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What would a psychologist say? There’s an easy way to find out: just ask! Get feedback directly from a Clinical Psychologist on issues ranging from relationships to depression and anxiety, trauma, and a whole bunch more. Please note that replies are provided for informational and educational purposes only.

Up All Night, Seeing Bugs, Depressed

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I feel like something is going wrong in my head. I’m currently taking 50mg of Zoloft daily for panic attacks. I’ve been taking it for about 3 months. My family physician had me on Paxil for several months for depression and then the panic attacks started. The panic attacks seem to be among the [...]

Fighting In Front of a Child

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: Recently my sister and I, both college educated, had a huge verbal and physical confrontation in front of my 4 yr old. My sister and I actually had about 30 seconds of shoving and hitting each other. After the fact, completely stunned at what had taken place, we realized my child had witnessed the [...]

I’m Afraid to Speak My Mind

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD
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Q: I have had some e-mail contact with Dr. Carver about the Stockholm Syndrome. I know for sure that I am dealing with that. He pointed out a few articles and I have been reading and working hard on myself to recover. I was in it for 23 years (I am 39 right now). One [...]

Everything Around Me Seems Unreal

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I was diagnosed with having Bipolar III in April. I have apparently stabilised from the manic psychotic episode I had and so recently started building my hours at work back up. But over the last few weeks I’ve been spending more and more time feeling disconnected from what’s going on around me. My head [...]

Helping Husband with Major Depression

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: My Husband has major depression. He is very angry and “hates everything”. He is on medication and attends counselling, however he is very controlling over me. He wants me to stop seeing my family (because he had an argument with my sister) and tries to control who sees our child, and I know he [...]

Friend in an Abusive Relationship

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: My question is about a friend of mine. She is currently in an abusive relationship, and she has been for 5 years. Her boyfriend is 10 years older than her, and has 2 kids with 2 ex wives. For years now she has been saying that she wants out of her relationship, but she [...]

Cheerleader Mom and Daughter Bully Team

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: Another cheer mom and her daughter are spreading lies about myself and my own cheerleader daughter. My daughter had been friends with this other daughter, but the other girl was quite a jealous person and was quite mean to my own daughter. As a result, my daughter couldn’t continue the friendship. The mom is [...]

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