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[Video] Is My Eating Disorder Serious?

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Sunday, May 13th, 2012
Q: Hello. About four months ago I diagnosed myself with possible anorexia. I skip about 2 meals a day but I eat try to eat a full meal for dinner. I exercise for at least an hour daily. I am 16, my height is 5 ...
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[Video] Talk Of Parents’ Divorce Causing Depression

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Saturday, May 12th, 2012
Q: My life was fine until I was in seventh grade, my parents were alright and I had amazing friends, until one night my parents told me and my siblings that my mom was thinking about divorce and how they were constantly fighting that single ...
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Is Schizophrenia Inheritable?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, May 12th, 2012
I really need some advice. My fiancé and I are having a problem. His mom has come to visit us and she's just not right. He warned me before that his mom has bipolar but didn't go into detail. For the first few days while here ...
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Cheating Father

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
I’m sixteen and have a 13 year old brother and nine year old sister. I discovered text messages on my dad's phone implying he’s cheating on my mother. My parents are pastors, and have an important place of ministry in the country. Hundreds of people ...
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Depressed and Without Hope

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012
Okay so this is kind of a big deal and I need advice. I struggle every day with depression and a lot of suicidal thoughts an the onlY reason I havent done anything is because I care about my family too much to leave. I've ...
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Driftless Soon-to-be Graduate Needs Help

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, May 8th, 2012
I've always been kinda socially awkward but in the last 4 years it has become a pretty extreme phobia. And in just the last 2 years alone I've gained almost 60 pounds due to stress that causes me to eat to much (I was really ...
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Isolated and Feel Horrible Inside

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, May 5th, 2012
I feel really depressed a lot of the time sometimes I feel completely numb and empty and my I get shooting pains in my heart, and other times I feel so panicked and frustrated and my heart beets out of my chest. the problem I ...
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Sexually Abused by Father

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, May 4th, 2012
I was sexually abused as a child by the next door neighbour. I never told anybody but last year I finally went into therapy to deal with it. I have recently separated from a long term partner and have started seeing a new man. My ...
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Brother Might Be Homicidal

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
I have a brother 11yrs of age that i believe is showing signs of homicidal tendencies. He has held a butcher knife to one of his other sisters back. A journal was found saying that he hated my grandmother and wanted to slit her throat ...
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Scared to Talk to Parents about ADD

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012
i'm thinking i am diagnosed with adhd but im still not sure.my behaviour is becoming worse and so is my concentration i really need help on what to do.i need some simple advice on how i can get better and whearther i should tell ...
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Dad’s Leaving Me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, April 26th, 2012
I'm a 14 year old guy. My dad has been dating this girl for a while and he decided to move in with her and her new kids I do not get along with them and feel unwanted when I am with them. my dad ...
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Is Fiance Mentally Ill?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012
I have been dating my boyfriend (age 31) on and off for almost 3 years. Most of the time we have a very loving, affectionate and deeply connected, positive relationship. However, several times a year we go through shorter periods of extremely rocky times that ...
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