Q: I have been verbally abused in the past and later on I verbally abused other people. At first it made me feel better, but now I feel really bad that I lowered myself to his or her standards. Now I find myself muttering under my own breath thinking, “did I just say that when [...]

Q: My boyfriend and I are both 19 and we’ve been together for five years. He moved two hours away from where I live to go to college. The first time I went to visit him in his dorm room, I found a condom. He explained that his residence assistants give them out to promote [...]

Q: In my two year relationship with a gentleman and his child, I am struggling with an ex-wife who is determined to call almost every day, change the visitation schedule on a whim, and ask the dad to drop what he is doing (even if he has other plans) to take care of her last [...]

Q: I think that maybe I have dissociative identity disorder. I know for a fact that I am clinically depressed. I was diagnosed with depression about five years ago, and it hasn’t gotten any easier. This was the first red flag for me. My personality shifts rapidly… sometimes. I never know when I’m going to [...]

Q: I am a 33-year-old guy from Greece. The last year and a half I have been seeing a therapist. She has helped me more than any other person in my life until now. About four months ago I told her how much I feel close to her and how much I appreciate her help. [...]

Q: I recently married a man I love dearly. But we aren’t living together yet and, to make matters worse, he is living with his ex’s parents. He has three teenage daughters, and only one likes me. He spends the whole weekend with his daughters. He spends some week days with me but I have [...]

Q: My wife is a 56-year-old mental health nurse who has been going through menopause and has recently become somewhat obsessed with her health. In particular, she has been experiencing periodic, daily heart palpitations for four to six months. She doesn’t sleep properly, hates her job, is always down and isn’t able to control her [...]