Ask the Therapist About Parenting & Children
Worried about My Family
I live with my two younger sisters, my mother, and my grandparents. I have a few struggles in my life currently (being transgender, a father I refuse to speak...
I Want to Work Away for the Summer
From Canada: I’m 16 and depressed. I moved about 2 and a half hours away from where I used to live but I still visit all the time. My...
I Don’t Know How to Be Close to Anyone, and I’m Constantly Blaming Myself for It
Hello, and thank you for reading this. Ill keep it short and sweet My parents left me when I was very young and while it I know it was...
Do I Have Schizophrenia or Is It Something Else?
From a teen in the : I am a 14 year old girl and I can’t figure out why I hear voices. Each voice sounds different and it sounds...
Dysfunctional Family and a Bad/Drunkard/Abusive Stepfather
I was 4 when my father died and about five years later my mother married my father’s close friend. I was extremely attached to my mother after my father’s...
I Think My Boyfriend’s Mom Is Mentally I’ll
I started dating my boyfriend about 6 months ago. We were really happy and in love and things were going really well, until I met his mom. We went...
Mother Daughter Relationship
Growing up, I lived a quite sheltered life because I wasn’t allowed to go out and have friends. This has really affected me even later in life as I...
Attachment Disorder, But Which Kind?
I believe I have an attachment disorder from being abused and neglected my entire childhood. I have looked at the types of attachment disorders, but I seem to only...
A Homeschooled Friend Is Suicidal
From Canada: A friend who we’ll call JD has recently opened up to me about the seriousness of her depression. She has self harmed and thinks often about suicide,...
I Don’t Know if I’m Being Abused
From a teen in the : For half of my life i’ve been living with my mother and my stepfather in one state until we moved down to another...
Ex-Wife with BPD Won’t Allow Kids to Go to Therapy
My ex-wife and I have a rule in our divorce decree that both parents have to give their approval if the other parent wants to take the children to...
My Parents Might Ruin My Siblings’ Lives
At this point I don’t know what to do for my parents. My dad belittles everyone in our household for having a different political opinion than him and is...
