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Tough Problems: Facing Death---from coronavirus, end-stage heart failure

This is the latest in the Tough Problems series.  In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.

The first question comes from an older person with an underlying condition who fears that the hospitals, already overwhelmed will, because of the coronavirus, will result in his dying prematurely.

The second question comes from someone with end-stage heart failure.

Tough Problems: Being out of step: Indifferent to pop culture, a Republican in San Francisco

This is the latest in the Tough Problems series. In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.

Today's question is from a person who is indifferent to sports, pop culture, and what's hip. The second is from a Republican in San Francisco.

Tough Problems: Catastrophizing coronavirus, social anxiety

This is the latest in the Tough Problems series.  In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.

Today's first question is from someone who is catastrophizing the coronavirus. The second is from a person with social anxiety.

Tough Problems: Being TOO Happy?

This is the latest in the Tough Problems series. In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.

One is from a person devalued for being too upbeat. The other is an heir who doesn't know how to deal with the money. 

Tough Problems: Negotiating pay when you’ve dug yourself in a hole; coming to graduation in an era of coronavirus

This is the latest in the Tough Problems series. In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.
One of today's questions is about a person who agreed to a lower salary than is fair. The other is a parent who doesn't want to go to the child's commencement ceremony for fear of coronavirus. 

Tough Problems: Big-Time Stress

This is the latest in the Tough Problems series. In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.

The first is from a stressed-out teenager wants to get into a "good" college. The second is from a member of the "sandwich generation:" having to take care of teenage kids and aging parents.

Tough Problems: Time Management, Procrastination

This is the latest in the Tough Problems series. In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.

Today's are about a person who struggles to get even life's basics done, and a person who's a lifelong procrastinator. 

Tough Problems: Fear of the coronavirus, fear of dying

This is the latest in my Psychology Today Tough Problems series . In each installment, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each. In today's, one question relates to fear of the coronavirus (COVID-19,) the other is about a fear of dying, specifically of cancer.

Tough Problems: A child who tests the limits, a child with ADHD?

My PsychologyToday.com article today is the latest in the Tough Problems series. In each post, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each.

Today, the first question is about a child who's always testing the limits. The second is about a child whom the teacher wants tested for ADHD and to be put on Ritalin.

Tough Problems: public speaking fear, a sabotaging coworker

This is the latest installment in my Tough Problems series. In each post, I present two composite questions that my clients face and my response to each. 

One of today's questions is about a person who nearly fainted the previous time he had to give a talk. The second question is from someone whose competitor for a promotion is sabotaging him.