Q: I am writing from Toronto. I am very worried about my nephew who will be sponsored to Canada with his mother from China. He has been a trouble maker since he was born. Now he is 11 years old and his situation has become worse. His parents divorced when he was 3 years old. [...]

Q: I live in Mexico City and maybe my English is not very good but I want to ask you about being in a relationship of 13 years of marriage and have three kids, and my husband treats me very badly. He shouts at me. He say me I am crazy, he insult me, he [...]

Q: I am 50+ years old and as a child I was put into an orphanage — but the thing is, I don’t remember this. They told me I was 7 years old at the time. I have also blocked out the life I had before I went there. I don’t have a clue what [...]

Q: In the last couple of weeks, my favorite relaxation fantasy of being rich and carefree has turned into a fixation. Almost every day my mind drifts from whatever I am doing at the moment to thinking about my fantasy in great detail. It seems to be no longer a fantasy but a detailed planning [...]

Q: I am 27 years old. I was going around with my best friend of 8 years and very serious about him. One day I got to know that he was two-timing me with my other good friend. I felt shattered. I also got to know that he had been physical with her. When confronted [...]

Q: I have been seeing a woman for a year now and I honestly do care about her. When we started going out about a month later, she said she was ready to have sex so we did. Over the next couple of months we talked about getting engaged and getting married in the future. [...]

Q: Whenever I’m put into a situation where I have to talk to a teacher, guidance counsellor or principal on a one-on-one basis, whether I’m asking just a simple question, choosing my courses, being praised for doing a good job, or getting lectured for something, I start to tear. Just looking at the person talk [...]