Archive for March, 2009

He won’t introduce me to his kids

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
We've been together over 3 yrs, very serious, he lives with me (I pay all bills as he pays for his ex-wife + all bills in the home she lives in with his 3 kids) Ages 16, 12 (girls) + 10(boy)-their bdays are coming up ...
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Why can’t grieving boyfriend be close to me?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, March 31st, 2009
I've been dating the same guy for two years since we were 16. We decided to break up for a bit because we were both going through a lot and we wanted to have more focus on school etc. We still act like we're ...
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Boyfriend has emotional ties to other women

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, March 30th, 2009
I have been in a relationship with someone for the last year & a half. I'm 29 and he's 9 years older than me. He is a very emotional guy, women tend to go to him for advise, etc. He had an affair with a ...
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Should I Go Off of My Medicine?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 30th, 2009
After years of being treated for bipolar i may have been misdiagnosed. I've been taking lithium for bipolar disorder for over 7 years and for the last 5 years have been on the lowest possible dose that when i get my levels taken it shows ...
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Sister Having Psychotic Episode?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 30th, 2009
My Sister recently had a child and shortly after having the child her husband left her. After this she started showing signs of some kind of mental instability. She will verbally abuse our Mother even though all our Mother tried to do is help her. ...
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Child Abuse Reporting

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 30th, 2009
I have an appointment with a therapist. I have been treated for depression for many years but I have been concerned about something that I have never talked about and had not thought was an issue before. I want to talk about it to help ...
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Mom Has Paranoid Schizophrenia

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 30th, 2009
My mom has paranoid schizophrenia, and it became apparent when I was about 11 and it quickly became out of hand and it caused my parents 4 year divorce which was difficult for me to handle. In the time I spent living with my mom ...
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Afraid of Everything

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 30th, 2009
I find myself affraid to do things! Like with college dropped out because i couldnt handle it! before class i would freak out because i didnt want to go be when i was in class i couldnt pay attention because i felt like everyone was ...
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Unwanted love triangle

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, March 29th, 2009
To put it quite simply I am 24 and stuck in a love triangle. I have been seeing this girl for about two years now, and throughout this time I was not ready to fully commit to a relationship, because I was afraid of ...
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Will my mom divorce me too?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
I'm 15. For as long as I can remember, I always thought my mom and dad were madly in love with each other, but in the middle of Dec. 2008 my mom tells me and my sister that her and my dad are getting separated. ...
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Feeling like there is no reason to be here

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, March 24th, 2009
I am age 20 and feel like there is no point of being here. I was in the Army for a year and started going to CMHS(also known as the mental health care for military). I was discharged from the army and now have no ...
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Should I Trust My Boyfriend?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, March 23rd, 2009
My boyfriend kissed another girl in the beginning of our relationship and now i don't trust him. My boyfriend is a sweet guy. He loves me very much and everyone around us says that its very clear he's crazy about me. This would be a ...
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