Advice from the Trenches: Scratching
Dear C and Dr. B; My 16-year-old daughter, Carolyn, scratches herself. She isn’t tearing her skin open or leaving large raised welts, but even though she tries to hide it […]
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Advice from the Trenches: I Need a Pill!
Dear C and Dr. B; I’ve got a very high stress job. I know many people do, but recently the stress has gotten got to Red Alert; there’s been a […]
Advice from the Trenches: Wooed by Popularity
Dear C and Dr. B; My daughter Laura is one of the popular girls in high school and she is being wooed by one of their football team’s big stars. […]
Advice from the Trenches: Mean Girls
Dear C and Dr. B;Help! My daughter and her middle school best friend, Jeanne, were both in the artsy group and at the time they were both picked on by […]
You Gonna Drink That? Expert advice on using leftover liquor
So you’re cutting down on your drinking and have a bunch of bottles going to waste. Don’t pour it down the drain! We have a few suggestions for what to […]
Advice from the Trenches: Affluent Shoplifter
Dear C and Dr. B, I am in college and my roommate is an upper middle class, well-heeled white chick. She is in want for seemingly nothing, but she has […]
Advice from the Trenches: Are Blue Balls Real?
Dear C & Dr. B; Last night my boyfriend called me from the ER. He said that he felt like his penis was falling off and that I was the […]
Advice from the Trenches: Pets at Work
Dear C and Dr. BI am a mental health counselor in a fairly large and busy office. Recently I started bringing my cockatiel, Polly, to work with me primarily because […]
Advice from the Trenches: 23 and Me
Dear Dr. B and C, I don’t know what to do. I am extremely upset and agitated, and I haven’t slept since I’ve found out. In a way, I feel […]
Advice from the Trenches: Sibling Rivals
Dear C and Dr. B; My sister is mentally ill, and can also be just mean. This Saturday, on her birthday, I was supposed to call her at 10am. As […]