‘Therapy’ Questions at Ask the Psychologist: Online Clinical Psychologist, Page 3

Q: I am suffering from a problem I will call a “bad habit.” Whenever I go to a shopping mall, I try to steal something. I have actually stolen some things. I know this is wrong, but I cannot seem to control myself. It’s a real problem, and I don’t like it. So please tell [...]

Q: I am engaged to a man who is a genuinely great person, affectionate, gentle, loves life, and prioritizes me in every way. We share the same values and religious beliefs, and I have known him since childhood.
There are however two things that have me doubting us and our relationship. Both a very big deal [...]

Q: My daughter is a freshman at our local college and currently living in a student apartment. Up until last year she had never been in serious trouble of any kind, but she met a boy who was not in the same intellectual circle as she, and things went downhill from there.
During her last year [...]

Q: I am a single dad with two children. It wasn’t always that way, but their mother simply can’t deal with them. She only has them 4 days per month but still seems to have difficulty handling them because they stress her out so much.
I started seeing the children’s mother 12 years ago. We had [...]

Q: I’m a 16-year-old student in the 11th grade. Since the age of 12, I’ve experienced occasional bouts of depression and have struggled with fears such as the fear of death and so on. Recently, my anxiety has increased, and I’m under a lot of stress because of my studies. On top of that, whenever [...]