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| Family Stress | 9/26/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: I am a happily married woman, hoping to have children in the very near future. I have not worked for ...
A: No one can make you feel guilty without your permission. You already spend time with your ...
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| Family Stress | 9/26/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I am a happily married woman, hoping to have children in the very near future. I have not worked for ...
A: I think sometimes you just have to be firm with those you love. You have a life too and they must ...
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| Contact with an estranged child | 9/26/2008 | Stephanie Campbell, MEd |
Q: My husband has a daughter from a previous marriage who he has not been in touch with for 7 years. ...
A: I think it would be very helpful for you and your husband to engage the use of a family counselor in ...
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| Depressed Mother | 9/25/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: I am writing to you regarding my mother. I am a 25 year old female, only child. My mother and father ...
A: I think it would be very helpful for you to see a counselor. You are harboring a lot of anger toward ...
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| help | 9/24/2008 | Hank |
Q: I have tried to give her what I can and am always there for her but it's just not enough she is very ...
A: I really want to help you, Maria. So, here goes: * If she can use a computer, have her ...
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| I need help | 9/22/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: My daughter is 12 years old her biological father died when she was a year and a half and my current ...
A: Your daughter is nearly a teenager and what you described is very typical of preteens. It's also not ...
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| my best friend | 9/19/2008 | Stephanie Campbell, MEd |
Q: my best friend has been extremly depressed lately. she refuses to tell us anything, and is extremely ...
A: It sounds as if you are very worried about your friend, and it sounds as if you have good reason to ...
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| Feel like giving up! | 9/16/2008 | Stephanie Campbell, MEd |
Q: I hope you can help as I really have no one else to talk to. I am going through a very deep ...
A: It sounds like you have really been going through some tough times and that your self-esteem has ...
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| Feeling so hopeless and want to give up | 9/16/2008 | Laura Giles, MSW |
Q: I hope you can help as I really have no one else to talk to. I am going through a very deep ...
A: Since you have tried everything offered in traditional medicine and nothing has seemed to help, ...
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| I might be the father of a 22yr old | 9/16/2008 | Pete |
Q: For the past 23 years I have known that I might possibly be the father of a now 22 year old ...
A: Firstly I think that if you and your wife are OK with the idea, the way to sort this matter for once ...
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| how to get more confidnece | 9/15/2008 | Pete |
Q: hey Imo 14, i have been looking into getting counseling at school due to my lack of confidence and ...
A: I think you are doing the right thing looking into counselling at school to help build up your ...
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| how to cope with meeting a half sibling | 9/12/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: Three days ago my father received a visitor at his house and she claimed she was his daughter. Her ...
A: You have been dealt a big shock and the strong feelings that you have are normal. This potential ...
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| Sibling relations | 9/11/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: I am 33 and my sister is 35. We come from a divorced family. I was 10 and she was 12 when our mom ...
A: I'm not sure what your question is so I am going to give you some general information. It could be ...
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| nurse who made a cruel remark | 9/10/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I had a nurse make a cruel remark to me insinuating that I didn't care if my husband had cancer ...
A: Most of us grow up thinking that certain things are not suppose to happen. When they do, we get very ...
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| Lying | 9/9/2008 | Laura Giles, MSW |
Q: My question is related to lying, specifically why I lie. I am a 24 year old man who has been in a ...
A: My opinion is that you distance yourself because this is your way of making you safe. Your father ...
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| giving the counsellor names? | 9/8/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: I phoned a counselor sometime back to ask if I might make an appointment to come in for counseling. ...
A: When someone contacts a counselor via phone it's not unusual for the counselor to ask for some ...
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| All alone and I don't know why | 9/8/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I will try to keep this as short as possible, but it may be difficult. I don't even know what I hope ...
A: You have a couple of dynamics working in your life right now. Being threatened by someone is the ...
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| How do I get rid of this habit? | 9/4/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I am 26 yr. old housewife, who is very much into watching porn. Previously, it was only for the sake ...
A: You’ve created a very simple trap for yourself and you are not aware of it. First, a bit of ...
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| dealing with people | 9/4/2008 | Nori J. Muster |
Q: i am 27 yaers old and i find impossible to deal with people.i come to stage i just dealing with ...
A: If your parents left you alone growing up, did not provide activities and playmates, then you ...
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| negative feelings | 9/4/2008 | Nori J. Muster |
Q: I was intending to add my situation to the conversation you had with ‘amber’ under the topic ...
A: I will add my thoughts to the issues you have raised >---> In that particular conversation you ...
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| disconnectedness with others | 8/30/2008 | Patricia A. Schafer, Clinical Counselor/Supervisor, LICDC, NCC |
Q: I am looking for answers to why I haven't ever really connected to others in any kind of intimate ...
A: Have you been diagnosed for depression? Depressional can easily cause feelings of disconnectedness. ...
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| disconnectedness with others | 8/29/2008 | Patricia A. Schafer, Clinical Counselor/Supervisor, LICDC, NCC |
Q: I am looking for answers to why I haven't ever really connected to others in any kind of intimate ...
A: Children growing up in a very dysfunctional home, such as parents who drank heavily, are seriously ...
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| My controlling mother | 8/28/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I grew up with a very controlling mother paranoid mother. Growing up I was never allowed to do ...
A: You want to practice this system. You will find it does work. Here is some more information. If ...
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| Lying within my relationship | 8/26/2008 | Laura Giles, MSW |
Q: My name is Charlie I've been in a relationship with my women for nine month's now from the beginning ...
A: Wow, it's really interesting that you ask what YOU can do to change. That's always the real question ...
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| Lying | 8/25/2008 | Laura Giles, MSW |
Q: My name is Charlie I've been in a relationship with my women for nine month's now from the beginning ...
A: I think it's interesting that you ask what can YOU do to change. That's all we have control over, ...
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| My controlling mother | 8/24/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I grew up with a very controlling mother paranoid mother. Growing up I was never allowed to do ...
A: It is a bit hard to think of draining the swamp when you are up to your neck in alligators. However, ...
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| counseling | 8/19/2008 | Patricia A. Schafer, Clinical Counselor/Supervisor, LICDC, NCC |
Q: just recently diagnoses with: social phonia-anxiety, major depression & schizoid personality. so, i ...
A: Sorry to hear about your anxieties, etc. Social phobia, anxieties, major depression and schizoid ...
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| Bedtime Power Struggles | 8/18/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: My eight year old daughter has had a major problem going to bed for the past several years. It ...
A: The first thing I would do is take her to her pediatrician for a complete physical. It's always best ...
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| Overly controllung mother | 8/17/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: I grew up with a very controlling mother paranoid mother. Growing up I was never allowed to do ...
A: You certainly had an unhappy childhood and it is effecting you now as a 24 year old adult. Why your ...
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| My controlling mother | 8/17/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I grew up with a very controlling mother paranoid mother. Growing up I was never allowed to do ...
A: Wow, your mother has a lot of problems. To go into that here, we would probably not have enough ...
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| Teen age girl and my boyfriend | 8/13/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: I have a 13 yr. old girl and a 3 yr.old girl. Two different dads. I am still with the 3 yr. old's ...
A: It sounds like your life has been an emotional roller coaster the past few years. No wonder you are ...
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| manipulating adult child | 8/12/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: I have a 21 year old child that is extremely manipulative. He's very persuasive and has hurt my ...
A: You're doing the right thing. Your son is an adult and he needs to be responsible for himself. It's ...
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| fantasies | 8/10/2008 | Laura Giles, MSW |
Q: I fantasise about women getting raped. I am aroused by it. I know women who are aroused when they ...
A: I am sorry I am not going to be able to answer your question. More information than can be gathered ...
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| stuff.... | 8/9/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: i think my main problem is that I'm a really positive person, I've always been. I always try and see ...
A: I mentioned that you are feeling this fear. What you are really saying is that you want to happen ...
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| Questions | 8/9/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I had asked what type of information you would need about myself in order to answer the questions ...
A: Oh, ok, I understand now. You need only share what you are comfortable with. Most of the time, ...
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| Depressed | 8/8/2008 | Nori J. Muster |
Q: I am not sure where to begin, other than the fact that I am feeling very down. It could be a number ...
A: You sound much better, much more rational. Unless we are professionals who are paid for our ...
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| Depressed | 8/7/2008 | Graig Yarbrough |
Q: I am not sure where to begin, other than the fact that I am feeling very down. It could be a number ...
A: Depression is not a something. It is behavior we do. We depress. Most of the time we depress to ...
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| Depressed | 8/7/2008 | Nori J. Muster |
Q: I am not sure where to begin, other than the fact that I am feeling very down. It could be a number ...
A: It is always a temptation to think the grass is greener on the other side, but now that I am on my ...
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| Depressed | 8/7/2008 | Hank |
Q: I am not sure where to begin, other than the fact that I am feeling very down. It could be a number ...
A: Amber: I am no psychiatrist or pschologist. On balance: I'm not for or against homosexuality ...
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| Depressed | 8/7/2008 | Pam Dyson, MA, PLPC |
Q: I am not sure where to begin, other than the fact that I am feeling very down. It could be a number ...
A: No wonder you are feeling depressed. You sound very confused. My first question to you is does your ...
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