The following questions are related to ‘Anxiety and Stress’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Licensed Psychologist.
Q: My wife and I have been married three years and have two children. She’s a stay-at-home mother who attends college. When I met her she was not comfortable around my friends without me, then it extended to her friends, and now her family. Her discomfort is so bad, she refuses to entertain any friends […]
Q: I am a 20-year-old female trying to figure out how to preserve a relationship with my mother despite her attempting to reconcile with her emotionally abusive ex-husband. They have reconciled three times over the course of ten years. She is severely bipolar to the point that she is on disability for it (along with […]
Q: I have a two-year-old son, and his father and I are in disagreement regarding how visitation affects him. His visits with his father are very sporadic, sometimes every other weekend, and sometimes months will go by. Recently, his father planned a visit and wanted to take him for three days. Due to circumstances, his […]
Q: I won’t go into great detail about what’s happened, and by the time you read this it could have gone either way, but my father could be going to prison. The reason is benefit fraud which, I hasten to add, was only because he took some very poor advice from someone who granted him […]
Q: I have social anxiety and I want to use exposure therapy, but I am confused. Is my goal to get used to the pain in social situations, or to associate social situations with pleasure? If it is the former, I take it I could give myself as big a challenge as I can muster […]
Q: I think my adult daughter may be depressed. She is 28 years old, and has a daughter who is three years old. My daughter doesn’t have any friends. She left her boyfriend of five years because they argue a lot. She feels as though her life is a waste, since she can’t provide for […]
Q: I am a male in my 20’s. I come from a stable family, a good home and good schools. I have a good job at my family’s ranch and have been very successful in my career. Overall, I have a pretty good life, but I feel completely unsatisfied. For the past several years I […]
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