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By Dr Greg Mulhauser

Come on in and make yourself at home! Compare types of counselling and psychotherapy, take self-tests and quizzes, identify symptoms, look up medications, or learn about secure online therapy. You can also ask one of our psychologists a question, or read some of the more than one thousand questions left anonymously by other readers. Just choose a section from the tabs at the top of the page to get started.

Ask the Psychologist!

  • Toxic Family is Master of Appearances
    Fri, 06 Nov 2009 Q: I come from an extremely dysfunctional home. My father is 70 years old and has always been verbally, emotionally and physically abusive. My mother has always protected him. They have been married for 50 years. They are also masters of keeping up appearances. They are so good at looking good that any outsider looking [...]
  • A Bad Combination for Our Daughter: A Boy, Alcohol, and Prescription Drugs
    Thu, 05 Nov 2009 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 [...]
  • Could Strattera Be the Magic Pill My Easily Stressed Wife Needs?
    Thu, 05 Nov 2009 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 [...]
  • Narcissistic Personality Disorder Husband is Using Our Kids
    Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Q: My husband has Narcissistic Personality Disorder, and I am currently divorcing him after a marriage of over 17 years of torment. My kids are now teenagers, and my husband has started “using” them to do things that strictly benefit him. He rewards them with a little money for doing these things, effectively manipulating them. As a [...]
  • Stressed By My Studies and the Loss of My Childhood
    Wed, 04 Nov 2009 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 [...]
  • Why Do I Push Every Guy Away?
    Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Q: I’m 26 years old, and I was sexually abused when I was 10. My abuser was my brother’s best mate whom my mum had taken in. The day after it happened, he robbed our house, and we have never seen him again. Although I’ve never really told too many others what happened, I’ve lived with [...]
  • How Do I Stop Hitting People Who Upset Me?
    Wed, 04 Nov 2009 Q: The first time this happened was when I was younger. Somebody did something, and I just got so mad that I hit him. Since I’ve gotten older, I’ve done this a time or two. I don’t beat the crap out of anyone! But I do hurt and hit them. When I realize that I’ve [...]
  • The Slot-Machine Syndrome
    Tue, 03 Nov 2009 Q: I’m a 37-year-old father of two boys, age 3 and 4, and I am currently separated from my wife. We have been married for 8 years and together for 10. We have had some significant issues since the day we met. I’m a Christian, she’s not. I am very affectionate, she’s not. She has been [...]
  • Sociopathy or Borderline Personality Disorder?
    Tue, 03 Nov 2009 Q: I am seeking advice on how to deal with an emotionally abusive family member. My older sister displays all the symptoms of a borderline personality disorder or possibly even sociopathy. After dealing with the lies, guilt, manipulations, aggression, and financial dependency for as long as I can remember, I cut off contact with her 2 [...]
  • He’s Back in My Bed, But I Still Don’t Trust Him
    Tue, 03 Nov 2009 Q: My husband and I married six weeks ago. About two weeks after we were married, I discovered an email he sent to an ex-girlfriend two weeks before our marriage. In the email he told her that she was the “one that got away,” and that if he was the one who caused the break [...]
  • Nonverbal Learning Disorders and Social Behavior
    Tue, 03 Nov 2009 Q: I have a 31-year-old son who is going through a very rough time. I would like some strategies on how I can help him. It wasn’t until my son was 25 that we found out he has NVLD (i.e., nonverbal learning disability). In the last couple of months he managed to find a girlfriend and [...]
  • Will This Make Him Stop?
    Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Q: I am in love with someone I believe is commitment phobic. I am not a psychologist nor am I in the medical field. But when my boyfriend flipped out on me for no apparent reason, I knew something must be wrong. My boyfriend also always wears sunglasses and has about ten pairs of them. [...]
  • Am I Wrong to Want More from a Relationship?
    Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Q: I hope you can help me. I think I am in a relationship with no future but am not sure and need an outside opinion. I have been with my partner for a little over a year, although we’ve known each other since I was a child. He’s 10 years older than I, and we [...]
  • Eating Disorder or Something Else?
    Mon, 02 Nov 2009 Q: For the past three years, I’ve been experiencing what I assume to be an eating disorder. I’m 5′ 1.5″ and have weighed anywhere from 142 down to 105. So, I’ve never weighed enough to be obese and never low enough to be considered anorexic. I’ve mostly kept it to myself about my weight fluctuations, [...]
  • Family Member Thinks Others are Watching Her and Trying to Hurt Her
    Fri, 30 Oct 2009 Q: I need help for my family member. She has begun thinking that people around her are trying to hurt her. She believes that a certain person that she knew and did not get along with in the past is keeping a watch on her and trying to destroy her life. The situation is starting [...]
  • Getting it Right When it Comes to Personal Responsibility
    Thu, 29 Oct 2009 Q: My girlfriend and I have been dating for three years. We have been living together for two of those years. Most of the first year of our relationship was spent long distance. Two years ago I became ill, and she moved to my area to take care of me. I have since gotten better [...]
  • Daughter Unmanageable Since Her Dad Left
    Thu, 29 Oct 2009 Q: My 18-year-old daughter recently stormed out of our home after she was caught in yet another lie, and my relationship with her is strained at best. My daughter was beyond devastated when her dad moved out and began dating a boy who was verbally and emotionally abusive toward her; she began to lie habitually [...]

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Book Reviews

  • Caroline Brazier on Listening to the Other
    Mon, 07 Sep 2009
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    Brazier reminds us that counselling often goes beyond offering a non-judgemental space in which the client can listen to and experience themselves, to actively encourage a kind of self-preoccupation which can actually make one more isolated and miserable.
  • Zerbe on Integrated Treatment of Eating Disorders
    Mon, 29 Jun 2009
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    This book seems to contain all of human life, from the scientific details through the full range of emotions, including the extremes of love and hate. And it emanates a sense that although we all get shaken sometimes, and life is dangerous, every feeling is expressible and every situation is workable.
  • Counselling for Post-traumatic Stress Disorder
    Tue, 23 Jun 2009
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    This book is important reading, as it competently deals with the treatment of a major health issue which is both prevalent and chronic, with strong co-morbidity. While the tone didn't particularly engage me, I did finish the book with some insights and solid understanding.

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