‘Bereavement’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist

Q: I will get straight to the point. I am only 22 years old, but I have already moved to 3 different countries and have had to deal with my mother’s sickness from cancer for several years when I was a child, her eventual death, and a father whom I only met when I was [...]

Q: My ex-boyfriend recently lost his stepmom unexpectedly while his dad was in intensive care for two strokes. Two weeks after his stepmom died, his dad died too. When his stepmom died he broke up with me, then called me the next day and said that he was sorry and wanted to take it all [...]

Q: How do I handle not liking my father’s girlfriend? Since she moved in with him she’s gotten rid of all my mother’s things. They sold them and remodeled the house. Now it seems that the only family important to them is hers. They only invite us for Christmas, and I have to call before [...]

Q: I have a 7-year-old granddaughter who was in an ATV accident. She was injured but is now physically doing okay. Her 4-year-old sister was killed at the scene of this accident, and my granddaughter witnessed the whole thing before being flown out in a Medevac helicopter. The mother of this child was also on [...]

Q: I’m a 27-year-old female and lately I feel like I’m going crazy or out of my mind.
I didn’t get the best start in my life, and things have been bad for awhile. I lost my step-dad to cancer and a stroke at age 13. He was like a real dad to me and I [...]