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Feb 2023
31m 24s

Episode 337: Losing a Friend & Father wi...

Robert Duff, Ph.D.
About this episode

Hello, everyone. Short and sweet Q&A episode here featuring the following:

  • I made a mistake and lost my friend of 20 years. What can I do about the loneliness and hopelessness I feel now?
  • My husband had a brain injury when out daughter was young and now she does not want to be around him because of his behavior. What can I do?

As always, you can send me questions to duffthepsych@gmail.com and find the show notes for this episode at http://duffthepsych.com/episode

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