General Articles

Finding Help for My Autistic Children

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
My 5yo has been diagnosed with severe ADHD, Autism, ODD. He is on medications and has been doing so well until about the last three months. He has always had more problems with ADHD but now it seems like Autism is taking control of ...

Confused with Depression

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, May 21st, 2013
I’m 16 and I’m not really sure what to do with myself. The past few months have been really hard; my “depression” has gotten really bad. (I put depression in quotes because I have not been diagnosed by any doctor. I’m assuming that this is ...

Is This Anxiety?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, May 20th, 2013
I have never had any type of mental issue until randomly about a week ago. I am a very mellow person and have not been dealing with much stress or any other problems and up until now I have been completely normal. All of a ...

Overly Controlling Family

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, May 20th, 2013
Good afternoon, I am 21 years old youngest of three. My mother had two children before she met my dad. Then she fell in love with my dad then I came along. I come from a very strict Hispanic family. My older siblings ...

Wife’s Issues Harming Children

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Sunday, May 19th, 2013
I am fairly convinced that my wife has some degree of bi-polar disorder. She goes into fits of rage over any question about her, her parents or upbringing. She constantly belittles me and talks bad about my family to the children. It has escalated in recent ...

Toxic Friend

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, May 19th, 2013
Hi, one of my friends that I have is becoming very toxic to me and I don't know what to do. She and I met over a decade ago when we worked in the same place. She is on the one hand, tries to be ...

Fiance Sets Too Many Boundaries

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, May 18th, 2013
My fiance and I are in a long distance relationship. We were dating and engaged for 4 years before I broke up with him and relocated across county. We have now been back together a year but the demons from the past ...

I Believe That My Girlfriend Raped Me

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, May 18th, 2013
Today while we were both in respective dark depressed moods, my girlfriend jumped on me and started kissing me very forcefully. I told her I really did not want to and pushed her aside. I got up and she came up to me, pulled down ...

Dealing with My Partner’s Depression

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Friday, May 17th, 2013
My current boyfriend and I have been dating for about 3 1/2 years and living together for about 3 years. We are in a band together and rely on this for most of our income. Since I've known him, he has dealt with minor depression. ...

Troublesome Roommate

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, May 17th, 2013
My roommate has been exhibiting concerning behavior lately. He is a very private person, and it seems like he has a lot of social anxiety. I don't know him any better now then when he moved in 7 months ago. ...

Hearing Voices

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Hi, I hear voices in my head. It's been going on for 3 years now. At first i heard a woman calling my name over and over. She sounded very gentle and calm, gradually I began to hear a very aggressive male voice as well. ...

Is My Mother Mentally Ill?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, May 15th, 2013
I am here because I'm losing hope and I'm running out of options. I'm here because u have many reasons to believe my mother is a paranoid schizophrenic. She is a single 56 year old woman with 4 children. Three boys and me, the youngest ...