Q: I’m having difficulty forming relationships with other women. This has always been the case but it wasn’t a problem for me until after I married ten years ago, as it isn’t appropriate in our community for a married woman to have significant male friendships. I am frequently told I have piercing eyes, a commanding [...]

Q: I have met a nice man, but sometimes he has strange outbursts. I have tried to find more information on them, but I don’t know what they are called. During the outbursts he manically denies everything, lies, rationalizes — in all possible ways refusing to encounter the thing discussed. I know all of these [...]

Q: I’m a 23-year-old male graduate student at university who has never dated. I’m generally confident with people, but I’m a bit shy around strangers in social settings. Lately, I’ve noticed that this shyness is worse around people to whom I’m physically attracted. I feel very physically unattractive, knowing that only two women have ever [...]

Q: My partner’s paternal grandfather sexually abused her as a child. For years she was the only granddaughter and kept this a secret, but when her aunt had a little girl, she didn’t want it to happen to her so she told her parents. She was twelve then. After that, she was blamed for not [...]

Q: My friend (yes, my friend) has problems socially. She has friends. She is smart. But she has no confidence. She can barely talk to me face to face. She only talks by text. She won’t take phone calls for the same reason that she won’t talk face to face. She detaches herself from people. [...]

Q: People seem to like me but they don’t like my twin brother. I’ve tried giving him tips, but he just won’t listen. Also I am pretty well behaved for my age, but my brother is just basically “a goody two shoes”. This means that he never wants to go out to parties or to [...]

Q: I’m 34 years old and female. I’m an IT manager, and I could continue my education. But there is something wrong with me that maybe nobody could believe. The big problem is fear of people. I can’t even order my staff to do something. I have the same problem in other places. I can [...]