The following questions are related to ‘Therapy’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: My wife of 46 years has suffered from clinical depression for most of that time. Both she and I attribute it to parental neglect and not being nurtured at an early age. Even after her early childhood years, her parents continued to ignore her feelings and treated her as a non-person. She often plays [...]
Q: I am 24 years old and am doing a master’s program. Last spring I went to a psychotherapy clinic for counseling. My counselor was extraordinarily beautiful. While in session, I experienced ‘transference’ feelings and told her that I was falling in love with her. She quit my therapy suddenly. I miss her a lot [...]
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 [...]
Q: My wife has been experiencing symptoms of depression for the last few years. She has been to a local psychologist’s office twice and so far has only been asked to fill out two true/false questionnaires. One had 175 general questions, and the other was a 500+ true/false personality profile. She has yet to actually [...]
