‘Respect’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 5

Q: IS MY THERAPIST NUTS?? I have been seeing my therapist regularly for a year and I believe we get along quite well, as we seem to have some things in common. Recently, during our sessions my therapist has confessed the following to me:

He is not happily married and there are “divisions” in his [...]

Q: I am dating this girl right now, and she has a hard time understating why I hate using the term “boyfriend” and “girlfriend.” Basically I’ve told her that I feel it is a sophomoric term and highly overused, but she feels as though I’m overthinking the situation and am “ashamed” to be called this. [...]

Q: At the age of 18, I met and eventually was engaged to a man 5 years older than me. We lived together for over a year. He was amazing, as was our relationship. We were deeply in love, the kind that comes only once in a lifetime. We really were “soul-mates”, I truly believe. [...]

Q: I’m a 31-year-old female from California. I am so confused at the moment. I have a long distance boyfriend, and we talk every day on the phone. I just adore him, but I have to admit he has been very verbally abusive with me at times. About a year ago, he just out of [...]

Q: My father has always had an anger problem. He can be very angry at times. He will use inappropriate words and swear constantly. He usually refers to us, his kids, as pieces of sh** or ***holes, things like that. I am very confused with his behavior. I don’t know what to do. He feels [...]