Dr Jim Bierman, PhD has answered the following questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: I have a question about signs and symptoms of crazy making. I have looked and looked and all I can find on the subject is that crazy making is a form of verbally making you feel as if you were crazy. Example: Saying that they did or did not say something that affects you […]
Q: When I was 15, I was diagnosed with ADHD, but a traumatic memory from my childhood resurfaced recently and I started to look into dissociation. I was wondering how you can tell the difference between the two? My forgetfulness often extends into amnesia: my girlfriend will frequently ask me about something we did or […]
Q: My boyfriend and I have been together almost a year. We’ve known each other for five years, so things are getting serious and we had been talking of marriage…until his mother showed up for a visit. He is the only child of a single mom. His mom lives 900 miles away from us, in […]
Q: I have been with my boyfriend for about a year and a half now, and he is perfect for me in every way. There is only one problem for me, and that is his ex, whom he dated for five years. They are no longer friends, however she is still very close to all […]
Q: Please help. How do you deal with a manipulative sister-in-law who has unrealistic expectations of sisters who have no natural children but do have children by marriage? Here is the situation. My brother and his wife have one child who has been spoiled beyond belief. He is now 28 years old, still lives at […]
Q: My son is now 29 years old and still living with me. He recently graduated from a trade school but seems to have no interest in finding a job in that field. I supported him through school, as he claimed he couldn’t find a job in the area. He has had addiction problems in […]
Q: I have been married for four years. I have one child and another on the way with my current husband, and two stepchildren. He does not beat me, but he has treated my two oldest (stepchildren) as if they do not exist, or he screams and curses at them when they just want love […]
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