‘Emotional Memory’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 32

The following questions are related to ‘Emotional Memory’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.

I’m Worried About Being a Loser

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 26 July 2007

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 [...]

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Emotional Memory and Childhood Ghosts

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 25 July 2007

Q: I have a major problem. My mother and stepfather got married when I was 6 years old. My dad abused me from the age of 6 until I was 15. He also abused my mother physically, and most of the times they were drunk and jolling and sleeping around with other people. I left [...]

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Should I Contact an Abuser’s New Victim?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 20 July 2007

Q: Why am I so concerned with the fact that my ex husband is dating a divorced mother of two children? He was abusive to me and my two children, but not with the child he and I had together. I feel sorry for this new woman. I want to contact her to say stay [...]

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Boyfriend Having an Emotionally Difficult Time

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 19 July 2007

Q: My boyfriend lost his mum about 7 years ago and now he has funny turns and a very short temper. The other night he had a turn, and he was telling me to let him go and kill himself so he could be with his mum because that’s where he wants to be, and [...]

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Chronic Depression and Trauma History

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 13 July 2007

Q: When I was 6, I watched my 13-year-old sister being raped by my mother’s boyfriend. When we told my mother, she did not believe us and proceeded to whip us and called us liars. My sister was killed years later at the age of 24. My older brother who was very good at basketball [...]

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