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 of 8 months and I have a very strong relationship. However, he finished a course of steroids around 5 months back and while he suffered no side effects, now he seems to have lost motivation for going to work, family, me, the gym, etc. He says he has no sex drive and [...]
Q: My son is 26, and he says he “can’t” control his impulses — e.g., spending money, drinking, aggressive attitude, not going to work, etc. He believes he needs drugs to learn how to control himself. Basically, I want to know is there possibly any truth in the claim that he “can’t”. A: This is [...]
Q: My 26-year-old daughter lost her husband in a motorcycle accident on Mother’s Day 2007. They have a daughter who was 4.5 months old at the time. Six months later she met a man and began a relationship with him. They have now moved across the country together. The new man is a very nice [...]
Q: My boyfriend and I recently moved in together, and I find myself getting frustrated over his laissez-faire habits that never bothered me before. Soon after we moved in together, he quit his job because he claimed he was overworked, but he only goes to school for four hours a day and has no other [...]
Q: My situation is extremely complicated. A year and a half ago I found out that my husband had been sexually abusing my daughter for many years. He was also a victim of sexual abuse, and he believes that is what led him to abuse her and hide it. We were all devastated by the [...]
Q: Is it normal for an adult to play “doctor” with a child? The woman (grandmother type/self-appointed “Nana”) likes to take two little girls to play at her home on a regular basis (maybe once or twice a month). Nana plays doctor with them each time they go. When the younger girl was asked how [...]
Q: IS MY THERAPIST NUTS?? I have been seeing my therapist regularly for a year and I believe we get along quite well, as we seem to have some things in common. Recently, during our sessions my therapist has confessed the following to me: He is not happily married and there are “divisions” in his [...]
