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

Q: I am seeking advice on how to deal with an emotionally abusive family member.
My older sister displays all the symptoms of a borderline personality disorder or possibly even sociopathy. After dealing with the lies, guilt, manipulations, aggression, and financial dependency for as long as I can remember, I cut off contact with her 2 [...]

Q: My husband and I married six weeks ago. About two weeks after we were married, I discovered an email he sent to an ex-girlfriend two weeks before our marriage. In the email he told her that she was the “one that got away,” and that if he was the one who caused the break [...]

Q: My girlfriend and I have been dating for three years. We have been living together for two of those years. Most of the first year of our relationship was spent long distance. Two years ago I became ill, and she moved to my area to take care of me. I have since gotten better [...]

Q: I have been with my boyfriend now for just over a year. We’ve had a lot of ups and downs in our relationship, but I really do care for him. During the summer, I went on holiday with a friend, leaving the relationship on slightly rocky grounds. When I came back, my boyfriend confessed [...]

Q: I am doing a essay on Aileen Wuornos. She was a serial killer who murdered seven of her “Johns.” [Note: The story of Aileen Wuornos is the subject of the Academy Award-Winning Movie Monster, starring Charlize Theron.]
Aileen was raped as a child and claimed that her first victim tried to rape her, and she [...]