‘Relationships’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 145

Q: Hi, I know this is a little long but please take time to read this and please help me out. I am 25 years old and have been married for 1 and a half years and have no kids yet. I am very happy in my married life. My husband loves me a lot, [...]

Q: How and why does one become a family annihilator, and can a woman become one also? Is there a cure for this problem?

A: By the term “annihilator” I assume destroyer or someone who completely overwhelms and ruins a family.
Both males and females can destroy a family system, something we often find in drug [...]

Q: I am concerned about a friend (age late 60’s), male, retired, divorced. He has a degree in economics and is very intelligent. However, he is obsessed with establishing his “importance.” He tells his friends that he is a millionnaire, yet lives in a subsidized rental area, saying that he hides his wealth from them. [...]

Q: My daughter aged just 18 is in what appears to be a dangerously controlling relationship! She has known this boy who is 19 since she was 15. He had another girlfriend and chased my daughter until she became his girlfriend. He dumped this other girlfriend. I was not happy but my daughter kept this [...]

Q: What suggestions would you have for me? I need to translate the detachment points from your article on ‘The Loser’ to my situation. I’ve been married for 30 years to a passive-aggressive manipulative loser who has suicidal tendencies and is attention-seeking, watching every facial feature while he talks, gauging reactions.
When I started working 2 [...]