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Miscarriage Was a Life-Changing Event — Now Obsessed with Motherhood

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: Seven months ago my husband and I miscarried an unplanned pregnancy. It was a life-changing experience for me in that I really found out what it was I wanted to do with my life. I want to be a mom again. My husband doesn’t feel that way. I am 42, and I feel stuck. [...]

After Her Divorce, Mom Becomes a Person I Don’t Know

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: My 51-year-old mother just went through a divorce a little over a year ago. Just before this happened, I got married to my wonderful husband. My husband and I live in a different country from her and to help out I gave her my apartment to live in rent free. Since my mom’s divorce [...]

How Can I Handle My Best Friend’s Lies About Her Affair With a Married Man?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: I am a 27-year-old female that comes from a family where my parents were married for 20 plus years, ending in my dad leaving my mom for a younger woman. My father has been diagnosed as a sex addict and has had many sexual affairs while being married to my mother. My parents went [...]

Has Effexor for Pre-Menopause Symptoms Caused These Changes in Personality?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: My wife was prescribed Effexor 37.5 mg for her pre-menopause symptoms. Her doctor told her that it would be safe, and she should not experience any significant side effects. The first few months were fine, however the next few months things began to change. She started to doubt her love for me, then within [...]

Are Husband’s Fantasies a Midlife Crisis?

By Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD

Q: Hearing of my husband’s almost affair with a woman who he was conversing with at work is making me crazy. I truly believe that he wanted something to happen, sexually! I know that he does not want to divorce or separate, but the idea of having sex with another woman is what he wants! [...]

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