‘Bereavement’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 4

Q: I know a woman who wants to control her dad. It’s been three years since her mother passed away. She is not a happy person and it seems like she doesn’t want him to be happy. She tries to keep everybody away from him. He had a girlfriend and had been so happy until [...]

Q: I am 49 now. About 12 years ago, I went through a traumatic experience: my little brother committed suicide, 6 months later my Mom died from breast cancer, and 2 months after that my Dad committed suicide. I also lost my first Aunt and Uncle during this time — five funerals in 10 months. [...]

Q: I’m 31 years old and married. Life was cool, but since the death of my father things have changed a lot. I live a bit far from my parents’ house and I used to go there every 3 months. I had planned to go to my parents’ place one week later, but he died [...]

Q: My partner and I met a few years ago when he was separated. He was working abroad and I was living in my home country. We both have had families in the past. I have a teenage daughter, but her father died in a car accident when I was pregnant. My partner has two [...]

Q: My 26-year-old daughter lost her husband in a motorcycle accident on Mother’s Day 2007. They have a daughter who was 4.5 months old at the time. Six months later she met a man and began a relationship with him. They have now moved across the country together. The new man is a very nice [...]