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	<title>Blogging on Good Therapy &#187; Healing from The Inside Out</title>
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		<title>Pragmatic/Experiential Couples Therapy: Moving Past Blame and Contempt</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/couples-therapy-blame-contempt-0208125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Feb 2012 20:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BrentAtkinson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brent J. Atkinson, Ph.D. - Eventually, unhealthy habits develop in all long-term intimate relationships, and if partners want to move beyond this pain, they must learn to accept responsibility for their part in the difficulties they are experiencing and begin to heal old wounds.  ]]></description>
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		<title>A Season of Grieving and Transformation</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/a-season-of-grieving-0207125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/a-season-of-grieving-0207125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Feb 2012 21:01:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TammyBlackardCook</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tammy Blackard Cook, LCSW - Through the experience of losing her father, one woman gains a new appreciation for the depth of connection between her parents, the love and loyalty that drive the surviving family members to pull together, and the ongoing connection between the living and the dead.]]></description>
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		<title>The Price Paid for Being the Perfect Child</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/price-for-being-perfect-child-0206125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/price-for-being-perfect-child-0206125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:05:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BeverlyAmsel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Codependency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family of Origin Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Individuation]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11555</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In one client's experience, striving to be the perfect child led to an adult life in which she found herself unable to assert herself and make her own decisions and feelings known. Through the therapeutic process, she became comfortable with being less perfect in her parents' eyes and better able to experience her life genuinely.]]></description>
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		<title>What Have I Done for Me Lately?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/what-have-i-done-for-me-0206124/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/what-have-i-done-for-me-0206124/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MichelleLewis</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caregiver Issues / Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Finding ways to take care of ourselves and nourish our own needs helps replenish our emotional resources so that we can continue to care for others. Making a pie chart of how we spend our time can give us a visual assessment of where we might make more time for ourselves.]]></description>
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		<title>Letting Go of Our Fear of Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/letting-go-fear-of-loss-0201125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/letting-go-fear-of-loss-0201125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family of Origin Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us allow fear of loss to affect the way we live our lives, especially if our family of origin carries with it stories of loss. Letting go of this fear helps us enjoy the here and now.]]></description>
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		<title>The Unexpected Gifts of Trauma</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/gifts-of-trauma-survivors-0201124/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/gifts-of-trauma-survivors-0201124/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 19:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AthenaPhillips</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Non-Pathological Model]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11503</guid>
		<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>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/taking-love-in-0113125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/taking-love-in-0113125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 19:41:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SusanneMDillmann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Trust Issues]]></category>

		<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>Calming the Emotional Chaos of Grief</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/calming-emotional-chaos-grief-0130125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/calming-emotional-chaos-grief-0130125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NicoleUrdang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce / Divorce Adjustment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Overwhelm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Holistic Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A death, divorce, illness, sudden unemployment, or any major loss, creates chaos in your life. This emotional fracturing, as well as the practical aftershocks of dealing with estates, lawyers, housing, finances, doctors, etc., often yields intense feelings that can be overwhelming. When you think you simply can’t assimilate another thing, it’s crucial to just stop. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Body Image Issues and Healthy Boundaries</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-healthy-boundaries-013012/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-healthy-boundaries-013012/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:55:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShirleyKatzLeon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Esteem]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sensitivity to Critiscism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11473</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people, but primarily young, educated, Western women, struggle to sustain a positive body image—for a multitude of reasons that have been discussed in previous posts. Often a negative body image leads to a poor relationship with the body and other aspects of self. It is associated with impoverished self-care and unhealthy eating and lifestyle [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Creating Divorce Rituals With Your Children</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/divorce-rituals-with-children-0126124/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/divorce-rituals-with-children-0126124/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:38:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShendlTuchman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Blended Family Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The decision has been made. You and your spouse are divorcing. There are a multitude of decisions to be made, and it is often difficult to know where to begin. You will be making decisions regarding when the children are with you and when they are with your spouse, whether to keep the family home [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of Expressive Arts Therapy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/expressive-arts-therapy-benefits-0118124/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/expressive-arts-therapy-benefits-0118124/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DouglasMitchell</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Therapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11348</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Expressive Arts Therapy bridges the gap between the conscious and the unconscious. It can bring light to areas of therapy that are blocked, inhibited, and stuck, as well as bringing greater focus to those areas of concern. The primary focus is on the process, which allows the client to discover new insight and meaning that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year’s Resolutions and Addiction: the Strength of Weakness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/new-years-resolutions-and-addiction-the-strength-of-weakness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/new-years-resolutions-and-addiction-the-strength-of-weakness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 17:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DarrenHaber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addictions & Compulsions]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just read in a newspaper article that health clubs see a nice jump in membership at this time of year, due to all those New Year’s resolutions to lose weight. Of course, many new members will make a concerted effort for a month or two, and then slowly drift away. Why is so hard [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating New Year’s Aspirations</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/creating-new-years-aspirations-0103114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/creating-new-years-aspirations-0103114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 20:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SuellenFaginAllen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Resolutions are a popular topic at this time of the year, and with predictions that the year 2012 may be our last (if the ancient Mayan calendar is to be believed!), perhaps a greater number of us than usual are at least contemplating how best to make sure we go out on a positive, rather [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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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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		<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>Solstice: Shift and Reverse to Effect Healthy Change</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/embracing-opposites-effecting-healthy-change-1223115/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/embracing-opposites-effecting-healthy-change-1223115/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:02:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DarlaSedlacek</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some would say the winter solstice is a moment of equality, in which there is equal light and equal dark. It is also a moment of reversal. The seasonal significance of the winter solstice is in the reversal of the gradual lengthening of nights and shortening of days. I like metaphors, so to me, winter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>6 CAM Tools for Achieving Better Health, Emotional Balance, and Contentment</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/achieving-better-health-emotional-balance-contentment-1208114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/achieving-better-health-emotional-balance-contentment-1208114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TraciStein</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health / Illness / Medical Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10967</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Around this time of year, many of us reflect on the triumphs and tribulations of the past twelve months and begin thinking of what we hope to manifest in the coming year. At the most basic level, I think what a lot of us want falls under the broad headings of good physical health and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9 Ways to Be Present and Practice Everyday Mindfulness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ways-be-present-practice-everyday-mindfulness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ways-be-present-practice-everyday-mindfulness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SuellenFaginAllen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Overwhelm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know about you, but today, unplanned items on my agenda added up to distractions that resulted in an overwhelming urge to tear my hair out. As often happens, I had loaded way more into my schedule than could be accomplished by a reasonable person within a day. It’s now 7:40 pm DST and I’m feeling [...]]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Behavioral Therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10910</guid>
		<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>Part I: Source Energy Optimizes Life &#8211; Finding Source Energy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/finding-source-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/finding-source-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelpicucci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Focalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somatic Experiencing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part One: Finding Source Energy In 1983, when diagnosed with a rare, deadly cancer, I sought the assistance of spiritual healer, Barbara Ann Brennan.  She realigned my energy fields which seemingly helped put my cancer into remission, much to the surprise of my oncologist.  It was the beginning of my understanding of Source Energy. Whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Balance Gratitude</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/balanced-gratitude-1201114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/balanced-gratitude-1201114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 17:30:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SusanneMDillmann</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Thanksgiving behind us and the holiday season in full swing, it seems fitting to talk about gratitude. Gratitude captures both the verbal expression of thanks as well as an overall attitude of appreciation. This disposition of thanks brings obvious benefit to the recipient of gratitude, but it also enriches your life – you being [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Caregiving Styles Influenced by Attachment Styles?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/caregiving-styles-influenced-attachment-styles-1130113/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/caregiving-styles-influenced-attachment-styles-1130113/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 01:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caregiver Issues / Stress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10882</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Evaluating and assessing someone’s need for care is a critical component of acting as an effective and objective caregiver. However, according to a new study led by S. Jeffrey Bailey of the Department of Psychology at the University of New Brunswick Saint John in Canada, the attachment style of a caregiver can influence how they [...]]]></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>When Problem-Solving Becomes a Problem</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/problem-solving-becomes-problematic-1121114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/problem-solving-becomes-problematic-1121114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance and Commitment Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people come to therapy wanting to know why they have certain problems. They’ve been struggling with this problem for a long time and they want to understand why, because if they could just figure out the cause of the problem, they might be able to solve it. They might say something along the lines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living with Frustration in a Relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/living-with-relationship-frustration-1103115/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/living-with-relationship-frustration-1103115/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 18:26:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaNusbaum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many couples I work with come in with a large amount of stress and difficulty. The causes vary, but the behaviors people use to respond to the upset are often predictable. People who start out loving each other sometimes find themselves so burdened by stress and difficulty that they end up feeling frustrated in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Illicit Lovers and Unwanted Guests: Treating Disordered Eating Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/treating-eating-disorders-individuals-couples-families-1102113/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/treating-eating-disorders-individuals-couples-families-1102113/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:10:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahKlinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child & Adolescent Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last Friday, I gave a presentation at my state professional organization’s fall conference entitled, “Illicit Lovers and Unwanted Guests: Treating Eating Disorders in Individuals, Couples and Families.” My organization, the North Carolina Association for Marriage and Family Therapy, comprises Marriage and Family Therapists who address all sorts of different problems that bring people to therapy, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When the Bough Breaks: Resources for Overcoming Perinatal Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/overcoming-perinatal-loss/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/overcoming-perinatal-loss/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 17:03:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndreaSchneider</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Postpartum Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy & Birthing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10551</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[October is Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Month. Therefore, it seems a pertinent time to discuss the difficult topic of perinatal loss. Just what is perinatal loss? Perinatal loss is the death of an infant during pregnancy or soon after. It includes miscarriage, stillbirth, and neonatal death. Miscarriage is the most common of this form [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Right Use of Power:  The Effects of Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/forgiveness-effects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/forgiveness-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10474</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Forgiveness is often misunderstood. I recall asking a colleague to forgive me for my unskillfulness in handling a situation that affected him. I had made an important decision without consulting him. I was truly sorry.  His response to my request for forgiveness, however, surprised me: &#8220;If I forgive you, it will be as if it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Disruption of Dirty Pain</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/disruption-of-unhealthy-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/disruption-of-unhealthy-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance and Commitment Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Stories]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10461</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes pain. It makes sense that we make every attempt to avoid it or make it go away. That’s just part of being human. But why do some humans seem to have less of it than others? There are two types of pain: clean pain and dirty pain. We don’t have a whole lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>But I Said I Was Sorry, so Why Isn’t that Enough?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/saying-sorry-not-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/saying-sorry-not-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 15:40:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LindaNusbaum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10228</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I can’t tell you how many times I have heard this from couples during a session. Something big happens between them (for instance, one person cheated on the other), and the offending party apologizes; however, the difficulty continues, and the person who said they were sorry wonders why that is. The person who got hurt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is There a Way Around Grief?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/way-around-grief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/way-around-grief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:43:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Grief, a deep feeling of sadness over a loss, is one of the most difficult experiences a person can have. During the grief process, we may feel hopeless, out of control, dead inside, empty, pained, afraid, angry, or just about any other painful emotion one can name. Just about everyone experiences grief at least a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Artlish&#8217; &#8211; Communicating 9/11 through the Language of Art</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/artlish-art-language-communication-911/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/artlish-art-language-communication-911/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 17:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BarbaraMosinski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aggression & Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10109</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Art is a language. For the sake of this blog, let’s call it ‘artlish’ (not to be confused or linked with the Artlish Caves Park in British Columbia). ‘Artlish’, the language, can externalize experience, perception, hope, fear, rage or a combination of those feelings and others. On opposite ends of a spectrum, art language, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Wisdom Of Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/wisdom-happiness-awareness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/wisdom-happiness-awareness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerCleary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The final paramita, or practice leading to happiness, is Prajna, or Wisdom. This is not the wisdom that comes with age or long study. This is the wisdom of seeing what is actually happening in any given moment. This is discriminating awareness, which can tell the difference between our imagined storylines about what is going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creating Shrines and Altars for Healing from Grief</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/shrine-altar-grief-healing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/shrine-altar-grief-healing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarlaHelbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Altars and Shrines…What are they? In nearly all places where there is evidence that humans have lived, archeologists have found evidence of altars and shrines. The predisposition to construct these kinds of sacred creations seems almost to be part of our DNA. Traditionally, shrines are memorials, or monuments, to the dead. We have made shrines for [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>Can Video Games Decrease Nightmares for Soldiers with PTSD?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/video-games-decrease-nightmares-soldiers-ptsd/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/video-games-decrease-nightmares-soldiers-ptsd/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aggression & Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9907</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a new study, soldiers who play aggressive video games on a regular basis experience less traumatic nightmares than soldiers who only play occasionally or who play less violent games. Jayne Gackenbach of Grant MacEwan University believes the video games offer an opportunity of empowerment that transfers into their dreams. “Video game play may [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Research Suggests Emotional Inflexibility Can Complicate Grief</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/emotional-inflexibility-grief/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/emotional-inflexibility-grief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 17:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Bereavement is a painful event that most people experience at some point in their lives. While most bereaved people are able to resume normal functioning within a year after the loss, a small but important subset, usually around 10–15%, continue to suffer from prolonged grief symptoms for several years or longer,” said Sumati Gupta and George [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Gratitude for Jungian Teachers: Marion Woodman</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/jung-teacher-marion-woodman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/jung-teacher-marion-woodman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:02:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAliceLong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Book Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jungian Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Marion Woodman is one of the most well-known Jungian analysts. She has published many books, lectured widely, and is one of our elders in the Jungian community. Marion writes and teaches by exploring dreams, literature and mythology, imagery in the body, many artistic forms, and case material.  Marion’s imaginings and wisdom are part of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ways to Play: Self Love</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-love-play-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-love-play-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Aug 2011 20:32:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAliceLong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journal Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Play Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Criticism]]></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=9840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I’ve learned to trust myself, to listen to truth, to not be afraid of it and to not try and hide it. -Sarah McLachlan There are no physical, emotional, intellectual, or spiritual benefits to low self-esteem. On the other hand, when you value yourself highly you are most likely positive, consider life to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Battling Sex Addiction Really Worth It?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sex-addiction-battle/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sex-addiction-battle/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 21:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JanieLacy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addictions & Compulsions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships & Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality / Sex Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9831</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know there are individuals who minimize sexual addiction as a disorder? Regardless, its impact, devastation and pain to the individuals who are struggling with it, their spouses and children along with many areas of their lives cannot be ignored. When we consider that the National Council on Sexual Addiction and Compulsivity describes sexual addiction [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Staging a Power Shift</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/personal-power-shift/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/personal-power-shift/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 20:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right Use of Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9809</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s say you have an interest in power issues and dynamics. For example, you notice you are overly cautious in using the professional power that goes with your position of trust. Or, you are so well-boundaried that you can&#8217;t be flexible with your power when it is appropriate. These two beliefs are toward the extreme on the &#8220;use [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</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>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<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>Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Shows Positive Outcomes for Parents &amp; Children</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/parent-child-interaction-therapy-positive-outcome/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/parent-child-interaction-therapy-positive-outcome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 03:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Child & Adolescent Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family of Origin Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></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>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9768</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are many treatment options designed to help alleviate symptoms of trauma in children, but very few focus on rebuilding the important relationship between traumatized children and their caregivers. “Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), originally developed for families of children with disruptive behavior disorders, has shown potential to fill this gap in childhood trauma treatment by [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Dissonance-Based Treatment Decrease Eating Issues?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/dissonance-treatment-eating-disorders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/dissonance-treatment-eating-disorders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:48:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Women's Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9668</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In an effort to understand how to better treat women with eating and food issues, researchers conducted a study comparing the long-term effectiveness of a dissonance-based eating disorder program versus a traditional educational intervention. Eric Stice, Paul Rohde, Heather Shaw and Jeff Gau, all of the Oregon Research Institute, believe the study is vitally important. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sharing Health Concerns with Partner Can Impact Depressive Symptoms</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sharing-depression-symptoms-partner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sharing-depression-symptoms-partner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 03:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from the Netherlands, Canada and San Francisco, collaborated on a study that evaluated the relationship between depressive symptoms and self-disclosure in partners dealing with cancer. The team enlisted 64 participants who had been recently diagnosed with colorectal cancer, and their partners. They assessed the individuals for depressive symptoms using the Center for Epidemiological Studies [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Art Making is Not Enough</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/art-making-is-not-enough/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/art-making-is-not-enough/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BarbaraMosinski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addictions & Compulsions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bipolar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dance / Movement Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug & Alcohol Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Music Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poetry Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Suicidal Ideation and Behavior]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9618</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Art making is not enough. Storytelling is not enough. Writing lyrics/music is not enough. Dancing is not enough to transform emotional pain and suffering into emotional freedom. If art making were enough, we wouldn&#8217;t be reading about talented artists such as Jean-Michel Basquiat, Amy Winehouse, Kurt Cobain and others who tragically slipped through a fissure [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Resolving the Debt Issues at the Root</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/root-debt-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/root-debt-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 20:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>judithbarr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power: Healing to the Root]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9615</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our world today, there has been a known and much talked about issue of personal financial debt and national financial debt. This has been foreground in the news in light of the recent debt ceiling talks and agreement. It is real and it is serious. But there is another form of personal, national, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Cope When Your Loved One is Ill</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/coping-skills-loved-one-illness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/coping-skills-loved-one-illness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:40:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TammyFletcher</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Overwhelm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health / Illness / Medical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9586</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[No one can prepare us for the experience of providing care for a seriously ill family member or friend. When sickness strikes someone close to us, there may be a sense of chaos, urgency, and confusion. Details must be agreed upon, phone calls made, and appointments kept.  You’d like to sit and catch your breath, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga for Balancing Mind and Body</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/yoga-balance-mind-body/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/yoga-balance-mind-body/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:45:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TraciStein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chronic Pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health / Illness / Medical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mood Swings]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoga Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9560</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yoga is in ancient practice that originated in India but has gained considerable popularity in the US. Breathing exercises, postures, and meditation are core components of yoga. Although many people develop a yoga practice to become more physically toned or flexible, the benefits of yoga are purported to extend to calming the mind and balancing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lack of Close Relationships May Increase Cardiac Stress in Women with Depression</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/relationships-cardiac-stress-women-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/relationships-cardiac-stress-women-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 16:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Psychologists have long been concerned that the lack of social support in women with depression may lead to serious physical health consequences, including cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Jill M. Cyranowski, Tara L. Hofkens, Holly A. Swartz, and Peter J. Gianaros, wanted to know [...]]]></description>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 23:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<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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		<title>Mindfully Approaching Pain: The Way Through May Just be the Way Out</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mindfulness-therapy-chronic-pain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 19:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SuellenFaginAllen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Oh, my aching body!” You’ve heard this exclamation &#8211; or something like it &#8211; many times, probably in television commercials advertising the latest miracle pill or cream that promises fast relief and few side effects, perhaps from a family member or friend who did a few too many reps at the gym, pulled a muscle fighting [...]]]></description>
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