Q: I’m a 16-year-old girl. I have been told my whole life that I have two personalities. Recently this has become a serious issue. People have told me I suddenly act aggressively — that I hit, swear, and throw things — then behave as if I have done nothing wrong. It’s like I am aggressive [...]

Q: My husband drives me crazy (and scares me sometimes) with his outbursts. My previous marriage was an abusive one, both physically and emotionally. My current husband doesn’t scream at ME, but instead at silly things, like sports on television, etc. He will jump up suddenly, slam things, and scream obscenities, and it embarrasses me. [...]

Q: I have a 22-year-old son who has such anger when he drinks that I feel it will get him into to trouble. He is looking to go to graduate school in another state soon. Can I keep him from going? I think he will only be a danger to himself and he may be [...]

Q: I have heard the term “passive-aggressive” many times and I am aware of some of the characteristics of this type of behavior. Some people I know exhibit what I would consider “passive-aggressive” behavior because the label seems to best explain their behavior. However, I think their behavior doesn’t really fit the clinical definition of [...]

Q: I have a question on how to deal with certain kinds of people. They either make it appear as if they want your input on something, or they might even ask you directly for input or a suggestion, only to reject every suggestion or answer you give them and then try to persuade you [...]

Q: I am a young stay at home mom, and my husband works at a very high pressure job. As we have a young baby, there are times when we both are tired and stressed out and so we do have fights, which I suppose is normal. We get over them fairly quickly. However, when [...]

Q: My boyfriend and I have been friends for six years and together for 1.5 years. He’s got anger problems, for which he is receiving treatment. He can be quite short with me at times and have sudden fits of temper. However, over the past few months, his angry incidents have increased in frequency. They’re [...]