I stumbled across Chipur.com on accident one day during
another one of my wild goose chases to cure my condition. It took me to an
article about Derealization and Depersonalization. Those of you who know me
also know that I suffer with these conditions as well as Panic Disorder and
Agoraphobia. There’s just no bones about it. Years of research led me to the
same dead end: There is no cure for either Deperssonalization or Derealization.
I had spoken to psychiatrists and challenged the sanctity of their intellectual
ivory towers from which they proclaimed edicts and treatment plans. The
treatment plans all seemed to be centered around a vast array of powerful
psychotropic drugs which did no good and actually landed me in the E.R.
Chipur.com is run by a licensed counselor named William
Chandler White or, as he prefers to call himself, simply “Bill”. Now, unlike
all the other so-called professionals I have met, Bill has been there. Years of
struggling with Depersonalization, Derealization, and Panic Disorder with
Agoraphobia led him into a spiral of alcohol use to dull the pain and to
self-medicate. Mr. White, however, was not your average statistic. He emerged
and came out on top—winning the war with his illness and his dependency
problem. Now he’s focused on helping others who are ill.
Mr. White is a straight shooter. He is clever, stubborn, and
empathetic. Like I wrote earlier, he has been where many of us are now. Unlike
other professionals who charge an arm and a leg for services that usually end
with you smashing your head against a brick wall out of frustration, Mr. White
charges a modest fee for phenomenal work. Believe me; I have tried to trip him
up. I have challenged him. I have voiced doubts. I have cried. I have done all
of this in the presence of this man and I can’t seem to shake him. He knows
what he is doing. He knows how to get the derailed track wreck of life back
onto the tracks with a blend of cognitive therapy and frank common sense.
I have thrown money at many projects over the years. I have studied
my own illness obsessively combing through the print for answers. Mr. White
offers help and most importantly he offers hope. I am new to this concept of
hope. I have read and been told that there is no known cure for
Depersonalization and Derealization. While it is true that I am not in full
recovery mode, I have been moving forward slowly and with Mr. White’s guidance
I have been breaking down some tough barriers in my own mind.
Check out Chipur.com. Read a few articles and drop Mr. White
a line. He will answer and arrange a session in which he will evaluate your
condition and see if the two of you make a good therapeutic match. If he
believes he can help you, he will do just that. Despite his wide range of
clients, he has an accommodating schedule for his clients and is generous with
his session lengths. He is not another psychiatrist who wants you to pull you
in, write a prescription, and then cynically push you back out the revolving
door of a doomed outpatient recovery program. Don’t waste your time and don’t
waste your money on inadequate care.
Thanks to Mr. White, for the first time in my life I believe
in the possibility of getting well. I don’t know how long it will take and I
know it will be challenging but there is no other way. You have to work through
your illness. But with someone like Mr. White, you are not alone. He is not the
cold and stoic psychiatrist you meet in the clinics. He is not a pill pusher in
a suit and tie. He is someone who beat his demons and who can help you wrestle
with your own. To my knowledge, there is no other effective treatment for this
disorder. And there are even fewer people who have experienced it. Yet, here is
Mr. White willing to help and absolutely understanding what you’re going
through. So, do yourself a favor and stop by Chipur.com. Healing is a click
away!
I stumbled upon Chipur about a year ago in struggling with a first time depression. I had tried therapy but did not mesh well with the therapist, and instead of trying to find someone else I kept slipping and slipping until I ended up in my family doctor's office, on the verge of a nervous breakdown. He gave me a prescription for Viibryd but I knew I wanted to work on my issues as well - I got a lot out of Bill's site right off the bat, and I am still contemplating the Internet therapy! We do everything else online - why not, right? I really appreciate this review and I wish you lots of happiness!
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I wrote this right after starting therapy with Chippur and I was doing well at first.
However like you, my depression keeps flaring up which fuels my anxiety. So, I feel like I'm trapped.
I have heard a lot of Viibryd but I can't get a prescription for it. People say that it is a new kind of drug for depression and I have heard a lot of positive things about it.
As far as therapy goes, we all have to find what works best for each one of us individually.
Thanks for the message and the nice comments.
I have worked with Bill White at Chipur for over 18 months. It started with a prescription given to me for Viibryd, and I found great information about it on his website, Chipur. He is an EXCELLENT behavioral therapist, and he has helped me enormously with issues related to disabilities caused by an injury that put in a chronic pain condition. This has affected my life in every possible way, and without Bill's expertise, I would be in very big trouble emotionally and psychologically right now. I highly recommend him, he's consistent, realistic and the best counselor I've ever had. I can't say enough good things about his therapeutic approaches, and he hits the head on the nail every time. Check out his website for boatloads of informative articles on medications and therapy-related issues of many varieties. This guy is a PRO.
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