The following questions are related to ‘Social Skills’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I am a 22-year-old female experiencing what are often referred to as “Daddy Issues”. My father, to whom I am very close — probably the closest among all the siblings, my being the eldest — is an influential man to whom I look up very much. He is intelligent and successful in his career, [...]
Q: I am 49 now. About 12 years ago, I went through a traumatic experience: my little brother committed suicide, 6 months later my Mom died from breast cancer, and 2 months after that my Dad committed suicide. I also lost my first Aunt and Uncle during this time — five funerals in 10 months. [...]
Q: My sister-in-law has been married for the last 7 years, although she is younger than me and my husband. I got married 2 years back. My problem is that my sister-in-law wants control over me and my home. She knows each and every detail of the members of the house, daily activities and so [...]
Q: My husband tends to throw fits and cuss and yell when when he is having troubles with something. He has never actually cussed and yelled at me or our son, but I still really don’t like it. It always seems to make the situation worse. It’s usually when we are working in the shop [...]
Q: I am the Office Administrator for a Treatment Foster Care agency, thus working mostly with social workers. Recently we did evaluations, and my supervisor said a couple of my co-workers said I was too direct at times. The rest of my evaluation was glowing! What in the world are they talking about? I am [...]
Q: I would like to know how to stop a family curse. My mother had an abusive father who never showed an ounce of love to any of his children after the first one; there were 13 children. All of them had and have issues pertaining to this terrible upbringing. My Grandmother was a very [...]
Q: I am 19 years old, and currently attend college. I have pretty much everything I could ask for in my life — a great family, great friends, and money to afford to go to school. However, there is one thing missing, and this one thing causes me to hate my life because it’s all [...]
