The following questions are related to ‘Responsibility’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: My boyfriend and I chatted online for a full year before we started dating. He knew that I had a daughter from a prior relationship and seemed okay with it. Now a month into dating, he says he has a hard time accepting my daughter. He also hates my ex and can’t even stand [...]
Q: I was only three years old when my mother and father divorced. My father is now deceased. My mom didn’t date much after the divorce. She now blames me for still being single. When I was younger, I was unhappy when she dated, and now I have a busy soccer travel schedule, so I’m [...]
Q: I’m in counseling right now, but there’s a whole week between sessions. I think I need to talk with someone more frequently. In the meantime, I’ve started journals and I’m taking antidepressants. But things aren’t happening fast enough. I have a lot of stress. I’m pregnant, have a child, and my unfaithful boyfriend who [...]
Q: I have an 11-year-old granddaughter who is very bright and talented but has always been fairly “hyper” and prone to temper tantrums. Her mom (my daughter) is divorced from the child’s father, is remarried and has had two more children. Because of her temper tantrums (which seemed to happen more often at home), she [...]
Q: My husband was recently diagnosed with sexual anorexic addiction. His unusual sexual interests were not disclosed all at once but rather information dribbled out slowly. I have learned that a major part of his addiction involves using porn. Recently it came out that he was into “barely legal teen” porn. It has become obvious [...]
Q: I love my sister very much but I think she is a control freak. She is married and has two grown daughters. Both children have college degrees. One daughter is 33, has been married twice, and has a child but does not care for the child, does not work, and lives with my sister [...]
Q: I’m a 26-year-old male from Venezuela. My girlfriend Vanessa is 21 years old, and we have been together for a little over 3 years. My problem is that my girlfriend broke up with me about 3 weeks ago. She complained that I was not the same person I was when we first started going [...]
