Archive for June, 2007

I’m dating the son of my mom’s boyfriend.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
I met my bf in the 7th grade when no one liked me, and my mom and his dad hadnt told us they were dating yet. i really liked him and he gave me more attention than anyone else had. a year later, he told ...
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I don’t know what I’ve done to make him want to leave.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, June 26th, 2007
I cook, clean, raise the kids, wash clothes, take care of the house, have sex with my husband. I am insecure at times because of my mentally abusive dad who denied me as his daughter and a previous marriage in which I was abused ...
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Life is in dissarray

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. I was forced to resign from a job I loved due to a lie. I have been searching actively for employment, but feel my age has prevented me from getting the type of employment I deserve. I may lose my home, my car and ...
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How to get help when little is available?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. I was born the middle child, and only female, in a very dysfunctional family where I was eventually raised by my divorced mother of 3. I was subjected to a great deal of anger and abuse (sexual, emotional and physical) during my childhood. By ...
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Is my sister schizoaffective?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. I am writing on behalf of my sister Jessica. She is 23 years old and last November (2006) she suffered from a "mental breakdown". She believes that it was caused by medications that she had just started taking; they were an anti-anxiety med and ...
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Husband has schizophrenia; Help!

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. Husband has schizophrenia, symptoms more intense & wants to give me "proof" to draw me in. What do I do? I am a full time working mom who supports her two kids (ages 11 and 2) and her husband who does not work because ...
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Need help with OCD

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. I am battling ocd. Psychiatrist put me on xanax. I have a ritual everyday, and I cannot do my functions unless i do this ritual over and over every monring. I am putting unncessary stress on myself. I have a fear of leaving home ...
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Want to be a therapist; What are my career choices?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. I have been interested in psychology since I was very young. I would like to get help in finding the right education and direction. I will be finishing my bachelor in psychology but I don't know wherre to go next. Should I focus on ...
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I am pregnant and my ex has schizophrenia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. I dated my ex for a couple of months, it didn't work out so we broke up. We always had communication problems. He had told me that he had been hospitalized for mental health reasons but I never knew details. Since we broke ...
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Why I am obsessed with my doctor?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. I have been completely obsessed with thoughts of my pdoc. I was diagnoses with bipolar 1 10 years ago. The years have been very difficult to say the least. I have gone through 8 psychiatrist before finding the pdoc that I have now. I've ...
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Does my sister suffer from BPD?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. My sister is 22 years old and has a lot of trouble with her temper. My parents stay with me now and she is working in another city. Whenever she comes to visit, my parents and I walk on eggshells as her temper ...
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Is this DID or just schizophrenia?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 25th, 2007
Q. Ok, let me start off saying I can't remember my past at all. The good the bad, nothing. There have been times when I was fighting with my boyfriend and a 'wave' would wash over me then I couldn't remember anything that just ...
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