‘Social Skills’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 25

Q: One week, I went over to visit my fiancé at his mom’s place in Los Angeles to go apartment hunting. As soon as I arrived I greeted his mom right away and she wasn’t wearing anything but a white T-shirt that barely covered her rear. She greeted me and offered me to sit down [...]

Q: Are you able to give me some strategies for this issue, please? I am a registered nurse dating a solicitor (attorney). He is 10 yrs older; I am in my 50s and divorced, living with my two teenage daughters. He lives alone and never married.
Talking is the issue. When we speak on the phone [...]

Q: My husband was divorced in May ‘05 and we married in November ‘06. His ex has continued to call him and ask for directions to places and other “stupid” things that she can find out herself! I wouldn’t have a problem if it was something related to his children who are 18 and 24, [...]

Q: I have a daughter adopted internationally at 17 months of age. She was in an orphanage and has low vision. She appeared to have many (or most) of the symptoms of reactive attachment disorder when we brought her home. She would hang limp-limbed when I carried her, she cried and screamed for long periods, [...]

Q: For as long as I can remember I have been shockingly love-shy. When I was a teenager, everyone was dating, getting girlfriends and whatnot, and I was stuck lonely. I was a little eccentric as a child, and experienced social rejection on an occasional basis. I recently took the love-shyness test, and I found [...]