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	<description>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.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
	
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		<title>Can Talking with a Therapist Make Someone with Depression Worse?</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/09/making-depression-worse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:02:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seeking Help for Friend with Paranoia</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/09/friend-with-paranoia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 16:55:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: I have just searched your site for the solution to my best friend&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depression, Neurotransmitters, and Hormones</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/08/depression-neurotransmitters-and-hormones/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Psychological Testing Accurate When You&#8217;re Pregnant?</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/08/psychological-testing-when-pregnant/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:19:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Guess You Could Say I Have &#8220;Daddy Issues&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/08/daddy-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/08/daddy-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: Alright, so I&#8217;m an 18 year old female and I guess you could say I have &#8216;daddy issues&#8217;. 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Hearing Voices All the Time Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: I&#8217;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&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can I Have a Relationship with My Mother That Isn&#8217;t Chaotic?</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/07/chaotic-relationship-with-mother/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/07/chaotic-relationship-with-mother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 11:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: I am a 30 year old, independent female from central Illinois. My Mother&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sister Moved In&#8230;and Won&#8217;t Leave</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/07/sister-moved-in/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/07/sister-moved-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 10:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acquaintance of a Friend is Obsessed with My Husband</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/07/obsessed-with-my-husband/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/07/obsessed-with-my-husband/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 08:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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 &#8220;signs&#8221;. She is making things up that have never happened and is reading things into anything and everything that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tormented by Memories of Childhood Abuse</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/06/memories-of-childhood-abuse-2/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/06/memories-of-childhood-abuse-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 10:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: Dr. Carver, Thank you so much for your articles and answers, they&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Has My Extremely Abusive Partner Really Changed?</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/06/abusive-partner-changed/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/06/abusive-partner-changed/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 09:42:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Afraid of Anything to do With Death</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/06/afraid-of-death/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/06/afraid-of-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 09:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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&#8217;t go to people&#8217;s homes for fear of them having an urn. I moved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Partner is Extremely Abusive &#8212; Can He Change?</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/05/can-abusive-partner-change/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/05/can-abusive-partner-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>69 Year Old Father is Reckless and Destructive</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/05/reckless-and-destructive/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/05/reckless-and-destructive/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 09:32:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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&#8217;s been slowly exhibiting reckless and self destructive behavior. He&#8217;s been drinking, combining his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teen Believes Her Fantasies About Stepfather are Real</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/02/fantasies-are-real/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/ask-the-psychologist/2008/05/02/fantasies-are-real/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 09:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Joseph M Carver, PhD</dc:creator>
		
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Q: 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 [...]]]></description>
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