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        Expert Credentials: Pastoral Counselor/Therapist, LCAC, LMHC, LMFT
      
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        I am a scout leader working young teenage boys. Several of the parents have approached me and asked me to add a substance abuse prevention component to our curriculum. Drugs and alcohol are issues in our community. I am not sure whether or not I am a...
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      <pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2016 08:53:01 -0400</pubDate>

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        idk what to do when my mom makes me feel so small and literally always puts me down, she says she hates me and she wants me out of her life, and everything is just getting worse. I've tried talking to my dad but he doesn't listen nor care because he ...
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:38:40 -0400</pubDate>

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        My 14  year old son is not interested in extracurricular or community activities. He is shy and he would rather be at home playing on his computer. I know he does not enjoy these things but I think they are important so I try to force him to particip...
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 13:24:59 -0400</pubDate>

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        My son is 17 and he is addicted to marijuana. We have tried counseling and family counseling and nothing changes his habits. He says he is trying but that he cannot quit. I am not sure if he is really trying or not. He smokes multiple times each day ...
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:10:56 -0400</pubDate>

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        My mom died last year and my dad took it really hard. He decided to go and see Angkor Wat a few months ago as this is something he had always wanted to do but my mom had been sick for a long time and unable to travel so he was not able to. My sister ...
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      <pubDate>Fri, 22 Jul 2016 12:06:31 -0400</pubDate>

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        Hello, I am writing to you because I read a question that someone had asked you a few years ago which was similar to my situation but not exactly.

My 26 yr old son lives with me now and suffers from severe depression which is getting worse all the t...
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      <pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2015 22:11:59 -0500</pubDate>

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        Hi. I am a 22 year old college graduate. Unlike every other person I know, I have never smoked marijuana or done any drug at all. This is always shocking to people when I tell them. I don’t know why now but I am curious to try marijuana. I am a soc...
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      <pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 13:44:34 -0400</pubDate>

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      <pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2014 21:53:47 -0400</pubDate>

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        I need any advice on how to create a connection with my 16 year old son. I left him and his mother when he was just a baby. I was an alcoholic and actually she kicked me out, not that I made any effort to stay or to stay involved in his life. I sent ...
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2014 12:07:34 -0400</pubDate>

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