Ms. X is The Spinoff's advice columnist.
The Spinoff’s in-house therapist Ms X returns after reading a concerning article about The Bachelor NZ contestant Claudia Hoskins.
In her final column for The Spinoff, in-house therapist Ms X answers the question: when do disturbing sexual fantasies become a cause for concern?
Advice columnist Ms X advises a reader who suspects she's been the unwitting subject of a secret sex tape. Plus – is being a Coldplay fan a dating dealbreaker?
Tis the season to be jolly? Oh fa-la-la-la-f**k off. If you hate Christmas, in-house therapist Ms X feels your pain and has some tips for getting through the season.
What gives people the idea that they're entitled to comment on your weight, or your appearance, or your eating habits? Our in-house therapist helps one reader deal with the endless unsolicited opinions.
When does heavy social media use become a problem? In-house therapist Ms X discusses good and bad Facebook usage, and strategies for breaking the network's vice-like hold on your day-to-day life.
Is being a super serene person a sign of good mental health – or does it mean you're a secret sociopath? In-house therapist Ms X weighs in.
Being forced to socialise with the person who broke your heart is hard enough at the best of times, says in-house counsellor Ms X – but mix in end-of-year emotion and plenty of alcohol and you've got a combustible situation.
In-house counsellor Ms X shares some tips on how to flat with your grown-up kids – without killing each other.
In this week's advice column: how to deal with losing your job without losing your shit.
Lack of libido is not just a female issue, says our in-house therapist Ms X – and doing nothing is only going to make the problem worse.
Online dating brings with it a whole heap of questions about expectations and etiquette, not least the vexed issue of sexting. Should I? Must I? Ms X has some advice.
This week, a teenage special: Ms. X advises a uni student with a crush on an older guy, and a teen girl grossed out by hearing her sister having loud sex.
This week Ms X advises a letter writer who can't stand her flatmate – but suspects she might be the problem, not him.
Trained psychotherapist and resident advice guru Ms X on shitty jobs and the fine art of knowing when to walk away.
In-house psychotherapist Ms. X has some good advice for couples stuck in the fight/make up/fight rut.
In this week's advice column, in-house psychotherapist Ms. X helps out a concerned big sister.
In-house psychotherapist Ms X helps out a senior rugby administrator in an apology-shaped pickle.
There's no reason to feel guilty about pulling the plug on a toxic friendship, says in-house psychotherapist Ms X.
This week Ms. X tackles a problem familiar to every coupled-up cat-owner in the country: why does it insist on staring at us while we're getting down to business?
Racists, body shamers and wannabe pickup artists: This week, Ms. X shares some terrible Tinder profiles supplied by you, her readers.
This week, psychotherapist Ms X advises a single woman who finds herself suddenly "sexual catnip" to her coupled friends.
In this week's advice column, psychotherapist Ms X counsels a woman struggling to adjust to life as her ex's straight sidekick.
This week, a special reader's response on dealing with dating bullshit, and Ms X annotates a genuine Tinder conversation that quickly goes south.
This week: psychotherapist Ms X on settling for second best, dating dry patches, and knowing when to kick him to the kerb.
In this week's advice column, Ms. X counsels a daughter who is flipping out over her mother's search for online romance.
