Archive for April, 2008

Successful and unhappy

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, April 21st, 2008
I'm about to graduate college with a degree in music education. I've found success as a teacher, musician, student, and as a leader on campus. I'm still not happy. I struggled with an eating disorder and depression in the past. I thought I had left it ...
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My Son has Bipolar Disorder but Cannot Afford Meds.

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Q. My son has bipolar and was on zyprexa. he makes too much money for free clinic or drug programs but cannot afford zyprexa. plus there are too many side effects. he was having blood sugar trouble and 60-70 pound weight gain. has been ...
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Do Most Therapists Have a Prejudice Against Borderline PD?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Q. I was thriving and doing well counseling myself with a diagnosis of DID from a previous counselor; I'm currently trying some reparenting techniques, as well as exercises for co-consciousness and some imaging suggestions I received from friends with DID I met through the internet. My ...
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Do I Need a New Therapist?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Q. Hi, I'm really troubled about therapy. I've been in therapy with the same therapist now for three years. In all that time, I haven't seen a single change or improvement in my life as a result. In fact, I'm a lot worse than ...
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How Can I Tell my Mom I’m Cutting Again?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Q. I went to a therapist for about 3 months last year for cutting because I felt so depressed and no one I knew anything about how I was feeling...It felt like a way for me to be able to control the pain I ...
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Why Does My Friend Put up With his Wife’s Abuse?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Q. My best friend is married to a woman who is paranoid schizophrenic with severe depression. They have three children, two of which are now in college. My friend works two jobs, while his wife is spending money like they have it. She constantly ...
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Why do People Ignore Me?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Q. I don't know why, but people ignore me all the time. I try to be friendly at work or what very little social situations I might be in, but when I speak, they just look away. I could be walking down a hallway ...
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How do I help my husband face that he is gay?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, April 21st, 2008
I have been married for almost 8 years. We have 3 kids. My husband cheated on me with a woman about 5 months ago and we are trying to get past it now that it is out in the open and the ...
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Can we get back the relationship we had?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Am with 1 year and 4 months in the relationship right now but we're having a very serious problem and we've been struggling for this for less than a year now. Actually the first 6 months of the relationship was pretty good, we're always going ...
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How do I get my wife to therapy?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, April 21st, 2008
Since my family and I moved to Florida (5 years ago) my wife has been getting progressively worst with depression. She has 8 of the 10 symptoms from the depression quiz in your web site. She seems to always blame others for everything that ...
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Grieving boy is angry.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, April 21st, 2008
My wife passed away last July of 07 and I married very young and my step son who I'm the legal guardian of is having anger issues and will not talk to me about them. he just says that everythings fine, he plays ice hockey ...
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I’m depressed and at odds with my parents.

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, April 16th, 2008
I am an 18 year old senior girl. I have always taken challenging courses in school and have, for the most part, done well in them. I have never engaged in any kind of risky behavior, such as drinking or doing drugs. I participate in ...
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