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Just email your question using the address listed below, and one of our psychologists will take a look. Please understand that our psychologist has only so many hours in the day, and therefore only some questions will be published, together with replies: selection of which questions will be published is at our sole discretion. Because we’re usually running with a backlog of letters and replies, please be patient: if your question doesn’t show up right away, please check back, as it may be queued to be published after a few days.

Under no circumstances will the psychologist enter into personal email exchanges with readers sending questions, and under no circumstances will any patient-psychologist or client-therapist relationship be created by virtue of a reader sending a question to Ask the Psychologist. Replies are provided for informational and educational purposes only and are intended to support and complement — not replace — any existing relationship between a reader and their mental healthcare professional. All use of the Ask the Psychologist feature is subject to the site’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Please note that this is NOT an emergency service or a therapy service, and it is not suitable for addressing suicidal or homicidal intent. If you are feeling suicidal, please consider contacting your physician or an organization such as The Samaritans or Befrienders International immediately.

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When you write to Ask the Psychologist, please provide only the information that you consent to have published on this website. In other words, if you would like your name to appear only as initials, please include only those initials when you sign your letter. If you would like your full name to appear instead, go ahead and include it, but only if you are happy for us to publish it. We’d be glad to have a rough idea of your location (city, or if that is too specific, state or country), but it is not required. Questions may be edited for clarity. Your email address will not be published.

If you’d like to be informed automatically when your question is published, along with the reply, be sure to sign up for our newsletter (just click on the envelope graphic near the top right of the page) and select Ask the Psychologist as one of your topics!

Due to the number of lengthy letters we have been receiving, we now must ask that you please limit questions to 500 words or fewer. Letters over the 500 word limit will not normally be answered.

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