Controlling behavior occurs when a person attempts to force another person to conform to their own needs or desires through some form of manipulation. The outsized desire for control is unhealthy and ...

With OCD, control is a defensive attempt to manage internal anxiety. It usually doesn’t involve intentional efforts to control other people. OCPD, on the other hand, can involve controlling behaviors.

Many of my clients enter therapy because their spouse or their boss has told them they are too controlling and that they need to rethink their approach to people. If this is happening to you, you may ...

Abusive behavior is not always obvious. Here are some of the mechanisms controlling individuals use to keep their partners silent and disempowered. When we think of an unhealthy relationship, we often ...

I have met some naughty cats. I have also known some misunderstood ones. I asked my friend Chris Barry why humans are sometimes like that, too. He is a psychologist at Washington State University. He ...

This column originally ran in 2021. Dear Annie: I am a woman in my mid-30s, and my wife is in her early 40s. We met a little less than two years ago and haven’t left each other’s side since. We got ...

Let’s be honest, it’s never easy to admit when we’re wrong. In our minds, we may have concluded that our actions were bad, but it’s not easy to say those words out loud. Men struggle with this often.