The following questions are related to ‘Therapy’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
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Q: I am writing to get some advice about my Mom. She is a very big-hearted woman, but she has some really serious psychological issues and really needs help. My mom is absolutely terrified of being judged. She has very high anxiety and stress, and over the last 2 years she has “lost her voice” [...]
Q: Before I begin, let me thank you for your time and this service. Here is my problem: ever since I can remember I have been lazy to learn. What I mean is that I am selective about the things I might find interesting, and I learn those things well. But when it comes to [...]
Q: I need some advice please. I’m a 19-year-old girl, currently unemployed, and just out of college. I’m very self-obsessed. I always find fault with my appearance. I’m very concerned with how other people see me, so much so that it has stopped me going out very often. I’m always finding fault with my facial [...]
Q: I am suffering from a problem I will call a “bad habit.” Whenever I go to a shopping mall, I try to steal something. I have actually stolen some things. I know this is wrong, but I cannot seem to control myself. It’s a real problem, and I don’t like it. So please tell [...]
Q: I am engaged to a man who is a genuinely great person, affectionate, gentle, loves life, and prioritizes me in every way. We share the same values and religious beliefs, and I have known him since childhood. There are however two things that have me doubting us and our relationship. Both a very big [...]
Q: My daughter is a freshman at our local college and currently living in a student apartment. Up until last year she had never been in serious trouble of any kind, but she met a boy who was not in the same intellectual circle as she, and things went downhill from there. During her last [...]
Q: I am a single dad with two children. It wasn’t always that way, but their mother simply can’t deal with them. She only has them 4 days per month but still seems to have difficulty handling them because they stress her out so much. I started seeing the children’s mother 12 years ago. We [...]
