Q: I am 40, married with a school-aged child, and unable to make real friendships. I had been abused as a child, have been to counseling for several years twice in my life, and have moved across country. I am obese now and socially awkward. Still, when I make a friend, I either get tired [...]

Q: My son recently started first grade, and his teacher suggested that we should consider putting him back into K5 as he’s been struggling with his phonics and reading. All other subjects he’s doing well in. The problem is my husband deployed last year during his K5 year. His teacher never expressed a lot of [...]

Q: My husband and I have been married for a year and a half and have been fighting a lot the entire time. Almost once a month he threatens to leave or does leave. He gets very angry if I get upset at the way he talks to me in the middle of frustration. Then [...]

Q: I’m having issues with my mother. She has always been controlling and manipulative. Before, I used to do whatever she asked, even when I moved to another country to study for three years. Now I’m 21 years old and I’m getting married next summer. Since I moved back to my country I still live [...]

Q: Why can children with ADHD focus so well on things they like to do without much problem, like video games? I know children who have ADHD and who can play video games for hours — but when it comes to homework, they can’t do it. Why? A: Excellent question! The answer is simple, and [...]

Q: When we were kids, a cousin of mine of the same sex got me into being sexual with them. I was just a couple of years younger and we were always playing a game called “mother and daddy.” The nature of the encounters included kissing, oral sex, and bumping our parts against each other. [...]

Q: I’m 13 and I have a problem. Ever since I moved to Thailand the relationship between my parents started getting worse and worse. I’ve lived here for about four years now. Before we moved my dad used to yell at my mom a lot because he thinks she never does anything during the day. [...]