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Come on in and make yourself at home! You can compare types of counselling and psychotherapy, take self-tests and quizzes, identify symptoms, look up medications, or try secure online therapy. You can also ask our consulting psychologist a question, or read hundreds of questions that other readers have asked. Just choose a section from the tabs at the top of the page to get started.

Ask the Psychologist!

  • Can Talking with a Therapist Make Someone with Depression Worse?
    Fri, 09 May 2008Q: Can talking to a therapist make someone with depression worse? A: Yes. Depressive disorders contain thoughts and feelings that are very miserable if not tormenting. Any discussion of those issues can increase the emotional distress of the individual. While the feelings of depression and anxiety may intensify when they are brought to the surface, [...]
  • Seeking Help for Friend with Paranoia
    Fri, 09 May 2008Q: I have just searched your site for the solution to my best friend’s problem. Thank you in advance if you can please solve it. Case: He is 34 years old, working as an engineer in a reputable company in a senior position. He was the top student in his student life, during which time [...]
  • Depression, Neurotransmitters, and Hormones
    Thu, 08 May 2008Q: It is a fact that hormone changes can cause depression in women, given that they are chemicals and as such can cause chemical imbalances in the brain. I have observed that this can be true of the hormone changes associated with childbirth as well as the hormone changes associated with the onset of puberty. [...]
  • Is Psychological Testing Accurate When You’re Pregnant?
    Thu, 08 May 2008Q: Would it be likely to get an inaccurate assessment on the MMPI-2, MCMI-III, and TSI if the person being administered the inventories was in a third trimester pregnancy and answering questions based on physical and emotional tendencies that are a direct result of the pregnancy and not necessarily occurring when not pregnant? (I.e. food [...]
  • I Guess You Could Say I Have “Daddy Issues”
    Thu, 08 May 2008Q: Alright, so I’m an 18 year old female and I guess you could say I have ‘daddy issues’. I had a more or less absent father and he passed away just a few months ago. Ever since I started dating, every relationship I try and get into ends horribly because about two months into [...]
  • I’m Hearing Voices All the Time Again
    Thu, 08 May 2008Q: I’m hearing voices all the time again lately and they are saying things to me that are distressing, very clear and derogatory much of the time. I’ve been experiencing other strange things, like I passed a policeman the other day, and I swear he looked right at me and pointed at me with his [...]
  • Can I Have a Relationship with My Mother That Isn’t Chaotic?
    Wed, 07 May 2008Q: I am a 30 year old, independent female from central Illinois. My Mother’s attitude/personality has been affecting my ability to have a relationship with her and it seems to get worse as time passes. I have to limit contact with her for the sake of my sanity. I called her a few days ago [...]
  • Sister Moved In…and Won’t Leave
    Wed, 07 May 2008Q: My 52 year old sister showed up destitute at my doorstep last November after 13 years. She needed a place to stay with her three cats and two birds. It has been almost half a year and a tremendous strain on me and my designs for a life. I have exhausted all ideas to [...]
  • Acquaintance of a Friend is Obsessed with My Husband
    Wed, 07 May 2008Q: My husband and I have just been told by friends of ours that one of their acquaintances, who we vaguely know from them, is obsessed with my husband. She claims that he is giving her “signs”. She is making things up that have never happened and is reading things into anything and everything that [...]
  • Tormented by Memories of Childhood Abuse
    Tue, 06 May 2008Q: Dr. Carver, Thank you so much for your articles and answers, they’ve been extremely helpful to me and my family. I am a 29 year old male with a history of depression. I was sexually abused by a babysitter when I was 3-4 years old. I was treated with Paxil for depression 5 years [...]
  • Has My Extremely Abusive Partner Really Changed?
    Tue, 06 May 2008Q: I was married for 3 years to a man I dated for 8 years. He was extremely verbally abusive and would have anger outbursts at home and break things. He would also drink, and then lecture me for hours on how I did this and that wrong, and how I wronged him in this [...]
  • I’m Afraid of Anything to do With Death
    Tue, 06 May 2008Q: I am a 27 year old female with OCD. My biggest problem is fear of anything to do with death: cemeteries, funeral homes, etc. It has gotten to the point where I get stressed out leaving the house and I won’t go to people’s homes for fear of them having an urn. I moved [...]
  • My Partner is Extremely Abusive — Can He Change?
    Mon, 05 May 2008Q: My partner was extremely abusive toward me physically, verbally, and emotionally. I left about two weeks ago and your website has been very helpful in better understanding him. I still love him and it is tearing me up. It seems like when I was with him all I could do was think about how [...]
  • 69 Year Old Father is Reckless and Destructive
    Mon, 05 May 2008Q: My 69 year old dad is acting out more than usual, starting end of 2007. He was always our provider until health reasons forced him to slow down years ago. He has never found a hobby since business was his hobby. He’s been slowly exhibiting reckless and self destructive behavior. He’s been drinking, combining his [...]
  • Teen Believes Her Fantasies About Stepfather are Real
    Fri, 02 May 2008Q: My 14 year old niece has a crush on her stepfather. She is having dreams and then is believing that they really happened. She fantasizes about him and then believes that the fantasies are real. Is this a disorder? What can I do to research why someone would believe dreams/thoughts to be reality? A: Fantasies [...]

From Our Blog

  • Do You Know the Prescription for Unhealthy Relationships?
    Thu, 17 Apr 2008Are you involved with an abusive, controlling or manipulative partner? A new series of face to face workshops built around the work of our Consulting Clinical Psychologist Dr Joseph M Carver aims to help.
  • Someone in Your Life Probably Has a Personality Disorder
    Wed, 16 Apr 2008It might be your spouse, your parent, your co-worker...even your child. Chances are, someone with a significant role in your life has a personality disorder. Dr Carver’s new guide to personality disorders in relationships puts the reality in plain English; more than just a list of diagnostic criteria, this explanation describes what it’s really like and offers tips for victims.
  • Popular Blog Contributor Taking Some Time Off
    Tue, 15 Apr 2008Our popular blog contributor Sarah Luczaj is taking a few weeks away from writing following a bereavement. Our thoughts and hearts are with her and her family, and we wish her all the best.
  • It’s All the Same…Only Different
    Mon, 14 Apr 2008It’s been awhile since our last major overhaul of the site’s layout and underlying technology, but at last it’s done! Yep, all the same content is still here, and all the same people — we just have a different look.

Book Reviews

  • Berg and Szabo on Brief Coaching
    Tue, 06 May 2008
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    This book is a good ready-to-go manual for the new or busy coach looking for new ideas or reinforcement of practice enthusiasm. Whether it lives up to its promise of providing lasting solutions is something that only time and longitudinal research studies can tell.
  • Science and Pseudoscience in Clinical Psychology
    Thu, 01 May 2008
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    At a time when Complementary and Alternative Therapies have (again) been under fire from some university scientists for falsely claiming scientific status, and in an era of evidence-based psychotherapy, this book is a key text. It should have a place on all postgraduate counselling and psychotherapy courses, but I suspect it will not be so readily accommodated.
  • Boss on Trauma and Ambiguous Loss
    Mon, 31 Mar 2008
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    Comprehensive, clear and well referenced, this guide to the theory and practice of dealing with ambiguous loss — loss without closure — provides a realistic hope, not that we will “get over it”, but that it is possible to live with the uncertainty and the unknown.

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