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

Q: I am a 16-year-old girl and I have a brother who is 13. He’s becoming really aggressive these days. He’s always shouting at me and my mother and shows a lot of anger and beats on me. He also does whatever he wants and hangs out with older boys. My father left the house [...]

Q: A very bad situation exists at my job. There is a serial bully there who has two accomplices, and they rule the department I work in by manipulation, intimidation, harassment, and deceit. Confronting any one of them inevitably brings retribution from the other two. Management does nothing about these folks, and this inaction only [...]

Q: I had an argument with someone on an online forum. This person has a doctorate and touts how much money he has and how successful his life is. He also berates those who disagree with him. When I mentioned my support of President Obama, he made a racially insensitive remark and called me derogatory [...]

Q: I want to dump my boyfriend because of his overly controlling and psychotic mother! My boyfriend and I have been together for 7 years. My boyfriend is 24 and lives at home with two other siblings to help take care of their disabled father. However, his mother controls everything in their lives. She decides [...]

Q: I have been together with my husband for 10 years and married to him for 7 years. We have a problem in that his parents are extremely controlling and critical. Both of their adult children are in their thirties but they don’t treat them as if they are.
I am a very independent person [...]