Relationships Articles

[Video] Father-in-law Is Ruining My Marriage

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
Q: My Father In-law has been living with us for 2 years now. What started out as a temporary situation 3-6 months. Has turned out to be a permanent situation. Despite talking to him, he doesn’t help with expenses and hasn’t made an effort to ...
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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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[Video] Mentally Ill Sister Won’t Seek Psychiatric Help

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Thursday, May 10th, 2012
Q: Hello, six years ago my sister started having aches and pains everywhere. She spends her time running around to hospitals for physical diagnoses. They will not treat her because she has been examined physically and tested millions of times. She is physically fine confirmed ...
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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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[Video] Afraid My Husband Will Cheat On Me

By Julie Hanks, LCSW on Monday, May 7th, 2012
Q: I need help on this issue. I feel myself getting jealous all the time with my husband, and I don't want to be like that. My last two relationships were a disaster. my kids father cheated on me our whole 15 yr relationship and ...
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Fear of Intercourse

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, May 6th, 2012
hi i am 25 years old. I am still a virgin and have only messed around with my ex of 5 years. I cant help it i try not to get scared and tense up but every time i came close to ...
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Was This Sexual Abuse?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Saturday, May 5th, 2012
I can't beleive I'm writing this. OK, when we were kids my cousin and I used to be really, really close, even though he was 5 years older than me. He taught me how to swim, and ride a bike, etc. When I was 11 ...
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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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Grieving Husband’s Loss

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, May 3rd, 2012
My husband was ill for 10 years before he died. He died 15 years ago when he was 47. I did not realize I was avoiding a lot of the pain. I had my own deals, i.e., brain surgery as a kid, legally blind from ...
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I Can’t Forget or Forgive

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Tuesday, May 1st, 2012
Me and my boyfriend have been together for almost 2 years and we have a 4 month old together and I also have a child by my high school sweetheart. My present boyfriend and whom I hope to marry has lied to me about talking ...
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