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 a single mother with a 14-year-old boy living next door. Over the last five years I have had numerous disagreements with them. They were usually over minor issues involving respecting my property boundries. Upon my moving into my house five years ago, the boy started throwing things over the fence. I have [...]
Q: I have been seeing my new girlfriend for two months now and we are very much in love, even looking for somewhere to move in together. I have a few concerns though. She is very good friends with her ex of two and a half years, who I might add she cheated on. When [...]
Q: My husband’s young and pretty boss seems to have formed a romantic attraction to him. It is obvious to me, and he enjoys the attention (of course). His boss has begun using my husband as a confidant for her private life and sharing details. My husband spends most of his free time with me [...]
Q: I am 17 years old and I have a problem with myself. Thoughts related to sex come to my mind very frequently. Whenever I am alone I lock my room and strip off my clothes and do some weird acts. Then after that I realise what I am doing, quickly put my clothes back [...]
Q: I feel embarrassed to say this, but I feel an attraction to my son’s former psychiatrist. I am a 35 yr. old female going through a very difficult moment in my life — divorcing an abusive husband, switching jobs, dealing with a pre-teenager with behavioral problems, etc. Emotionally I am very fragile right now. [...]
Q: My 32-year-old fiancé and I are about to have our first baby. His mother lives 3000 miles away from us and though she is a nice lady — she is also very needy. Her husband (his father) died 12 years ago, and when he was alive neither of them had friends outside of each [...]
Q: My husband and I have been married 16 years and have one child together. Five years ago I confronted him with (what I deemed to be) an inappropriate relationship with a male co-worker. He emotionally admitted that he was bi-sexual and had known about it since he was a young boy. At this point [...]
