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

Q: Before I begin, let me thank you for your time and this service. Here is my problem: ever since I can remember I have been lazy to learn.
What I mean is that I am selective about the things I might find interesting, and I learn those things well. But when it comes to studying [...]

Q: After high school, my son got an Associate’s Degree at a community college but never did anything with it. He’s now 32, and I have been trying to motivate him to find a better job or career so that he can support himself and become independent. Instead, he has been living in the “rental” [...]

Q: I have been depressed since I was 13 years old and was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder three years ago at age 16. I moved away from home to Albuquerque at 17 to live with my boyfriend. We were evicted a month later because he stopped paying rent. A year ago I left him because [...]

Q: I’m a student in graduate school. Because I had limited choices about where I could attend, I had to choose a college that I did not really want. I’m really unhappy in my present circumstances. Every day, I say to myself, “Do I have to go this pathetic excuse for a college?” I would [...]

Q: I am 32 years old and a single mother. I am from a very strict southern religious family. I’m from New Orleans, LA, and after Hurricane Katrina I took the opportunity to move to Philadelphia to attend graduate school. In Philadelphia, I lived without my daughter (who is now age 9) because my parents [...]