Breaking Out Of The Closet

Hi Dr. Darcy! I have been having some issues in regards to accepting my sexuality. I am a 2nd year university student, and I have known I am gay since my teenage years. I have struggled with being in relationships with men – and though just recently I have started coming into my own, I…

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Do Shrinks Fake It?

Dear Dr. Darcy: Do therapists ever become attached to a client? ANSWER I should hope so! I can’t fathom working with a client who I wasn’t authentically attached to.   I can only speak from personal experience – but I can tell you with 100% certainty that I can’t fake my feelings, and if I didn’t…

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Stop Talking Shit

Welcome to Tuesday’s Tips, the one-day a week when I dispense useful, actionable and empowering tips! You have a habit that you may not be aware of. How you engage in this habit is a predictor of your happiness, your success and whether or not you suffer from anxiety or depression. It’s called self-talk and…

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I Don’t Even Know What To Call This

Dear Dr. Darcy: Is my therapist being inappropriate or is he just being nice? I was saying how I wanted to lose weight and he asked if I was fishing for compliments cause I knew I had a nice figure. Then told me not to take it the wrong way but the only thing big…

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He’s Just Not That Into You

Dear Dr. Darcy: I have a little issue I was wondering if you could help me with. I’ve been spending time with a good friend (lets call him Ethan). Ethan and I have been friends for ages and whenever we are in the same city we always reconnect and have a good time. [Recently I…

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Love It or List It: An Analogy For The Long-Term Relationship

Welcome to Format Free Friday, when I break the format of answering your questions and I dispense that which we rarely welcome in life: Unsolicited Information. So you’re in a long-term relationship. The early glow of your relationship has since faded to a reliable dull. Date nights are few and far between. Sex is even…

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The Right Way To Apologize

Dear Dr. Darcy: My daughter and I have had a very tumultuous relationship throughout her life. We’ve had periods of time when we’ve been very close and times when we have fought like feral cats. We’ve also had times when she wouldn’t speak to me. Unfortunately, I’m in one of those periods of time now.…

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I Have Feelings For My Therapist

Dear Dr. Darcy: I read the question and response to, I have a crush…on my therapist.I guess I am sort of in a similar situation.  I had a therapist for four years who I felt was protective and paternal towards me.  It felt as though we were close.  We text messaged almost everyday and weekly…

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