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Should I Tell My Partner About My Gender Dysphoria?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I need some friendly feedback with a problem I am stuck with. I am a 60-year-old male who was diagnosed 23 years ago with gender dysphoria. I have just “dealt” ... Read More
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Help! How Do You Keep Mutual Friendships Intact After a Breakup?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, My girlfriend and I recently broke up, reluctantly, after two years together. We both felt strongly about remaining close friends, and we talked at length about looking ... Read More
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Performance Anxiety: How Do I Overcome My Fear of Public Speaking?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I get a lump in my throat just thinking about having to speak in front of groups of people. Well, I had better get over it soon. Next semester I am taking a required ... Read More
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Help! I Have No Interest in Sex
Dear GoodTherapy.org, Ever since my ex and I broke up a few years ago, my interest in sex has been declining. I have dated a few people since my breakup, but sex just isn’t the same. ... Read More
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Why Do People Say, ‘I Know How You Feel’? They Don’t!
Dear GoodTherapy.org, After I suddenly lost my husband to an accident last month, I attended a few grief support group meetings at the urging of my sister, who thought it might be beneficial ... Read More
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Why Are We Here? Can Therapy Help Me Understand the Meaning of Life?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking lately about some heavy questions. What is the meaning of life? Why are we here? What’s out there? Millions of sperm ... Read More
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Help! My Wife Doesn’t Love Me Anymore and Says She Needs ‘Space’
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I’ve been married for nine years and have two children. This past month, my wife told me that she no longer loves me and she needs space. I was diagnosed with ... Read More
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Help! My Partner Doesn’t Seem to Like My Child
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I am a mother of one child, and I share custody of that child with her father. I’ve been divorced for seven years, and for the last two I’ve been seeing ... Read More
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How Do I Get My Family to Stop Pressuring Me to Get Married?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, How can I make my family understand that I’m not ready for marriage yet? For most of my life, I have been told by my parents (mostly my mom) to stay away from ... Read More
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Help! My Partner Insists on Checking My Phone Messages
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I have been with my boyfriend for going on three years. A couple of months ago, he said he thought it would be “healthy” for us to be able to have access ... Read More
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Is It Abuse When My Partner Calls Me Names?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, I don’t think my relationship with my boyfriend is that bad, but some of my friends beg to differ. Mainly, they are concerned about some of the language he uses ... Read More
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Is It Healthy to Masturbate to Thoughts of People I Know?
Dear GoodTherapy.org, Some people masturbate to thoughts of faceless figures. Some people masturbate to porn. Some people have fantasies about characters from fan fiction. Me? I tend to ... Read More