Archive for January, 2008

Abused kids, shattered family.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, January 26th, 2008
IN THE FALL MY OLDEST STEPSON TOLD MY HUSBAND AND ME ABOUT BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 5-7YRS AGO BY A RELATIVE. MY STEPSONS MOTHER KNEW ALL ALONG. SHE TOLD MY 2 STEPSONS THAT IF THEY TOLD THEIR DAD THAT HE WOULD "KILL" HER ...
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Divorced dad is guilt-tripping his boys.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, January 26th, 2008
I am a mother of 5 children and 1 step-child. My 2 oldest sons, ages 8 and 7 are by my ex-husband. After getting married to my current husband he inlisted into the army. When then had to re-locate to a new state that ...
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Feeling guilty about an affair.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, January 26th, 2008
I have been married for 10 years. I have been having an affair for the past 1 year.I feel very guilty with myself. I constantly wake up during the night with the same guilt. I even have dreams about it. The man I am seeing ...
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My girlfriend makes me compete with other men.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, January 26th, 2008
My fiance and I have been together for two years now. Within the first 6 months of our relationship, she took a vacation(planned before we met) and cheated on me with two different people. When she returned, we split up briefly, ...
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Happy relationship sours.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, January 26th, 2008
My boyfriend and i have been together now for 1 year and 5 months and things have been really rocky now. I went on the alesse birth control pill on May 2007 and since then things have all gone down hill. We were happy couple ...
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Gay and Married.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
THE ISSUE I AM ASKING ADVICE ON IS THIS:I HAVE BEEN MARRIED FOR JUST OVER FIVE YEARS,AND I AM GAY. I HAVE NEVER HAD A ENCOUNTER WITH ANOTHER MAN,BUT I JUST KNOW I AM. I STILL LOVE MY WIFE,BUT I CAN NO LONGER KEEP THIS ...
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Don’t Trust My Therapist or My Best Friend: Any Advice?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 21st, 2008
Q. I still struggle with anorexic and bulimic tendencies, though I am back to a healthy weight and have entered counseling, though I feel she doesn’t understand me too well, and is often emotional and shocked as I disclose more of my childhood. I feel ...
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How Can I Deal With My Boyfriend’s Children?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 21st, 2008
Q. I have a boyfriend who is 15 years older than i am.he is divorced.we love each other very much.but he has 2 children from his first marriage(boy 6,girl 8).he is meeting them 2 times a week.i feel like they are stealing our precious time.i ...
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How Can I Stop Cutting?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 21st, 2008
Q. My father has always been kind of abusive to me and my brother and everytime he finds out i cut he tells me thats the cowards way out and blah blah blah and i try telling him im not insane i need help but ...
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How Can I Come to Terms With My Actions?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 21st, 2008
Q. I'm an ex-soldier for the army and I fought in Afghanistan with my colleagues last year. I met my fiancé in the force. I fought along side her in Afghanistan for 3 months. She was killed by a gunshot to the head in front ...
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Can I learn to express feelings?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, January 20th, 2008
Like so many other guys, I have major issues when it comes to expressing even the slightest emotion. I have a hard time showing when I am excited, happy, angry or sad. I fear this will be especially harmful to my relationship with my girlfriend ...
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Husband is over-involved with wife’s eating habits.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, January 20th, 2008
I am super-sensitive about the issue of my weight or food intake. I occasionally binge and although I am in a "healthy" weight range, I would like to be thinner and my husband likes very slim girls. I have always been obsessed with food and ...
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