Archive for June, 2010

Just a Dream?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, June 24th, 2010
I have this same person that reoccurs in my dreams that talks to me and sometimes tells me to do things. This may be nothing, but aside from my social anxiety disorder, major depressive disorder, and apparently bipolar disorder(which I think I have been wrongly ...
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I’m just really lost. What am I supposed to do?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Thursday, June 24th, 2010
I'll try to explain this. Well, for the past year I’ve had really low self-esteem. I've been on and off starving myself (One meal/day) For the past couple days I've tried to purge after dinner but only a little came up. Last night I binged ...
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I have never been in a relationship

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
Hi, I am a 46 year old female and have never had a relationship. I never had a boyfriend and never dated or married. When I was young I was s/a regularly for a few years. Now I am very afraid of men and the ...
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What’s wrong with me?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
I started self-harming around 13. My mom was emotionally and verbally abusive to me. She would constantly scream at me, She would call me worthless, disgusting, the worst child she ever had, and told me she hated me. Once she even blamed me for her ...
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She keeps marrying Mr. Wrong

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
I'm 48, and feel I may be going thru the change (had hyst 8 yrs ago) my husband says I have mood swings, I say I am unhappy with him and the marriage. We've only been married 2+ yrs and I honestly can't even remember ...
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Stress or OCD?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
My parents say it's just stress but I just need a professional opinion. This has probably already been asked a lot but I feel I have a little more different problems than most people who ask because my friend tells me that there are many ...
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Should I stay with the father of my twins?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, June 21st, 2010
Should I continue my relationship with the father of my twins??? Even though we both have cheated? But can we move on? Well I was with this guy since 2001 and from the beginning he lied to me about his age and what he does ...
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Depressed But No One Hears Me

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, June 21st, 2010
For the past 3 years I have been depressed and I have no one to talk to about it. I can't talk to my family because they won't understand and they never listen regardless of how important it is and my friends, well they give ...
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(Not so) good vibrations

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Sunday, June 20th, 2010
I have a problem communicating well and feel negative vibes from others. I'm 18 years old and I'm at a time in my life where I'm constantly thinking about myself and what I'm going to get out of life. I'm never the one to spark a ...
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Social Isolation or Voluntary Solitude?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, June 20th, 2010
When I was in high school, I dreamed of traveling the world. But in the last 10 years or so, I've found that I much prefer to be at home. I don't like to sleep away from home. I can do it ...
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Saving Therapeutic Relationship

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, June 19th, 2010
Editor's note: This is a followup to a previously published question. My therapist and i became entangled in an intense transferent/countertransferent drama that included both maternal and erotic/sexual components. We are both females, I am 48 and identify as bisexual, and she was two yrs ...
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BF is married with two kids

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, June 19th, 2010
I discovered that the man I have been seeing is married with two kids. I have known this man for over 2 years and had no idea that he was married. We have been seeing each other for 8 months and he has made ...
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