‘Relationships’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 144

Q: Currently my boyfriend and I are still together, I have tried to leave several times, it always gets very emotional, he starts out angry, then becomes upset and cries and tells me everything will be better. (But it never gets better.) I feel manipulated and lied to. He is very jealous and controlling. He [...]

Q: A dear friend of mine is divorced and has a ten-year-old daughter. It was a nasty divorce and the parents are still very hostile to each other. The daughter alternates weeks with each parent, and she has her own room in each home. During the past year she has begun having panic attacks, and [...]

Q: My name is Olga and I am (late twenties) years old and I live in Western Europe. I grew up in a family where my father is an alcoholic. My parents never took divorce but they were always separated. My father lives with my mother in the same house but they don’t speak at [...]

Q: Dear people,
I just told my girlfriend that we can’t be friends any more because I was extremely jealous of her behavior when she was on phone with other people. I didn’t know what to do. I was verbally abusive and tried to control her life. I love her very much and she loves me [...]

Q: I’m a 49-year-old male, and I’ve been in a monogamous relationship for 18 months. My new girlfriend is absolutely excellent, and I feel I’m fortunate, but our sex life lacks something; however, recently I had a brief fling with my ex-girlfriend (with intense sexual pleasure). I am really upset about my inappropriate behavior…it was [...]