The following questions are related to ‘Relationships’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: Hi. Would you be able to help me? I am 35 years old, and my mother doesn’t talk to me or want anything to do with me. I have been living on the streets since I was 8, living with my brothers. The thing is my other brother, stepbrothers, and stepsisters she (my mother) [...]
Q: My 27-year old daughter, who is a double lung transplant recipient, has been in a two-year relationship with someone whom my husband and I consider a “loser.” He is 18 years her senior, divorced, unemployed, hooked on pain medication, oral methadone, soma, and medicinal marijuana. He’s convinced her that his I.Q. is “off the [...]
Q: There is a trust issue I have with my husband because he lied to me on more than one occasion. We had decided that when I am feeling insecure or unsure of his truthfulness I would ask him directly about what I was feeling uncomfortable or doubtful about and we would discuss the issue [...]
Q: My husband drinks a lot and is verbally abusive. He has now decided after 6 and three quarters years of marriage that he wants a divorce and doesn’t want any contact with me, my grown children from another marriage, and not even our grandchildren (there are three 4-year-olds and one 6 month old). He [...]
Q: I have been dating this gentleman for over 3 months now. It is hard for me to figure out the direction we are headed. We both are busy and we mainly end up going to the store and picking up something to eat and then giong back to his house, having dinner and then [...]
Q: Hello, I’m 26 and my boyfriend is 21. We’ve been together for a year and a half. Things were wonderful for the first year and then things took a change. He felt like he didn’t want the obligations of a relationship. However, once I backed off to let him get what he needs, eventually [...]
Q: My family is a weird one, or maybe not. I am a 40-year-old mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, daughter, granddaughter, and full time student. I am all those things to everyone. My boyfriend is a person that is not faithful and is not shy about telling me about his escapades. I was raised by my [...]
