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I Am Losing Motivation at School

By Dr Shailagh Clarke, PhD |

Q: Alright, so it has been probably two years since I started experiencing this. First, I became just a mediocre student. I didn’t feel like excelling, and it has been the same way until now. It’s not like I fail my subjects, but I could do better. I miss school at least once a week [...]

How Can I Stop Procrastinating?

By Dr Shailagh Clarke, PhD |

Q: I am suffering from something I can only describe as ‘procrastination disorder.’ I actually started writing this email two months ago and have put off finishing it until now. All my life I have procrastinated boring tasks such as cleaning my room and doing homework. I am aware that most kids do this to [...]

Funding Cuts, Split Classes and Their Impact on My Daughter

By Dr Misty Hook, PhD |

Q: Due to lack of funding our school was forced to take all the 6th and 7th grade students and put them in split classes. The students were told that they would have four teachers who would be teaching four 6/7 grade splits. At the beginning of the school year all the kids were rotated [...]

I Grew up Mormon But Left My Faith — Feeling Confused

By Dr Jennifer Harned Adams, PhD |

Q: I feel like a chameleon and because of that I hate myself. I grew up Mormon, but recently left my faith. Sometimes I feel that the beliefs of the church are false, but on other days I feel that they are true. I feel like a compulsive liar, especially to myself. Some days I [...]

I Feel Inferior and Don’t Like How I Look

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I know it is wrong to put feelings before actions, but that’s what I’m doing. I’m selfish. I am a spoiled child. I’m fully sponsored by my parents to pursue my studies at university, yet here I am, after three years of success in college…throwing all their hopes and dreams away. I really want [...]

Why is Ex-Wife Reversing the Truth?

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: In a recent conversation with my ex-wife, I discovered that she has taken a situation and completely reversed it, making up her own truth about it. When I moved out of the house, I left some of my clothes there. Her new boyfriend, now her husband, would once in a while wear some of [...]

Recovering Repressed Memories — DIY?

By Dr Jim Bierman, PhD |

Q: I am 45 years old and have had a moderately successful life in spite of knowing that I “stopped trying” around 12 years of age. Up until that time, I was two years ahead of my peers in school and was in the advanced classes of the students a year ahead of me. My [...]

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