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Ask the Psychologist!

  • Obsessive Thoughts About Hunting
    Fri, 04 Jul 2008 Q: I am sure this is different than what you usually get as questions, but I need it answered since I haven’t had any luck looking it up on Google or any other site. What I am wondering is: Is there a specific psychological condition that causes me to want to hunt? I know this may [...]
  • I Am at the End of My Rope!
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 Q: I am at the end of my rope! I have had lower disc and back surgery, and more back problems for years. I have gained a lot of weight and am on several meds for pain and depression and high blood pressure. I want my old life and body back, but my problems are [...]
  • Sad Over Childhood Sexual Experimentation
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 Q: I have been feeling kind of sad and depressed after I recently remembered having had a sexual experience with a younger sibling when we were children. Is this normal? How can I stop beating up myself over it? A: It’s not uncommon for children to “play doctor” and be curious about sexuality. This curiosity often [...]
  • Feeling Down for Quite a Bit…Suggestions?
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 Q: I’ve been feeling down for quite a bit. I am a 54 year old woman and have had these bouts for many years. I am about 75 pounds overweight and have put a lot of judgment on myself regarding this flaw. When I’m participating in life, I am strong, generous, optimistic, caring and like [...]
  • My Child Suddenly Started Shaking His Arms, Legs, and Jaw
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 Q: I have a son who is 7 and a half. We have noticed just like a week ago that he started constantly to shake his arms, shake his legs, his jaw and stomach. My wife and I did not realize what was going on the first couple of days. When I say shaking I [...]
  • I Suspect My Mother Has a Personality Disorder
    Wed, 02 Jul 2008 Q: I have for some time suspected that my mother has a personality disorder. Her behavior over the years has established a pattern of being insensitive towards the feelings of others (including her children), an inability to admit her own flaws or failings (e.g., repeatedly saying “I never tell a lie,” in the face of [...]
  • Husband Reveals Trust Issues — Now I’ve Got Them, Too
    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 Q: My husband and I have been married for almost 16 years. When we met, I knew he was the one. He made me feel safe. He had been married before, and he confessed to me his ex had childhood sexual abuse issues. He also told me that he could never go through that again. [...]
  • What’s Wrong With Me? Depression?
    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 Q: For the past couple of years I have been really depressed. Well, not all the time, but I do go through major depression episodes several times a year and in between those I have milder bouts of depression. I also get mad really easily: I’ll break things, throw things, whatever to help take the [...]
  • Emotional Numbness and Loss of Sexual Interest for 10 Years
    Tue, 01 Jul 2008 Q: I have been on antidepressants for more than 20 years. At present I am on 225 mg Effexor XL daily. For the last 10 years I have had no emotional feelings, nor do I have any sexual desires. I can’t even manage an impromptu hug or kiss, which is creating problems in my marriage [...]
  • Personality Disorder NOS — What Am I?
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 Q: The supervisor of a MHMR clinic said they couldn’t treat me because of my issues. They diagnosed me as having PTSD, depressive disorder, and Personality Disorder NOS. I don’t understand the latter one, NOS. How do I figure this one out since it’s mixed with different symptoms. What do I have? JUST ME! A: I’ve recently [...]
  • Am I ADHD or ADD?
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 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 [...]
  • Behavior of Best Friend Ruining My Feelings About China
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 Q: One of the things I care most about in life is being a good, nice person. But recently I’ve been having negative thoughts that I can’t seem to get rid of: Basically, my best friend is Chinese, and she has a great deal of pride for her country. But throughout our friendship she has [...]
  • My Boyfriend Downloads Pictures of Young Teens
    Mon, 30 Jun 2008 Q: My boyfriend frequently downloads pornography of young teens. Just recently I found numerous photos of preteens and young girls in provocative poses that he attained from a photo sharing website. These pictures were of little girls in bikinis, family photos of young girls and their parents, teens under the age of 18 playing sports, [...]
  • I’m Getting the Brunt of His Rage Over Childhood Abuse
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 Q: I am living with and engaged to a man who is very sweet and kind. He suffered severe sexual abuse as a child and does not have the ability to deal with it, although would like to. Recently he has tried opening up a little more about it; on one occasion he ran from [...]
  • Does Histrionic Personality Cause Him to Be An Abuser?
    Fri, 27 Jun 2008 Q: My husband and I have been together for 7 years (4 married), and recently we were in a fight where I called the police. He was arrested for assault and domestic violence, I being the one assaulted. We have gotten into arguments before, but never this bad. This time, he was on an absolute [...]
  • Am I Right To Lose Trust in My Boyfriend?
    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 Q: Six months ago, an esteemed professional and business “authority” started calling me frequently, complaining about his wife. It was such an honour to even speak to the person, that I longed for these calls, and gradually fell in love with him. We seemed to have everything in common, or so I thought. He soon [...]
  • My Mother-In-Law is Very Controlling
    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 Q: My mother-in-law is very controlling. She is always afraid that her son would get out of her control. We have been married for 3 years. When we got engaged and start planning the wedding she wanted things to be in her way and would convince my husband that it had to be done in [...]

From Our Blog

  • Placebo Pills for Children
    Thu, 26 Jun 2008A company in the USA produces children's placebo tablets, cure-alls containing absolutely no active substances, selling in effect the illusion that there is a pill for every kind of distress.
  • On Therapy and Weeding
    Mon, 23 Jun 2008Is this what therapy is about — just removing what is holding us back, what stops us growing properly, what hides our beauty and is sometimes downright painful? Well, if nothing was planted in the first place, then removing the weeds would only make room for more weeds...
  • Chop Wood, Carry Water: Zen and Coping with Bereavement
    Tue, 17 Jun 2008I know what I am talking about is almost too personal to be articulated properly and also something that everyone either has or will have gone through at some time in their lives.
  • Bereavement — What Can I Say?
    Mon, 09 Jun 2008Death makes people uncomfortable. People will do anything to keep their equilibrium, their own personal illusion that they are not going to die, and no one wants to be the one to upset the person who is starting to get their life back together. So what can people do? From my position on the frontline I would say — acknowledge it. Acknowledge it, please.

Book Reviews

  • Helping Adolescents at Risk: Prevention of Multiple Problem Behaviors
    Tue, 13 May 2008
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    This is a rigorous scholarly text dedicated to a very real social problem, and it does try to identify successful and unsuccessful community and state-wide attempts to prevent or reduce youth problems. It doesn't pretend to be a self-help book or parenting manual, or indeed a profound philosophical or political analysis.
  • Berg and Szabo on Brief Coaching
    Tue, 06 May 2008
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    This book is a good ready-to-go manual for the new or busy coach looking for new ideas or reinforcement of practice enthusiasm. Whether it lives up to its promise of providing lasting solutions is something that only time and longitudinal research studies can tell.
  • Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology
    Thu, 01 May 2008
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    At a time when Complementary and Alternative Therapies have (again) been under fire from some university scientists for falsely claiming scientific status, and in an era of evidence-based psychotherapy, this book is a key text. It should have a place on all postgraduate counselling and psychotherapy courses, but I suspect it will not be so readily accommodated.

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