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

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]