Dr Mélisande Holohan, PsyD has answered the following questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: My wife and I have been married four years now, and have separated numerous times. We are just recently back together. We both make promises every time, and there has been infidelity on both sides. We have three kids. This time around, I got her a job at my work, and all she has […]
Q: I am a 49-year-old female who has come to realize that I grew up with a sibling (sister) who was and still is a bully. I can recall being bullied by her when I was as young as 6 years old, and it continues to this day. My parents would simply tell me to […]
Q: I am 21 years old and never had a best friend. I have people who I consider my friends, but I feel like I tend to be the one contacting them all the time. My parents often tell me that I should call people who have done things for me. But these people never […]
Q: For me, the aesthetic aspect of my future partner matters as much as the intellectual. I like exclusively men with long slender fingers and long hair; almost everyone knows it, including the wooers, yet they persist. The same way some people wouldn’t ever be with an over-weight or cross-eyed partner, I wouldn’t be with […]
Q: My husband and I are now taking care of a 10-year-old girl, because her mom is an addict who won’t get help. We have had her for approximately four weeks. She sees her mom two days a week, and texts her twice a day. Tomorrow she is going to her mom’s, and for the […]
Q: I am a girl heading to college soon. Since I was 12 years old, I have dreamed of being a psychologist. I love psychology and I read about it frequently. I have even bought some college books and started reading them. But the problem is, in my country, being a psychologist is somehow not […]
Q: I recently came from the doctor and was told I have an STD that I can only get from having sex. I was tested for STDs just two months ago, and I am certain that I’ve not had sex with anybody since then. I go out with friends, meet new people, but that’s it. […]
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