‘Social Skills’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 27

Q: I am a 44-year-old woman and a mother of a three-year-old. I have a low self esteem even though people tell me I am very smart and capable. I always feel I cannot learn and keep the information. I have struggled in every school to keep my attention (focus) and have not succeeded. I [...]

Q: I have a question for you that I hope you can answer. On many occasions I hear the phrase “It’s too bad …” I can’t quite figure it out. A person has a fender bender and someone will say something like “it’s too bad you had to drive downtown today”. A kid scores three [...]

Q: I am 15 years old and I still haven’t developed assertive behaviour. Whenever I am in put into a situation where I have to stand up for myself my adrenaline starts to rise so much that I begin to cry. The thing is, it’s not something that I can control — it’s like tears [...]

Q: My sister is 18, soon to be 19, and has had a problem with wetting the bed her whole life. She also likes to make up stories and cuts herself. Excuses for her behaviors are always blamed on voices inside her head and they will get mad if she talks about them. We have [...]

Q: My husband’s 24 year-old sister has no friends and is so socially awkward that she can hardly function in society. Instead of taking me up on my offers to go for walks or come to church youth night, she insists on dropping by our house uninvited, without calling first. Because my husband is away [...]