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

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

Manipulation and Getting Distance from Someone Who Hurt You

Last updated 22nd October 2009

Q: I have found your website is to be unique source of wisdom on the blight of manipulative people. But there is a potential manipulator’s “defense” that has had me confused for some time.
In any relationship, particularly a partnership, if one party does something the other finds completely unacceptable (overstepping their personal boundaries or violating [...]

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Problems Having a ‘Happy’ Marriage Plus a Sexual Partner

Last updated 15th September 2009

Q: I really need some help. I was not satisfied in my married life and fell in love with a colleague. He felt the same about me but also said he was happily married. His marriage was “arranged” and he has children. But he said he found me to be his “ideal” woman, and we [...]

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Confiding the Whole Truth and Risking Forced Treatment

Last updated 25th August 2009

Q: I would like to see a physician for a check-up and even to begin therapy, but I’m afraid that because of scars I have from when I was much younger, I might end up being forced into drug treatment or some other type of psychiatric care I don’t want.
During my late teens to very [...]

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I Have Feelings For My Therapist

Last updated 25th August 2009

Q: I am dealing with a lot of confusion and hurt and hope to gain some relief by simply sharing.
I was in therapy with a female psychologist for two years, being treated primarily for depression, anxiety, and alcohol dependence. My therapist and I worked through many things, and I really think I was getting [...]

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I Snooped on My Online Dating Boyfriend

Last updated 12th August 2009

Q: I have a boyfriend whom I met on the internet. We haven’t met in real life. I think we have a serious problem that I created, and I don’t know what to do.
I could say that I cannot trust this boyfriend all that much. Maybe it’s because I don’t really know him yet. I’m [...]

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