The following questions are related to ‘Law Enforcement’ at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist.
Q: My son is 14 years old. He is stealing and lying. He started this behavior a few years ago, first with family only and later with outsiders, schoolmates, and now friends, too. He mainly steals money. I want to say that he is usually a good kid; he understands it is wrong and that [...]
Q: Over the course of eight months, we have gradually learned that our 25-year-old daughter was molested by a 14- or 15-year-old cousin when she was 9 years old. The information we have has been slow coming out. She has now told us some of the details, like where she was when she was molested [...]
Q: I am from India. I have a friend who has been married for 10 years. She has one child nearly 3 years old. Her family runs a business, and they are well-to-do people.
The problem is that my friend’s husband mentally abuses her. He will use coarse language when talking to her; and despite the [...]
Q: I have been married for 39 years. My husband has his own business, but he has never been honest with me about his bottom-line income from his business.
We have had financial problems all our life because of my husband’s lack of responsibility and failure to meet our obligations. We took out an equity loan [...]
Q: I am suffering from a problem I will call a “bad habit.” Whenever I go to a shopping mall, I try to steal something. I have actually stolen some things. I know this is wrong, but I cannot seem to control myself. It’s a real problem, and I don’t like it. So please tell [...]
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