‘Stockholm Syndrome’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 9

Q: I recently broke off a relationship with someone I now know is a sociopath. I have been traveling a lot since then (some 6 weeks ago) but fear that I will not be able to overcome this soon. I am also still looking for answers, despite all the research that I’ve done on the [...]

Q: In 1991 my son (age 13) molested my daughter (age 3). At the time I did everything right: notified the authorities, obtained counseling for the victim, the abuser and the entire family. My son was sentenced to juvenile detention for about 90 days. It was revealed during his counseling that he committed this heinous [...]

Q: My daughter is 26, smart, highly educated, beautiful and a single mother of a fifteen month old boy. She is living with a bipolar man who is not on medication and is extremely manipulative, insecure and controlling. For example he does not want the baby to know about his father and wants him to [...]

Q: My counselor gave me a copy of your article titled “The Loser”. After reading it, I realized that my previous husband, whom I was with for 24 years, exhibited 16 of the 20 qualities you listed. My current husband treats me awesomely, but my concern is my 22 year-old daughter and my 17 year-old [...]

Q: I desperately need some advice. I have been with my partner for 11 years; when things are going great, they are fantastic. However, he has a bad anger problem (which he is aware of) as well as intimacy issues, but he won’t do anything about these. I think he may have ‘Borderline Personality Disorder’. [...]