Q: Months ago, my husband urged me to get my “head checked” due to deepening depression, nonexistent libido, self-isolation, forgetfulness, etc. So I go ahead and do just that and come to discover I’m in an abusive relationship with a probable narcissist. We’ve been together 14 years, married for 10, and have two beautiful little [...]

Q: My wife’s elderly parents moved in with us and now it has become a permanent situation. My biggest concern is for our teenage son, an only child, who seems to bear the brunt of their ill tempers and immaturity. He related to me that his grandmother began screaming at him the other day when [...]

Q: My mom is dying of cancer…please help me cope. I’m 23, and my mom (now 50) was diagnosed with breast cancer 12 years ago and had one breast partially removed. She has since had breast cancer again, with it moving onto her lymph nodes and other parts of per body. She has not been [...]

Q: My boyfriend and I have been together almost a year. We’ve known each other for five years, so things are getting serious and we had been talking of marriage…until his mother showed up for a visit. He is the only child of a single mom. His mom lives 900 miles away from us, in [...]

Q: Please help. How do you deal with a manipulative sister-in-law who has unrealistic expectations of sisters who have no natural children but do have children by marriage? Here is the situation. My brother and his wife have one child who has been spoiled beyond belief. He is now 28 years old, still lives at [...]

Q: My son is now 29 years old and still living with me. He recently graduated from a trade school but seems to have no interest in finding a job in that field. I supported him through school, as he claimed he couldn’t find a job in the area. He has had addiction problems in [...]

Q: I have been married for four years. I have one child and another on the way with my current husband, and two stepchildren. He does not beat me, but he has treated my two oldest (stepchildren) as if they do not exist, or he screams and curses at them when they just want love [...]