Therapist has moved; should I travel to continue?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. I saw a therapist off and on over the course of 13 years, which began in my teens for a complicated abuse history that sometimes after 5 years of not needing or going to therapy, will rear its ugly head (PTSD and depression)and cause ...
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Daughter smoking pot

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. I recently found out that my daughter has been smoking pot. She is 16 and spent 2 months with her father and step mother over the summer. When she came home she seemed like she was on something. My husband noticed also. I assumed ...
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Wrong diagnosis?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. My boyfriend was diagnosed with bipolar disorder and borderline personality disorder a few years ago. He has become progressively worse in the last year. He abuses anxiety medication, drinks, uses drugs, has been in jail, and has been in and out of treatment ...
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I have a patient at work who i think is hurting herself

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, August 21st, 2006
Q. I work as a medical assistant in an ob-gyn office, I recently have had a patient come to the office and state she was raped she had glass and other objects in her vaginal vault, we removed it she was fine, now again she ...
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Worrisome change in brother’s behavior

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, August 20th, 2006
Q: This is about my younger brother,he is 18 years old . He started this unusual behaviour two months ago. He is always sleeping,tired. He talks about not wanting to die. He sometimes wants to run away,asking for forgiveness from his ...
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Help. My son is using drugs.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, August 20th, 2006
Q: I just found out my son is on drugs. When I asked him about it he said he didn't do it all the time and that is wasn't no big deal. He also said he would keep doing it and I wouldn't know about ...
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