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 a freshman at an architecture school and I’ve been deeply depressed for the past couple of months. I’ve been trying to fit in, but it is simply not happening no matter how hard I try. I am an introvert by nature, and it is hard for me to be expressive and mingle [...]

Q: I am from India and am pursing an internship program in Thailand. I am in my final year and have completed 3.5 years of college in India. I am facing a problem because of the environment here, as I used to stay in college with loads of friendly people my age and was involved [...]

Q: My husband and I have been concerned about our daughter’s lack of progress in her counseling. She is 17 and in the past year and a half her grades haven fallen. We have noticed she is far more tense and angry than she used to be. In the eight and a half months she [...]

Q: I’m a sophomore university student. It’s known that university students love hanging out with their friends and meeting up with new people and interacting with different types of people. But I’m not one of those students. I try my best to stay away from my friends and colleagues. I don’t try to interact with [...]

Q: I need help figuring out what sort of situation I’m in. I’m a seventeen-year-old living in Seattle, WA with a mom who remarried five years ago. Now she and my step dad have a little boy. Ever since my mom married, my step dad has changed his “nice guy” personality and has taken on [...]

Q: I have had a recurring issue since I was young (early high school) of ignoring consequences and of simply ignoring my responsibilities. This manifested itself the most in college, where I went from having my freshman year a 3.1 GPA, a job, a great social life, and good shape/health to now (my supposed senior [...]