Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist

Q: Hi! I recognize many of the indicators of a loser in my ex-girlfriend. The problem is that I recognize some of them from my own behaviour. How can two losers break up?! It seems impossible. My girlfriend has broken up 5 times in the 7 months we’ve been together, but has always come back. [...]

Q: I recently went through a divorce after 30 years of marriage. My wife got involved with a youth member of our church — teaching him to read and write. She was 50 and he was 20. Of late, there seems to be more news of older women and younger males. While this was the [...]

Q: I’m a 20 year old psychology major, and it seems I can’t even figure out my own problem. I’ve been overweight all my life, not significantly but a couple extra pounds. I am currently in a long distance relationship in which we only see each other every 3-4 months, but we are faithful to [...]

Q: I was recently reading through Joe Carver’s ‘Are you dating a loser?’ document. I have been in a relationship on and off with a woman for about 1.5 years. We both love each other very much but often have conflicts, some of which are often very toxic. I realize that my history and behavior [...]

Q: I am desperately concerned about my 19 year old daughter. She has been dating a 17 year old boy for a little over a year and a half. I never liked, but rather tolerated him during most of that time. There were many incidents with him involving drug use on his part. He was [...]