Hello Ed --

What a complicated situation, and what a brave young man you are. I think you did the right thing by talking with the school psychologist. Don't give up, just because he or she wasn't the right counselor for you.

If you have a priest, minister, or rabbi to whom you can talk, that person may be offer pastoral counseling or refer you to an agency. United Way in many towns is affiliated with social services counseling. A librarian at your local library may be able to help you find such services. Since you are on the internet, you may fnd them this way. As a former reporter, I still find the local telephone directory is better than the internet for finding many of these smaller, local services that cannot afford to maintain an online presence.

You are moving in the right direction. Please give yourself a pat on the back, if no one else is around to tell you how great you're doing with all this.