Archive for November, 2006

Loss of parents’ trust.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Q: From a 14 year old: Recently I lied to my mom and told her that I was staying after school just to "walk around". However, I was staying after with one of my friends to smoke. I ended up getting a smoking ticket from ...
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The State took my daughter’s children away

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Q: my daughter lives with me with her two children 8 months and 5 years old. she decided to go get medical for the kids. the welfare office thought she was on drugs and took the kids away. they told her get a drug ...
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Should I wait?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, November 28th, 2006
Q: i am not married to the father of my daughter. it as been 2 years now that we had sex. my daughter & i don't stay with him. we visit with him every now & then, but the abscence never made his heart ...
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Boyfriend is a Cocaine Addict

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. When I met my boyfriend, it was an instant attraction on the phone. He was a friend of a friend and came highly recommended. When I met him finally it was an instant attraction in person. We both felt like it was just ...
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Alcoholic Father

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. My father is an alcoholic and has been since I was 12 years old (I'm 22 now). He lives with my mother and I. He is extremely verbally abusive to my mother; he has had 2 DUI's, he's had several seizures related to ...
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Reinitiating schizophrenia therapy

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. A friend of mine has schizophrenia and stopped taking her medications. She has recently been started back on them, but wonders if they are going to work as well now. Is treatment that is reinitiated less efficacious? A. I do not think that ...
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Relationship issue

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. I am proceeding with a divorce from my husband of 14 years. The last 2 years of our marriage was more like a friendship in that there was very little intimacy and very little social time spent together. In fact, we even slept in ...
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Anger and mood swings

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. Hello, my name is carol. I'm 31 years old and I just had a baby boy 3 months ago. My aunt and uncle raised me since I was 8 months old and they fought quite a bit. My dad verbally abused my mom and ...
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Please in need of help

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. I recently moved into my own place last summer. I have lived alone now for 5 months, and I've gone a long way in terms of adjustment....i used to go through intense days of crying spells, usually not more than 2 days at ...
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Married to a man with a low libido

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. Dear ... I live in one small European country and my english is not as good as I would like to be, so please try to understand what I wanted to say, even if it is written in bad english. I found myself ...
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Possible post partum depression

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. I am a very upbeat, positive person. I had a little boy in the end of January. Lately, I have begun yelling at other managers at work, constantly feel like no one cares about anything and have not been very nice to my husband. ...
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Wondering about Bi-polar I

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, November 27th, 2006
Q. I was told in 4-13-2005 I had GAD and was bi-polar I manic. I Just went to have a second mental exam on 11-16-2006 from a different psychiatrist and when all was over I asked him if I was crazy. He stated not ...
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