Q: In my two year relationship with a gentleman and his child, I am struggling with an ex-wife who is determined to call almost every day, change the visitation schedule on a whim, and ask the dad to drop what he is doing (even if he has other plans) to take care of her last [...]

Q: I recently married a man I love dearly. But we aren’t living together yet and, to make matters worse, he is living with his ex’s parents. He has three teenage daughters, and only one likes me. He spends the whole weekend with his daughters. He spends some week days with me but I have [...]

Q: I am worried about my son who is 3, almost 4 years old, as each night he has to warm his milk in the microwave and has a tantrum if I do not press stop on the number 4! He also has to place the milk in the centre of the microwave each time. [...]

Q: I have been seeing a therapist for nine months and I am just coming around to fully trusting her and feeling secure with her. I was initially referred to her for PTSD. Over the past few months, I have started developing and maintaining boundaries with people in my life. My adoptive mom happens to [...]

Q: I am 16 and have been trying to recover from bulimia for two years. It all started after I went on a strict diet, where I restricted myself to eating only one meal of fruits and vegetables a day. I succeeded in losing weight, but my life turned out to be terrible following that. [...]

Q: My friend has a problem. She says she has a chemical imbalance in her brain, and from everything I’ve talked about with her, I don’t doubt it. She has extreme OCD and a pretty negative self-image, all of which gather together into a huge…something like a ball of stress and pain that is ruining [...]

Q: I’ve been having this problem with my mother all my life. She is the kind of person who likes to be in control of everything and everyone around her and most of all she likes controlling me. She’s always been that way — always imposing her rules and never allowing me much freedom. During [...]