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He Wants Kids and I Don’t

By Dr Shailagh Clarke, PhD |

Q: My husband has been pressuring me to have a baby. I don’t like children at all and try to stay away from them at all times. My husband was raised Muslim, therefore he does not understand how I feel about this. I suggested I go to therapy to deal with it and he said [...]

Funding Cuts, Split Classes and Their Impact on My Daughter

By Dr Misty Hook, PhD |

Q: Due to lack of funding our school was forced to take all the 6th and 7th grade students and put them in split classes. The students were told that they would have four teachers who would be teaching four 6/7 grade splits. At the beginning of the school year all the kids were rotated [...]

I Get Fits of Rage and Beat the Kids

By Dr Misty Hook, PhD |

Q: Normally I have a cool nature but recently, once a month I get a fit of anger — about silly things — and I start beating my kids. At that moment I don’t have any control over myself. After that I feel depressed and guilty. Please help me figure out what I can do [...]

Are My Children Safe with My Ex-Husband?

By Dr Shailagh Clarke, PhD |

Q: I left my ex-husband a few years ago due to his threats to kill me, constant lying, yelling at our kids (or myself) over trivial events, chronic unemployment, slamming doors, throwing things at walls, alcohol abuse, and bugging the house and my computer. I found thousands of very disturbing pornographic material (including snuff and [...]

Will My Children Inherit My Mental Illness?

By Dr Shailagh Clarke, PhD |

Q: I have a mental illness (schizoaffective disorder), and I’m a single 26-year-old male. I’m thinking about getting married to someone on the same level because other girls won’t accept me for who I am. But if I do, what if she wants to have kids with me? What should I do? What if the [...]

My Husband Ignores Me Lately

By Dr Jennifer Ritchie-Goodline, PsyD |

Q: My husband (married 14 years) seems to enjoy his friends’ company more than mine. He doesn’t laugh anymore; he is not telling me his secrets; he wants to plan his schedule without asking me as he used to. We used to do everything together, and now he seems tired. Our kids are aged 11 [...]

My Fiancé is Always Angry; So Many Stressors in Our Lives

By Dr Shailagh Clarke, PhD |

Q: I have been in a relationship for two and a half years. We are engaged and have been living together for five months. He is recently divorced and is now paying alimony and child support. He earns less than his monthly bills. He is having issues with his 17-year-old daughter, who is spoiled, selfish [...]

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