Q: My boyfriend and I were together for two years. We always had a very close relationship. I left him about three months ago because I was afraid of settling, and scared of making a mistake. I just wanted a little space to breathe. Finally he gave me space and stopped calling, and I missed [...]

Q: I grew up an extremely shy kid. I was an only child and lived in a big house in the woods with very busy parents. My parents were wonderful, but didn’t communicate well, didn’t show emotions, and had really high expectations. Growing up, I had very few friends and very little to no social [...]

Q: I feel like I have no control when I get involved in an interesting or fun task. For example, I play video games for hours, feeling unable to leave the computer. I may work twelve hours at a time developing computer software and feel unable to stop reading if a book is really interesting. [...]

Q: I frequently feel the need to force myself to feel emotional pain by imagining a distressing situation (e.g., imagining a painful breakup, imagining my last words when I die, etc.). I am not normally ‘satisfied’ until I cry uncontrollably to the point where I feel physical chest pains and fall asleep. I usually feel [...]

Q: I am 35 years old. My mother is an alcoholic who only drinks at night. She was always loving and caring to me and my sisters, but would become a horrible person at night. I remember her saying awful things to us and her trying to make us hug her. I also remember her [...]

Q: I left my wife two years ago because she cheated on me, and I have now been divorced for over a year. I dated a few other women but never wanted anything serious with any of them because I was going through a healing phase. A few weeks ago, I met a wonderful woman [...]

Q: I’m having difficulty forming relationships with other women. This has always been the case but it wasn’t a problem for me until after I married ten years ago, as it isn’t appropriate in our community for a married woman to have significant male friendships. I am frequently told I have piercing eyes, a commanding [...]