The following questions are related to ‘Abuse and Trauma’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: In the beginning of our marriage and pre-marriage my wife and I had lots of fights, arguments and disagreements which have built up strong negative emotions in my wife. I was to blame for disrespecting her feelings and being rude and dismissive. I know that now and regret it, but my wife thinks my […]
Q: I am a therapist and I recently opened my office. I have a male client in his mid-twenties who is a high school teacher and football coach. He told me recently that he has had a porn addiction for more than ten years. He said he masturbates many times per day and views the […]
Q: I’ve been in a conjugal relationship with a man for three years (we used to date 30 years ago). This last year was very rocky and we ended the whole thing this week for good. He always maintained that we didn’t have any problems and I was making a deal out of nothing. My […]
Q: My husband cheated on me four times during the course of our 20-year marriage and after all these, I retaliated once by having a one-night stand. I went to counseling and was diagnosed as being in an emotionally abusive relationship. Now I cannot stand disappointment, anything negative, or fighting. I am trying to trust […]
Q: When my husband and I first met, our relationship started as a way for us to satisfy a sexual fantasy we both had, namely “daddy/daughter” role-play. I usually posed as an under-aged girl, which I was not, and he always posed as a daddy figure. Sometimes, I’d even pose as a mother to a […]
Q: On my anniversary with my boyfriend he had to work in another city. I was upset about that and I acted angry all day to his phone messages. At night I went to the movies with my sister, and while I was watching the movie he called me to tell me he could come […]
Q: A couple of years ago I went through a nasty breakup with my boyfriend of three years. He left me pregnant with his child, although I decided to have a termination because I was disturbed by the relationship, which had been drug-filled and manipulative. He got the new girl pregnant within two months and […]
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