The following questions are related to ‘Divorce’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: My husband and I have been married for two years and we have a 3 year-old son. Recently, my husband told me that he married me in part because he didn’t want to have another man raise our son. He also told me that another reason was because he wanted to follow the Bible. [...]
Q: Lately, I have been feeling like a failure in my relationships. I have been married twice. My first marriage ended after 2 years; I have a son from that marriage. My second marriage ended after 15 years, but most of those years were both emotionally and physically abusive. I recently broke up with the [...]
Q: I really don’t know what to do anymore! My husband frequently gets online and talks to different girls. He tells them how gorgeous they are and flirts with them. He never flatters me with the kind of talk he does online. He also tells these girls that he has messed around on me and [...]
Q: My father abuses my mother and has for a long time. The problem is that she doesn’t want to see it. Every summer since I was 12 my father would get mad because of insignificant things, kick us out of the house, and then start berating my mother. His abuse is mostly verbal and [...]
Q: I just recently went through a divorce from my husband of 6 years. He was controlling and was diagnosed with a personality disorder. In fact, everything in your “Are You Dating a Loser?” article applies to him. Consequently, I’m still dealing with the emotional aftermath of having been in a relationship with him. I [...]
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: 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 [...]
