The following questions are related to ‘Boundaries’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I have been together with my husband for 10 years and married to him for 7 years. We have a problem in that his parents are extremely controlling and critical. Both of their adult children are in their thirties but they don’t treat them as if they are. I am a very independent person [...]
Q: I recently married a man who has two children from a previous marriage. I have tried to develop a cordial relationship with my husband’s ex-wife, to no avail. I try to strike up conversations on the phone, but she won’t even speak to me. She doesn’t want anything to do with me. However, she [...]
Q: My husband and I were seeing a licensed marriage and family counselor. After about 6 sessions my husband said he is not going back. I asked the counselor if he would continue seeing me but he said he would not. He said that my husband is his client and there would be a conflict [...]
Q: I’m in a difficult situation in my relationship with my boyfriend. Even though I think any objective third party would probably advise me to get out of relationship and fast, I have not done so because we’ve been together for a year and a half and I love him very much. Here’s the situation. [...]
Q: In a past post on this topic you indicated: “Your 9-year-old daughter should not be taking a bath with her grandmother. Grandmother wants a team bath for her personal agenda, not for any positive outcome for your daughter.” Please elaborate about what kind of “personal agenda” could be going on. What about my 6-year-old [...]
Q: I am a 50-year-old female and have been married twice. My ex-boyfriend is 54 and was also previously married. We recently broke up after being together for 14 months. I think the main reason for the break-up was that I didn’t set boundaries and limits with my ex-husband. My ex-husband is very controlling. I [...]
Q: Recently, my husband and I visited my my husband’s parents and told them that because of unexplained infertility, we were going to adopt a child. My mother-in-law flew off the handle. She lost a baby 45 years ago, and when we tried to reason with her, she wouldn’t listen and challenged us to walk [...]
