The following questions are related to ‘Therapy’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
This list is sorted chronologically, from newest back to earliest.
Q: I am married to a man who was severely abused as a child. We are both 60 this year. In our early years together he was difficult to live with at times, but basically OK and generally very loving. Over the last few years he says he’s become very depressed and anxious. He lost [...]
Q: I discovered my wife was secretly emailing and IM’ing a past High School sweetheart and discussing our marriage problems and painting a picture that I am causing all the problems in our marriage. Naturally I was upset, hurt, outraged, confused, and angry. When I finally told her I knew, her excuse was “I didn’t [...]
Q: I wrote a few weeks back about a breakup with my spouse who I now know has Borderline Personality Disorder (abusive, anti-social, psychotic) and Bipolar Disorder. He has no idea where I am as I am afraid for him to find me, but I had been speaking to him at least once a week [...]
Q: I’m a 25-year-old female struggling to recover from an emotionally and sometimes physically abusive childhood. I’m also battling Social Phobia / Avoidant Personality Disorder. Often, I kept my mouth shut and withdrew into myself to avoid conflicts and felt anxious when I could feel them brewing. Even now, watching others argue or fight distresses [...]
Q: I am 21 and in the military. Over 2 years ago I got drunk and made out with guys. I told my boyfriend everything and we moved on. He and I are still together and plan to get married. Recently I started remembering everything I ever did, playing with it all in my head [...]
Q: I have had depression for around 6 years. I’m only 21 but do not enjoy life at all. Everything seems like a waste of time and no matter what I do I get no pleasure from it. I just don’t know what to do to make things better. It’s hard to live in a [...]
Q: I grew up as an only child with a mother who very likely has some sort of personality disorder. Her behavior put me under constant distress, which I dealt with by cutting as a teenager. There were very few friends I felt I could let in on my “big secret.” Now that I’m a [...]
