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

Q: I am in desperate need of some professional advice. I have been dating my boyfriend for a year. We have had many arguments. He has made me suffer many times. He is 30 years old. His parents divorced when he was 18, and his brother has looked after him since the the divorce.
Would like [...]

Q: My ex-boyfriend recently lost his stepmom unexpectedly while his dad was in intensive care for two strokes. Two weeks after his stepmom died, his dad died too. When his stepmom died he broke up with me, then called me the next day and said that he was sorry and wanted to take it all [...]

Q: I’ve been trying to understand the behavior of my ex-girlfriend. We dated for 3 years, with the past year being on and off. The reason for it being on and off was because she met another guy friend after we started dating, and I was uncomfortable with how he was coming on to her. [...]

Q: I’m a 39-year-old male who recently ended a 3.5 year relationship with a woman who was 25. For two years this woman struggled to get into nursing school, which I supported to my own detriment. Once she got in, however, she quit before completing a semester. She had severe ulcerative colitis, and was permitted [...]

Q: I am from India and have been married for 8 years. My husband and I had a marriage based on love as opposed to an arranged marriage. I have to work some distance away but I make sure to travel to be with him very frequently.
My problem is that for the last 5 years [...]