ABC has issued the press release for this week's episode of The Middle, the first original episode of 2013. This episode was originally scheduled to air next week, January 16, but was switched around with episode 4.12. Dave Foley guest stars as Brick's school therapist in this episode.

"Life Skills" - Axl is shocked to discover that he and Sue are enrolled in the same Life Skills class. And things only get worse for the Ax-Man when he is assigned to work with his sister on a big class project. Meanwhile Brick's school therapist, Dr. Fulton (Dave Foley), tries to teach him how to reach out to his fellow students in order to make some friends; and Frankie and Mike find themselves dealing with an unreasonable insurance company after they discover a tree branch has fallen and broken the windshield of Frankie's car, on "The Middle," WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9 (8:00-8:30 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network.

More information about this episode is available in our Episode Guide.