You and your husband are having some hard times financially and you have moved in with your mother-in-law.  You feel like your mother-in-law is always criticizing you and you can’t seem to get along with her but you don’t feel like you have any other options at this time other than to stay there.

You feel like you and you fourteen year old son have become strangers.  You used to have a good relationship with him but now he is uncommunicative, moody and always telling you to leave him alone.  You want to improve your relationship with your son.

Your boss has sent you to see someone because she feels you have a poor attitude towards work but that you do a good job.  She feels like you are creating problems at work because you put down other employees work and yet brag about your own work.  Your boss wants you to work on getting along better with others at the workplace.

You recently found yourself shoplifting.  You are concerned because you are taking bigger and more expensive items now and you are afraid of getting caught but you have no idea how to stop yourself from doing this.

You don’t like your neighbor.  You used to get along with her but now all the two of you do is complain about each other.  You called the police and told them the neighbor’s dog was barking too much.  She, in turn, called the police and told them you were growing marijuana in the house (you are not).  The police told both you and the neighbor that you needed to get some help, or they would arrest both of you for disturbing the peace.

You have returned to school after many years working.  You are studying business and enjoying the classes but often feel lonely as you are older than most of the other students and you seem to have a different perspective. It has become so uncomfortable that you are thinking about dropping out, but you don’t want to do that.

You and your family are sharing your house with your brother and his family, since they lost their house.  Your brother and his wife are both working and you baby-sit their two children, ages seven and nine, after school.  You feel like the two children are acting out and need a lot more discipline but your brother and his wife disagree.  You are trying to decide if you should make your brother and his wife leave; you feel like it has really begun to affect you and your two teenage children.

You have started taking classes after a few years out of high school.  You are also working full-time.  You feel school is important but you are having difficulty getting to classes and completing your homework.

You are obsessed with Oprah Winfrey.  You want to dress like her, act like her; you have to watch her show live everyday at 4:00 p.m. no matter what else is going on and you will also videotape it to replay later.  You feel like she is the wisest woman in the world and you cannot cope without her guidance and wisdom in your life.  You have written her several letters but she has not replied.

You have two children, ages 7 and 9 and you feel like that is more than you can handle.  Your husband is not around much to help and you work part time and when you are with the kids, you are tired and irritable.  Some days you just want to hide under the covers and not get up.

You are a human services student with a video midterm exam in an interviewing class and you are extremely nervous about it.  You have come to see a counselor because you are really afraid of not doing well.  You have had nightmares about the exam and it is all you think about all the time.  You have done fine in the class so far but you can’t stop this irrational fear that you will just freeze and forget everything.

You are an animal lover and always bringing stray animals home.  You already have three cats, two dogs, a goat and a lizard at home.  Your husband has threatened to leave if you bring any more animals into the house but you feel like you cannot turn any animal away.  You just found a young dog outside and you snuck it into the shed in the back of your house, without telling your husband.  You think your husband is jealous of all the attention you pay to the animals.

You and your husband are living with your mother-in-law.  Your husband lost his job and you have a low paying job and you cannot afford a place of your own.  Your husband is supposed to be looking for a job but instead he and his mother place bridge and watch soap operas together each day.  You get along okay with your mother in law but you think she is lonely and encouraging your husband to not look for work so the two of you will stay at home.  You want to move out to have your own place and some privacy but your husband brushes this off when you try to talk with him.  You are increasingly frustrated with the whole situation; you just want some private time with your husband.

You are living with a roommate, who is also one of your best friends.  However, since you moved in three months ago, you find you are feeling more irritated with your friend, and everything she does seems to set you off.  This arrangement works well financially for both of you and you do not want to move but you also feel increasingly angry and frustrated.  You are not sure what to do.

You have taken a well paying job as an engineer but find yourself dissatisfied and frustrated with the work you are doing.  You occasionally volunteer as a clown at a children’s hospital and would like to do this full-time but do not feel you can support your family on the income from this.  Additionally, you come from a long line of engineers and feel you would be disappointing your family is you chose a different path.  However, you dread going to work each day.