Work Articles

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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Sleep Problems

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Tuesday, April 24th, 2012
Because of my work as a nurse, I have to get up at 5:00am. It is just the anticipation of this unpleasant hour of waking that seems to keep me from having uninterrupted sleep. I tend to fall asleep easily, sleep for three hours, then ...
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How Do I Make My Family Understand My Depression?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Saturday, March 24th, 2012
They think it can go away over night. I am currently 18 years of age and have been suffering from depression since I was 9. For years I wasn't aware of my depression but since it's gotten worse it's pretty clear that I am ...
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Career Indecision is Mounting

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, March 16th, 2012
I am 26 years old have graduated from law school received my bachelor's in mathematics and psychology and am current back in school taking medical school prerequisites, however, i have NO clue what i want to do with my life. Every time i enter a ...
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Do Real People Answer These Questions?

By Daniel J. Tomasulo, PhD, TEP, MFA on Thursday, February 23rd, 2012
Are these questions answered live or from a database? Each question answered is specifically responded to by one of the four therapists. The "database" is our different experiences. None of the responses is preloaded. The only thing we regularly draw upon is a ...
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How To Deal With Parental Pressure To Choose a Major?

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Monday, January 30th, 2012
Hi, my name is Almendra I am a 19 year old, I am a student, currently I am studying french, I finished high school in 2009,and I could not decided what career to follow. I was told that after leaving high school I will move ...
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Recovering from Work Trauma

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, January 6th, 2012
I work as a "youth leader" for a residential treatment facility for youths with conduct, psychotic, AOD, or JSO disorders. Recently, I was working one on one with a youth when suddenly the resident got up, grabbed a "weapon," walked into the hallway and began ...
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Anxious and Nauseous All the Time

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Friday, December 30th, 2011
Whenever I have to leave my house I start to feel sick. My heartbeat speeds up and my throat gets tight. I constantly feel like I'm about to throw up and I gag a lot. It started off when I would go to visit ...
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Depression Ruling My Life

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Friday, October 14th, 2011
For years I have struggled with depression. Sometime it overpowers my life and cost me so much. I have left jobs over it, not being able to function in my roll. It effects my personal relationships with family, friends, and lovers. I have tried counlsoring ...
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Unemployed husband is blowing money!

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Thursday, October 13th, 2011
My husband lost his second job in 4 years last Oct/Nov. He never really helped with the house or the two younger kids, 10 and 7, before he lost his job and always spent extravegently. But with him being off work for so long this ...
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My wife will not talk to me

By Dr. Marie Hartwell-Walker on Wednesday, September 28th, 2011
My wife and I have been married for 14 years. She is my high school sweetheart. We have 2 kids. The second one was born 7 months ago. She is a great wife and a great mother. 2 years ago I stated to work on ...
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Not Sure What To Do

By Kristina Randle, Ph.D., LCSW on Wednesday, September 14th, 2011
After High School I moved to another state to enroll in a Bible College. The first year was an amazing year and I absolutely loved it. The second year was the complete opposite. It was a disaster and I was severely depressed. The school had ...
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