Q: I have a question I’ve always wanted to ask a psychologist. Back in the late ’80s, I worked for a large animal clinic with a staff of veterinarians equally split between men and women. We had a client, a woman in her late 60s or early 70s, who apparently believed that women were inferior [...]
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Q: I write you with a heavy heart. My 18 yr old daughter moved out yesterday to stay at her boyfriend’s house with his family. She basically did not want to follow rules that are established here. Since meeting and dating him she’s dropped out of high school, lost tremendous friends, lost interest in her [...]
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Q: I would be grateful if you could answer a question that has been puzzling me for some time. Almost without exception, with every person I know that suffered abuse in childhood, when they talk to their parents about it as adults, their parents deny it ever took place. Why? In the case of my [...]
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Q: “As an adult they [people with a personality disorder] now know only know how to relate to others with intimidation, threat, anger, manipulation, and dishonesty. This defective social style continues, even when those around them are socially skilled, concerned, accepting, and loving.” (Understanding Personality Disorders in Relationships, page 3)
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Q: I was married for 3 years to a man I dated for 8 years. He was extremely verbally abusive and would have anger outbursts at home and break things. He would also drink, and then lecture me for hours on how I did this and that wrong, and how I wronged him in this [...]
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