Case 78
I am worried about my son. Lately he has been saying things, such as that he likes evil, he wants to read books about demons and spirits, and is curious about the occult. He says he doesn’t believe in Jesus, and says that he needs a logical explanation to believe in God.... Sometimes I think it is because of his age: fourteen. I don’t want this to get worse.... Please help me! I don’t know [...]
Case 77
I have been married for one year.... I knew that my husband had a six‑year‑old daughter whose mother had abandoned her when she was eleven months old.... I started using the past against my husband. We did a lot of arguing. I threw dishes around in front of the little girl.... Things have gotten better with him. We don’t argue anymore, but the girl gets on my nerves. I ignore her and speak to her [...]
Case 76
About a year ago, my boyfriend broke up with me. Two months later he told me he wanted us to get back together. But during that time, he met another girl and got her pregnant. He asked for my forgiveness and to give him another chance, and I did. Two months ago the baby was born. My boyfriend is being responsible financially and visits his child twice a week. But I’m not comfortable with the [...]
Case 75
I have cancer, and it has crossed my mind that I should introduce my husband to one of my friends. She has a daughter who is ill, and she has told me that her income is not adequate to take care of her child. Since I am dying, I think my husband would be the perfect husband to help her. He is a good man and he loves me, but I want to leave him [...]
Case 74
[One day] when I was fourteen... we went to my grandmother’s house, and my father left me in charge of taking care of my brother, who was only four years old.... My dad said he would come back and pick us up, but he didn’t because he was tired [and fell asleep at home]. I ended up deciding to take my little brother home, but my father thought that we were still at my grandmothers’, [...]
Case 73
I was eight years old when a boy of about seventeen sexually abused me. I didn’t tell anyone, not even my mother. Since that time I cannot trust men. I am now twenty‑one years old. I have a lot of male friends, but I can’t stop distrusting them, for I have a lot of fear, fear that someone will once again put their hands on my body. A lot of guys would like to go [...]
Case 72
I have a twelve-year-old daughter with very bad behavior. Since I work and she has to stay at home alone, I worry that she is allowing other children to come into the house without my permission. She has been seen kissing a boy I don’t know, and she is seeing things that are not appropriate for her age on the Internet. When I try to talk to her about this, she starts screaming at me [...]
Case 71
I have been married to an alcoholic for eight years.... A while back I met a man my own age on the Internet, and I thought I was madly in love with him. He took advantage of the situation and asked me for money, and on many occasions I gave him what he wanted. But a couple of months ago he fell in love with a young woman, and our romance ended. During my romance [...]
Case 70
I have a thirty-year-old daughter who was widowed and left alone with two daughters. After her husband passed away, her father and I asked her to move into our house... because we wanted to help her out. Four years have passed, and my daughter is still living at home with us. Although she is no bother, my husband and I are worried because we want her to make a life for herself while she is [...]