‘Marriage’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 41

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

Daughter Refuses to Work or Contribute to Her Family

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 31 January 2008

Q: My daughter is 34 with 3 children, ages 15, 13, and 10. I have never been able to get her to work. This is her second marriage and this husband works like a dog. I bought a home for them to live in, because, quite frankly, I worry about the children being drug around [...]

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Boyfriend of Two Years Keeps Me at a Distance

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 30 January 2008

Q: I’ve been with my boyfriend for almost two years. We work together and live right down the street from each other. Through the week after work we watch TV together almost every night. Week-ends we go out to eat and to the movies and on Sunday we’ve just started going to church where his [...]

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Close Bond with Son Threatened by New Boyfriend…Or Is It?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 30 January 2008

Q: I am a divorced mother of one son. My husband and I divorced when our son was 12 (he was in the 6th grade). We came home one day after school and found the house stripped of our possessions and him just gone. His father has had very little contact with him ever since. [...]

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We Can Go Days Without Speaking

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 28 January 2008

Q: My wife and I can honestly go days without speaking — mainly her because when she has an attitude I try to avoid annoying her further even if I was not the cause of the problem. But our sex life is horrible; we may have sex once a month at best. And when we [...]

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Husband Creates Problems When Everything is Going Well

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD | 28 January 2008

Q: My husband comes from a background where his parents fought constantly at night and he would have to get between them and then get up the next day for school. We have been married for almost 4 years and EVERY time things are going well between us, he will do something to cause a [...]

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