Q: I have trust issues with my wife of 26 years. It came to a head this summer when I found out she did not have an important discussion with her sister about the cost of moving their aging mother into a care facility. The mother isn’t wealthy and I wanted to be sure that [...]

Q: In the past, on and off, I would look at rather violent and deviant pornography. This progressed into looking at illegal pornography. It is hard for me to even admit the things I saw but I assume you can figure it out. Needless to say it was the worst of the worst. I would [...]

Q: My girlfriend and I have known each other for about one year. We had a difficult start. She was doing prostitution and I did not know that. In addition, she had three men in her life and I was one of them. I was not exactly an angel either. I had three women in [...]

Q: I got married following a whirlwind long-distance romance. It was working perfectly and we were over the moon. So we got married and soon after, I started to erect a barrier between me and my hubby. I later saw that this was because my dad had been emotionally abusive most of my life and [...]

Q: I grew up an extremely shy kid. I was an only child and lived in a big house in the woods with very busy parents. My parents were wonderful, but didn’t communicate well, didn’t show emotions, and had really high expectations. Growing up, I had very few friends and very little to no social [...]

Q: I want to ask a person to apologize for very old insults, which I can’t forget — can I do it? A: You can. But the outcome is definitely an unknown! The motivation and expectation that you bring to this, as well as how you go about doing it, will all likely affect how [...]

Q: I have read Dr George Simon’s description of psychological manipulation techniques. (Editor’s note: see Dr Simon’s series on Manipulation Tactics and Impression Management and Tools of Personal Empowerment: How Not to Be Manipulated. Also see Psychopathy 101.) I believe that I match a lot of those. I can also say that I exhibit characteristics [...]