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		<title>GoodTherapy.org Weekly Inspirational Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin2</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 8, 2012 &#8211; All artists know that waiting until the light is right is the key to bringing out the deepest colors and capturing the nuance and mystery provided by the shadows. This principle may apply to the way we interact with one another as well  :-) For more inspirational quotes from GoodTherapy.org, Like us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recognizing Resiliency in Maladaptive PTSD Behaviors</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/resiliency-maladaptive-ptsd-behaviors-0207122/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 23:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In people with posttraumatic stress disorder, behaviors learned in childhood can lead to either resilience or pathology as adults. Therapists can help clients learn to turn maladaptive behaviors into strengths.]]></description>
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		<title>The Unexpected Gifts of Trauma</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AthenaPhillips</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While nobody wishes for a traumatic experience, trauma offers gifts that survivors say they have come to cherish: a greater sense of gratitude and delight in each new day, increased intuitive abilities, and enhanced appreciation for when things go well.]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Love in</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11492</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Love is one of the most elemental of emotions—it is a building block to some of our deepest relationships and a component in many of our happiest days. Yet the ability to freely give and receive love is a fragile skill, which traumatic experiences can all too easily dent or damage. Learning how to be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Age Matters in the Client-Therapist Relationship</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A strong therapeutic bond is imperative in order to achieve a successful outcome in psychotherapy. This bond must begin with the initial intake session. Research indicates that clients who feel disconnected from the clinician due to cultural, ethnic, or even religious differences, are more likely to terminate treatment as early as the first session. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Self-Compassion to Defend Against Learned Helplessness</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-compassion-defends-against-helplessness-0127124/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11457</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After having worked in a residential treatment facility for abused and neglected girls for 8 years, I observed that the phenomenon of learned helplessness had become an all-to-common denominator for these children. It was very rare that an abused child was placed with us for a single incident of abuse. By the time these children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Study Examines In-Session Immediacy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/in-session-immediacy-0111123/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/in-session-immediacy-0111123/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Immediacy is the act of discussing in the here-and-now how the therapist is feeling about the patient, about himself/herself in relation to the patient, or about the patient-therapist relationship,” said A. Jill Clemence of the Department of Psychiatry at Albany Medical College. Immediacy has been shown to be a critical component of the therapeutic alliance [...]]]></description>
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		<title>50 Signs of Good Therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/50-signs-good-therapy-0110119/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/50-signs-good-therapy-0110119/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:45:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>kellycrossing</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a companion piece to the 50 Warning Signs of Questionable Therapy article, it&#8217;s important to understand there are many signs of good therapy as well. After all, good therapy has been proven to help people from all walks of life, in thousands of different situations and in countless ways. Good therapy is all about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Parallel Process in Supervision</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/understanding-parallel-process-in-supervision/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/understanding-parallel-process-in-supervision/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11256</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Parallel process is one of many elements included in psychotherapy supervision. In supervision, a therapist relays their client’s issues to their supervisor. The supervisor then takes on the role of the therapist and the therapist in training; the trainee then assumes the role of the client. “Without endorsing unconscious determinants, parallel process is also recognized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Causal Context May Influence Psychopathology Diagnosis</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/casual-context-influences-psychopathology-diagnosis-12281/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/casual-context-influences-psychopathology-diagnosis-12281/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clinicians rely on varying factors to assess a client’s level of mental health. Past events, such as abuse or trauma, can help a clinician determine if the behavior a client exhibits in the present tense warrants psychological treatment. But exactly how does a clinician decide what is normal or abnormal behavior?  “The concept of psychological [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Does Sharing Therapeutic Experiences with Others Provide Benefits to Client?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sharing-therapeutic-experiences-with-others-benefits-client-1228111/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sharing-therapeutic-experiences-with-others-benefits-client-1228111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11141</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Freud believed that a client should not disclose what occurred in therapy to people outside the confines of the therapeutic alliance. “Disclosure to others was seen as a defense against being fully engaged in the analytic relationship,” said Rachel Khurgin-Bott of the Department of Counseling and Clinical Psychology at Teachers College at Columbia University. “In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Therapists More Trustworthy When they Self-Disclose?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/trustworthiness-self-disclosing-therapists-1227112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/trustworthiness-self-disclosing-therapists-1227112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Dec 2011 23:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self-disclosure by therapists, a practice that was once frowned upon in psychoanalysis, has become a commonly accepted practice. Therapists who self-disclose believe that they are benefiting their clients by sharing similar problematic situations and offering experienced resolutions. However, the effects of specific types of self-disclosure countertransference (CT) have not been examined until now. “The definition [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ethical Concerns with Cyber-Psychology</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ethical-concerns-with-cyber-psychology-122311/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ethical-concerns-with-cyber-psychology-122311/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Dec 2011 03:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technology has advanced by leaps and bounds over the past several decades, affording clinicians the opportunity to provide services in more unique and far reaching way ways than ever before. However, these advancements have not come without risk. “Unfortunately, professional psychologists have also identified a number of disadvantages associated with the increased use of technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Impact &amp; Intention: How To Communicate with Clients</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/client-therapist-communication-1220111/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/client-therapist-communication-1220111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 16:41:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedar</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11080</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Story: “Once at the end of a first session, my client asked for some “homework” so I suggested she do some journal writing about a habit she had discovered during the session. When she arrived for the next session, she sat down, looked at me, and immediately began almost screaming that she ‘couldn’t trust me…I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sudden Gains Improve Long-Term Therapeutic Outcome</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sudden-gains-improve-long-term-therapeutic-outcome-125111/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sudden-gains-improve-long-term-therapeutic-outcome-125111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:47:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every individual responds to therapy in their own way. Some people have sudden enlightenments during therapy, while others see a gradual reduction in symptoms little by little between their therapy sessions. These reductions in symptom severity are called sudden gains and are common among people receiving treatment for depression and anxiety. Previous research has shown [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In Group Therapy, Two Leaders are Better than One</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/group-therapy-two-leaders-better-than-one-1130111/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/group-therapy-two-leaders-better-than-one-1130111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 16:55:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10879</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The leadership structure of a group therapy environment has a direct influence on how the participants respond, according to a new study led by Dennis M. Kivlighan, Jr. of the Department of Higher Education and Special Education at the University of Maryland in College Park. “Co-leadership describes a group therapy leadership structure in which two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Therapeutic Immediacy Shows Promise in Two Case Studies</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapeutic-immediacy-has-promise-case-studies-1112111/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapeutic-immediacy-has-promise-case-studies-1112111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 17:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10729</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Therapeutic immediacy (TI) is a term used to encompass any discussion between a client and therapist during a session. The therapeutic alliance formed between the two parties as a result of the discussion is fundamental to the success of treatment. “Recently, in order to capture the more interactive and dyadic nature of the therapeutic relationship, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Therapy is Not a Place for Romance</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-not-place-for-romance-1104115/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-not-place-for-romance-1104115/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 18:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarenKochenburg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10662</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If Hollywood is an indicator of our most common fantasies, modern Americans want to sleep with their therapists. I am horrified that so many television shows and movies depict romantic relationships between therapists and clients as though they were perfectly normal! The truth is, romance within a therapeutic relationship is as far from normal, acceptable, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Religion as a Coping Strategy for Divorce?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/religion-divorce-coping-strategy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/religion-divorce-coping-strategy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 03:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce / Divorce Adjustment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Religious Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10512</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[: Divorce can cause emotional and financial distress, and a sense of extreme loss. But for individuals who have deep religious faith, divorce can have a positive and negative effect. “Research suggests that those who divorce experience increased psychological distress, such as greater depression and decreased happiness,” said Elizabeth J. Krumrei, of the Department of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>What Men Want From Psychotherapy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/what-men-want-from-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/what-men-want-from-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Oct 2011 03:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Men's Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[: Men are much less likely to seek clinical help for their psychological issues than women. Because they hold to traditional male gender roles, most men do not respond to psychotherapy delivered in a generic approach, most often welcomed and received positively by women. “Practitioners who are accustomed to working in androgynous environments may fail [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hitting the Therapy Wall</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hitting-therapy-wall/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hitting-therapy-wall/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:31:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahNoel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Person Centered / Rogerian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As marathon runners pass mile after mile, many reach a point where they suddenly feel that they cannot go on. They may feel an unimaginable weight come over their body and a depletion of mental and emotional resources so complete that they can&#8217;t imagine taking another stride – they have hit the wall. A similar [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>How the Therapeutic Alliance Influences Transference in Psychotherapy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapeutic-alliance-transference-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapeutic-alliance-transference-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9891</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Transference, or the act of transferring past experiences to someone or something else, namely, the therapeutic relationship, is a fundamental concept in psychotherapy. But the relationship between therapeutic alliance and transference has only recently been explored. In a new study led by P. Høglend of the University of Oslo, a team of researchers examined what [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does Family-Therapist Alliance Affect Symptoms of Schizophrenia?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-therapist-alliance-schizophrenia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-therapist-alliance-schizophrenia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 22:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9874</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Schizophrenia is a psychological problem that can cause symptoms of decreased cognition, delusions, and paranoia. For family members of people with schizophrenia, managing the symptoms and maintaining healthy relationships can be particularly difficult. However, behavioral family management (BFM) therapy, when based on a positive family-therapist relationship, has been shown to be an effective form of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Do I Have to Talk About My Painful Feelings in Therapy?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/talk-painful-feelings-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/talk-painful-feelings-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 19:16:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NegarKhaefi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9781</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You’ve sat comfortably on your therapist’s couch for six months talking about everything under the sun; how you prefer to do your laundry, how nothing is ever good enough for your spouse, how irritating your mother is when she compares you to your older sister, how traffic makes you crazy.  You feel comforted, your feelings [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>19</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy Increase Positive Affect in People with Depression?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mindfulness-based-cognitive-therapy-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Depression is a debilitating, but common and recurrent condition. Research shows that approximately 80% of people who suffer from depression will experience more than one episode of major depression during their lifetime. And many people suffer from residual depressive symptoms that can increase the risk of relapse. Researchers at Maastricht University Medical Center, the Netherlands [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>We Are Greater Than The Sum Of Our Parts: Internal Family Systems Therapy for Eating Disorders</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/internal-family-systems-eating-disorders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/internal-family-systems-eating-disorders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:39:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahKlinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internal Family Systems]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Non-Pathological Model]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9470</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am half way through the year-long Level 1 of the Internal Family Systems (IFS) training. IFS is a psychotherapeutic modality used for helping people and their therapists understand and solve the problems that bring them to therapy. And IFS helps make sense of the seemingly irrational world of eating disorders. I’d had some exposure [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Five Domains of a Healthy Relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/five-domains-healthy-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/five-domains-healthy-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 18:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JustusDAddario</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotionally Focused Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9358</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You might have heard the phrase “love is the glue” that holds us, the universe, etc. together. I&#8217;d like to make a case for mindfulness as a similar connecting agent. In thinking of the work I am passionate about offering at Counseling on Capitol Hill, I&#8217;ve discovered that the various offerings have a common theme. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Trust Spiral</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-trust-collaboration/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-trust-collaboration/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jul 2011 18:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Journal Therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Right Use of Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;When trust and confidence&#8211;at both the personal and institutional levels&#8211;are high, democracy works better, the economy develops with fewer problems, interpersonal relations are easier and more straightforward, people behave more altruistically, and standards of living increase.&#8221;  -Aitor Riveiro: The costs of a skeptical society, June 21, 2011:  El Pais reporting on results of several pieces [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Naming the Battles Within</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/battles-within/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/battles-within/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 17:23:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelHorvat</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In my quest to continue my education surrounding the fascinating concepts that examine the inner workings of the mind and more specifically in my journey to become an increasingly effective practitioner in the face of resistant and entrenched clients, I stumbled upon &#8220;Working With Resistance&#8221; (J. Aronson, 2002). I found the text concise and practical in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Group Therapy for Adults Abused as Children</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/group-therapy-childhood-abuse-trauma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/group-therapy-childhood-abuse-trauma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:35:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>roniweisbergross</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8800</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Group therapy can be the most nurturing and also the most challenging form of therapy. It is highly effective. While it doesn’t replace individual therapy, it can be a great adjunct and a final step in the healing process. Group therapy is very relevant for survivors of childhood abuse and in fact for any traumatized [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Thing That Once Was a Refrigerator</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/acceptance-commitment-therapy-functional-contextualism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/acceptance-commitment-therapy-functional-contextualism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 21:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance and Commitment Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Non-Pathological Model]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8596</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I was a youngster, about eight years old, I played hide and seek with some of the neighborhood kids. As I fervently and keenly scanned for a good hiding place I happened upon a broken down and rusted refrigerator in an old man’s yard. It was the perfect size so I quickly hopped inside [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Growing from Joy, Healing in Connection</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-joy-healing-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/growing-joy-healing-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 00:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HeatherSchwartz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body-Mind Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Breathwork]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So often, people talk about the struggles they experience, and how they’ve grown from the pain in their lives. It’s true, but the sentiment is often that it takes pain to grow. What’s not often discussed is how human beings grow from joy, from being in connection; that is, how we heal and grow stronger [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Major Mental Illness and the Family</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/major-mental-illness-family-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/major-mental-illness-family-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 May 2011 21:42:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LynneSilvaBreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bipolar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug & Alcohol Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotropic Medication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Schizophrenia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Harm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8543</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For all the research that has been done in the last twenty years attempting to understand the brain, the organ at the top of our spine retains its essential mystery. We know more now than ever how the brain works, how it has developed over the centuries to do the miraculous things it does, and [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>An Apology to the Children&#8230;On Behalf of the Adults</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-illness-root-healing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-illness-root-healing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 May 2011 21:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>judithbarr</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh no! Not another media medical correspondent saying what Catherine Zeta-Jones is dealing with – bipolar two – is not curable, but can only be managed and controlled. Not only did one more medical editor say this about Zeta-Jones, but he said it about mental illness in general: “When it comes to mental illness, you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Must Therapy be Warranted by Mental Illness Alone?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapists-in-therapy-self-growth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapists-in-therapy-self-growth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 21:59:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NoahRubinstein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depth Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Is psychotherapy purely a medical treatment warranted only for treating specific mental health disorders? Can psychotherapy also be used to address the multitude of emotional, cognitive, and physiological ways in which people suffer, ways that do not meet the diagnostic criteria for categorically-based syndromes? Additionally, is psychotherapy of any use to those seeking self-growth, wisdom, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality of Client-Therapist Relationship May Effect Progress</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/positive-client-therapist-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/positive-client-therapist-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8346</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers in London point to evidence underscoring the necessity for a positive mental health professional to client relationship in therapy. Data from a number of studies indicates that this relationship is directly linked to a client’s progress when undergoing psychotherapy. However, there is not enough research to support the same conclusion if clients are also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Art Psychotherapy Art</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/art-psychotherapy-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/art-psychotherapy-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Apr 2011 22:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BarbaraMosinski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art Therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing Stories]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8338</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I am asked what I do for a living I start by saying that I am a Psychotherapist, an Art Psychotherapist. The person will often make attempts to qualify my answer by asking…”Are you a psychiatrist?” “No,” I answer. “I don’t prescribe medication and I am not an MD.” Sometimes they go on in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The “I’m a Worm” Experience of Depression</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-attack-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-attack-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:15:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CynthiaLubow</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I want to continue to talk about the clusters of depression symptoms that cause people to suffer in very different ways. Last time I talked about the low ambition cluster; this time I want to talk about the self-attack cluster. Self-attack Self-attack is my term for thinking mean, diminishing, insulting, shaming thoughts about oneself. People [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Being &amp; Human Encounter in Good Therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/human-relationship-good-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/human-relationship-good-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 22:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlakeEdwards</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8276</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[May (1983) wrote that the most fundamental aspect of therapy is being and that, therefore, the value of the human encounter in therapy far outweighs complex understandings about a person’s psychological makeup or the technical skill of a guru. He did not mean to diminish the value of insight, but wrote, “The data…learned about the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skype Therapy: The Newest Anxiety Treatment</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/skype-anxiety-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/skype-anxiety-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8223</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people who suffer from anxiety issues do not receive the help they need due to lack of resources or mobility. Two forward thinking doctors recently concluded a study that uses modern technology as a delivery system for psychotherapy. Dr. James Herbert and Dr. Evan Forman, psychology professors and directors of Drexel&#8217;s Anxiety Treatment and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jimmy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/video-art-therapy-jimmy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/video-art-therapy-jimmy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Mar 2011 00:06:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BarbaraMosinski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Full permission has been given by the client to tell this story on GoodTherapy.org. All identifying information has been changed. The client ‘Jimmy’ that I described in the previous blog, who created a video project in art psychotherapy, has completed his video. He decided sometime ago that he wanted to upload it to YouTube. His [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Therapy Approaches to Help You Heal from Trauma</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/common-trauma-therapy-approaches/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/common-trauma-therapy-approaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:39:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SusanneMDillmann</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Behavioral Therapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8128</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Learning about the stages of healing can be distressing, motivating, upsetting or uplifting. None of these emotions is the right one to feel, meaning that no matter how you feel, you do not have a wrong reaction. Acknowledging your emotional response to the stages of healing can allow you to harness the emotion’s energy and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga for Eating and Body Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/yoga-eating-disorders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/yoga-eating-disorders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahKlinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body-Mind Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to being a psychotherapist, I am a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy practitioner and a yoga instructor. I’ve long been interested not only in movement but in the role of body-oriented techniques in the process of psychological healing. This began when I was in my late twenties, long before I ever knew that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On Creativity, Grief and Resilience: How &#8220;The Courage to Be&#8221; is the Greatest Creative Gift</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-illness-grief-creativity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-illness-grief-creativity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 22:19:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SuellenFaginAllen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bipolar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creative Blocks]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dissociation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8106</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[During my career, I had the privilege of working with adults living with severe and persistent mental illness in an outpatient program at a local behavioral health center.  Although frequently grouped together and labeled as “crazy” or “nuts” – as well as “dangerous” &#8211; in popular parlance, this was hardly a homogeneous population. There were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grappling with Depression</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/peer-support-addiction-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/peer-support-addiction-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:18:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8105</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary From how we screen for depression and who can treat depression to how it affects college students and how grief and depression overlap, news about depression has been a common topic of published research in the past couple weeks, and it will surely continue to be so. Depression is one of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Babies and Toddlers Can Have Mental Health Problems, Says APA</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/baby-toddler-mental-health-problems/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/baby-toddler-mental-health-problems/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8093</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While many perceive young children as incapable of developing serious mental health problems, it’s the reality for more kids than we know, says the American Psychological Association. Children under the age of five are the most likely age group to be abused, and young kids use their early years to form assessments of their place [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introducing a New Q&amp;A Column for the Public: &#8220;Dear GoodTherapy.org&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/dear-goodtherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/dear-goodtherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:55:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org Announcement GoodTherapy.org is pleased to announce a new column for public visitors of GoodTherapy.org, &#8220;Dear GoodTherapy.org&#8220;. Written by Noah Rubinstein, LMFT, Founder and CEO of GoodTherapy.org, &#8220;Dear GoodTherapy.org&#8221; is published twice each month as an opportunity for people to get expert feedback about psychotherapy, family therapy, and couples counseling. Please note that &#8220;Dear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ADHD Coaches Join Therapists/Counselors to Help Adult Clients Stay on Track</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/adhd-coaches-adult-clients/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/adhd-coaches-adult-clients/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 22:15:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inattention, Impulsivity, & Hyperactivity (ADHD)]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8077</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are several types of therapy that are used to help people with attention issues (such as ADHD) learn to set healthy habits and try and keep their mind on track. Therapy for ADHD often includes a psychoanalytic approach, psychodynamic approach, behaviorism, or humanism. After adequate therapy, those with ADHD probably do not need counseling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Health Prescription: A Good Life</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/benefit-psychotherapy-good-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 17:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The burden of life unfolding not according to plan can be the trigger that sets a mental health problem in motion, such as falling into depression after divorce or suffering PTSD after experiencing a trauma. Other times, life’s situations exacerbate problems we were already prone to, such as profound anxiety that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appropriate Conversations about Spirituality in Counseling</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A client of mine who is currently “taking a break” for financial and other reasons wrote me an email letting me know that part of the reason for his decision was that he did not feel that our discussions about spirituality were a productive use of his time. Coincidently, we were at the point where [...]]]></description>
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