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Is Hypnotherapy Useful?

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
Though I’ve been married for 32 years and have two grown children, I am terrified of sex. Four years ago I finally confessed to my husband about these feelings and started seeing a psychotherapist who is certain that I was sexually abused as a child ...
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Will I Ever Have a Normal Life?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Tuesday, February 26th, 2013
I am writing cause I want to understand what is wrong with me and if I will ever have a normal life. About 20 years ago wheb I was 18 and after I had moved out of my mothers house, I had gone back to ...
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Sexually Harrassed at School

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Monday, February 25th, 2013
I was sexually harassed everyday in class for a year when I was 13. This guy used to say things, which i could ignore, but he also used to grope and grab my chest and butt and he used to try to stick his hand ...
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Wife Has Detached from Me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, February 22nd, 2013
My wife has attachment disorder. We have been married for almost 3 years. Ever since the beginning of our relationship we've had a lot of stress in our lives. I chose to focus on that stress rather than focus on her and how perfect we ...
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Girlfriend’s Past

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, February 19th, 2013
I've been in a relationship for a few months now and everything is going great besides the factor of my girlfriend's sexual past. It really bothers me the fact that she has had a larger number of encounters than me. I've only been in one ...
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Can BDSM Behavior Be Healthy?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Thursday, February 7th, 2013
Me and my boyfriend have been dating for more than 3 years, and about the get married soon, he was the one that introduced me into this world, I can't help but feel that there is something wrong with this kind of passion to BDSM. I ...
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Multiple Issues – What’s Wrong with Me?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013
I have been having issues with trust, jealousy, suspicion, depression and anxiety for as long as I can remember. I am a 28 year old female. I have seen many counselors but have yet to be diagnosed with anything. I was sexually abused by family ...
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6-Year-Old Touching 4-Year-Old Brother

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Tuesday, January 22nd, 2013
My 6-year-old son has always been an exhibitionist and always the child who pulls his pants down or touches himself to get a laugh or reaction. All my kids went through this short phase but for him it has seemed to linger longer than i ...
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Erotic Countertransference?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Saturday, January 12th, 2013
I do not know if I should keep seeing my therapist. I'm a lesbian as is my therapist. I'm in a very happy long-term committed relationship, but I have problems having relationships with other women because romantic feelings often arise, and I don't ...
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Relationship & Mental Health Issues

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA, MAPP on Sunday, January 6th, 2013
I've suffered from depression from a very young age--pill overdose at 14 and mh hospitalization at 21. All of my "relationships" until now have been of a sexual nature and I have been very promiscuous since losing my virginity at 23. I've had ...
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How Can I Stop Being An Exhibitionist?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Thursday, January 3rd, 2013
I go into webcam chat rooms and expose my naked body on cam for people (men) that i dont know personally, but know some of them from the chatroom. i do not do it for sexual reasons, but for self esteem issues. I crave the ...
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6-Year-Old Knows Too Much

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Sunday, December 30th, 2012
My husband and I overheard my six year old and my three year old sons talking about 'kissing' each other's penises. When we asked them about this, my three year old said that the six year old kissed his yesterday but that he didn't ...
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