Q: I want to go to therapy. I have talked to my parents about it, and they’ve said they’re not going to take me because they don’t think I need it. I have a lot of self doubt, and I feel I cannot amount to anything in life. I feel this way because of my [...]

Q: I was molested several times at the age of 8 or 9 by my older brother, who was then 16, and I didn’t tell my parents out of fear. It’s been 14 years and I still remember every detail. I haven’t been able to forgive my brother nor forget it, even though he is [...]

Q: I need all the help I can get right now. My life has been in crisis mode for 22 years — and I am 22 years old. I have been abused verbally, emotionally, and physically by my mother since I can remember. I could do nothing right. However, my father is not so innocent [...]

Q: I have two daughters, ages 11 and 8. My elder daughter has behavior problems. She doesn’t respect me, and she makes faces when I scold her for misbehaving. I have tried talking to her, but the result is always zero. She also hates her sister and always tries to devalue her in every manner. [...]

Q: I have a 17-year-old daughter and 15-year-old son. My husband is verbally abusive to my daughter, and he often calls her “stupid”, “idiot”, “worthless”, and “a brat.” He has been this way since I married him. My husband and son are very close and rarely does he verbally abuse him. He mostly abuses my [...]

Q: I am 40 years old and divorced twice. I have no intentions of marrying again. I have spent many, many hours with self-help books doing therapy on myself. I feel I am in a great place now and am a completely different person than in my 20s and 30s. However, my mother has a [...]

Q: I am 45 years old and have had a moderately successful life in spite of knowing that I “stopped trying” around 12 years of age. Up until that time, I was two years ahead of my peers in school and was in the advanced classes of the students a year ahead of me. My [...]