Trish Murphy Psychotherapy

I’m in love with an older, married woman but we have different needs PROBLEM: I’m a 25-year-old woman and I’m in love […]

It has come to light that he will not attend, and I am very disappointed PROBLEM: I’m gay and have been out for […]

Since my husband found out that I have met someone else, he has made life hell for me at home PROBLEM: I have […]

I’ve never had sex and my experiences so far have been disastrous PROBLEM: I am 27 and am struggling with my porn use. […]

I lie awake at night for hours fretting over the day ahead. What can I do to regain control of my life? […]

I lost my parents as a child, and my first relationships with women ended with me being left PROBLEM: I am a 52-year-old […]

Her recent behaviour – ignorant, emotionally lazy, lying at the drop of a hat, disrespectful – has left me reeling PROBLEM: I have […]

I’m between a rock and a hard place and I know I have to make up my mind soon PROBLEM: I decided to […]

I can either leave a friendship that has given me much, or I can continue in a one-sided relationship that costs me […]

I feel so much anger about being thrown into this situation, which I didn’t make happen PROBLEM: I am at my wits’ end […]

I don’t want to be defined by the incest I survived. But as I approach 40, I have bouts of despair PROBLEM: I […]

The problem started when I gained weight as a child and was often ridiculed by family and friends PROBLEM: I was in hospital […]

My husband and I are finding it extremely difficult to accept that we will never be parents PROBLEM: I read your article from […]

I feel as if I am in some sort of no-man’s land between secondary school and college PROBLEM: Last month I received my […]

Everyone thinks I am flying, but I’m not. Living alone is hard PROBLEM: I think that loneliness is the issue for me and […]

This is not my idea of how a father should be treated PROBLEM: I’ve just come back from my family holiday in Spain […]

I wrote to all my family asking them to support the Yes side. No one replied PROBLEM: I thought the referendum on […]

I can’t help but feel that this is some sort of game for her PROBLEM: I fell for a girl back in […]

His financial successes or failings do not matter to me. I wish we could be as close as we were before PROBLEM: I […]

PROBLEM: My husband recently told me that he does not want to have children. This a crushing blow for me because I […]