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	<title>Blogging on Good Therapy &#187; Body Image</title>
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		<title>Body Image Issues and Healthy Boundaries</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-healthy-boundaries-013012/</link>
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		<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>
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		<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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		<title>Facing the Facts About Male Body Satisfaction</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/facts-about-male-body-satisfaction-0126122/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/facts-about-male-body-satisfaction-0126122/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 23:34:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11453</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a new study led by Michael B. McFarland of the Department of Psychology at the University of North Texas, men primarily gauge their body satisfaction on three specific body parts, and they are not what one might think they are. Men who have body image issues struggle with a low sense of well-being [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11153</guid>
		<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>New Study Finds Self-Criticism to be a Risk Factor for Bulimia in Adolescents</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-criticism-risk-factor-for-adolesecent-bulimia-1216112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-criticism-risk-factor-for-adolesecent-bulimia-1216112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 23:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11052</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Perfectionism is multi-dimensional, including evaluative concerns (EV) and personal standards (PS) of perfectionism. “Whereas PS perfectionism is primarily defined by the setting of high standards per se, EC perfectionism is primarily defined by self-critical features such as concern over mistakes and doubts about actions,” said Liesbet Boone, faculty member of the Department of Developmental, Social [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Holiday Eating and Fear of Weight Gain</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/holiday-eating-fear-weight-gain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/holiday-eating-fear-weight-gain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 22:27:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahKlinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Control Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is a holiday for cultivating gratitude for all the good in our lives. It’s also an opportunity to participate in a ritual of breaking bread with loved ones, a celebration of our connection to others, sharing the plentiful food that we are fortunate enough to have. Yet as Thanksgiving approached, several of my clients [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bulimic Tendencies in Rats Similar to Those of Adolescent Girls</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/bulimic-tendencies-rats-similar-adolescent-girls-1202111/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/bulimic-tendencies-rats-similar-adolescent-girls-1202111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2011 18:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10897</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Puberty is a time of emotional and physical development. It is also a time when many girls start exhibiting the first signs of eating problems. “Rates of bulimic symptoms increase significantly with advancing pubertal development and predict the development of BN later in adolescence,” said Kelly L. Klump, Ph.D. of the Department of Psychology at [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Exercise and Body Image: The Thinking Connection</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/thinking-connection-between-exercise-body-image-1128114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/thinking-connection-between-exercise-body-image-1128114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShirleyKatzLeon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health / Illness / Medical Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10840</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are styles of thinking that are commonly related to anxiety and unhappiness. One patterned way of thinking that is identified by therapists who work with cognitions is the all-or-nothing style. It is very often a part of the negative body-image experience. This way of thinking can lead to a lot of unnecessary distress but [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Adolescents with “Funnel Chest” May Experience Psychological Distress</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/distress-for-adolescents-with-funnel-chest-1110113/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/distress-for-adolescents-with-funnel-chest-1110113/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 04:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Funnel chest is a term used to describe the medical condition known as Pectus excavatum (PE), a deformity of the chest wall that occurs in one of every thousand children. “It is well known that children with PE are affected by their body image, that they often experience embarrassment, have low self-esteem and feelings of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Targeted Interventions Help Middle-Aged Women with Eating Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/interventions-help-women-with-eating-issues/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/interventions-help-women-with-eating-issues/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2011 03:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10499</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[: Women struggle with eating issues at various ages, and research suggests that over the course of their lifetimes, women maintain relatively constant levels of body dissatisfaction. More recent findings reveal that middle-aged women are among the fastest growing segment of the population with eating problems and body image issues today. “Findings consistently indicate that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Testing the Validity of the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/testing-sociocultural-attitudes-towards-appearance-questionnaire/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/testing-sociocultural-attitudes-towards-appearance-questionnaire/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 16:15:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10366</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[: Intervention programs for eating and food issues have been designed to target the root of sociocultural attitudes toward personal appearance, namely internalization of the thin-ideal (media). Different methods have been used to measure the effectiveness of programs aimed at targeting media internalization, however the Sociocultural Attitudes Towards Appearance Questionnaire (SATAQ3) is quite often used [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Vanity Myth: Eating Disorders and Beauty</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/vanity-myth-about-eating-disorders-beauty/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/vanity-myth-about-eating-disorders-beauty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2011 18:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JosieTuttle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the most prevalent and harmful misconceptions about eating disorders is that they are all about vanity. Many people believe that sufferers are vain, beauty-obsessed brats that could easily recover if they&#8217;d simply stop looking in the mirror and get over their need to be pretty. This isn&#8217;t even close to the truth. As [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Female College Athletes Have High Body Esteem</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/female-college-athletes-have-high-body-esteem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/female-college-athletes-have-high-body-esteem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 03:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10241</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[: Most women conform to feminine norms, while men conform to masculine norms. But female college athletes strive to achieve both. “Past research has focused on how conformity to societal gender norms constrains and inﬂuences men’s behavior,” said Jesse A. Steinfeldt, of Indiana University-Bloomington, and lead author of a study that investigated how this dual [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Bodies and Identity: Body Image and Understanding Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-identity-understanding/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-identity-understanding/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:45:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DamonConstantinides</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10095</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What did you first think of when you saw that an article titled “Bodies and Identity” was posted on a mental health care blog? Likely, words such as “anorexia,” “bulimia,” and “compulsive eating”, ran through your head. An article about bodies and body-image is often assumed to be about negative body-image. We’re so used to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Your Body and Defining Self</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-defining-self/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-defining-self/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2011 22:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShirleyKatzLeon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9930</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do you know what you are and what you are not, and why? Where did you gain this knowledge and experience that influences your current behaviour and choices? In the process of the development of your Self, did you consciously stop to think about if you wanted to be shaped in a particular manner while it [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Thin Line Between Diet and Eating Disorder</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/thin-line-diet-eating-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/thin-line-diet-eating-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 20:38:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JosieTuttle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9867</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Let&#8217;s face it, hardly anybody has a completely healthy relationship with food. Unfortunately for our society, disordered eating is the norm, whether it&#8217;s crash dieting, stress-eating, or whatever else you want to call it.  Because of this, it can be really hard for someone in danger of developing an eating disorder to recognize the slippery slope [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Do Men Benefit from Media’s Ideal Male Body Image?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/men-benefit-ideal-body-image/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/men-benefit-ideal-body-image/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9823</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Research has focused on the effect that the ideal female body portrayed in the media can have on a woman’s own body image. However, little research has addressed what effect men experience when viewing ideal male body images. A new study, conducted by researchers at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands, focused solely on that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Do Women With Eating Disorders Focus on Negative Body Traits?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/women-eating-disorder-focus-negative-body-trait/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/women-eating-disorder-focus-negative-body-trait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jul 2011 17:39:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9351</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a new study, women with binge eating issues tend to focus their attention on their least favorite body parts, which may help understand why they express such unhappiness with their physical body. Additionally, the study also revealed that binge eaters spend more time looking at the body parts that they consider ugly than [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Worse Is Better: The Unfortunate Hierarchy of Eating Disorders</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hierarchy-eating-disorders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hierarchy-eating-disorders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2011 21:35:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JosieTuttle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Health / Illness / Medical Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9345</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine a life where you are continually tormented by an inner dialogue that screams of your worthlessness, your hideous appearance, and your pitiful, meaningless existence. Imagine a life where you mange your day solely around food, either by avoiding it, getting rid of it, or consuming as much of it as you can. Imagine spending your birthday [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hollywood’s Distorted Body Image Can Cause Eating Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hollywood-body-image-eating/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hollywood-body-image-eating/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 18:03:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9284</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Emily Fox-Kales is a professor of media psychology and of cultural studies at Northeastern University, a clinical psychologist and author of a new book that takes aim at Hollywood’s unrealistic ideals of body images and how they can affect the eating habits of our youth. In a recent article, she discusses her concerns relating to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Extreme Teen Dieting Behaviors Carry Into Adulthood</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/extreme-teen-diet-behavior-adulthood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/extreme-teen-diet-behavior-adulthood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 18:09:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8832</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Teens with eating and food issues, such as binge eating and anorexia, may be at higher risk of carrying these behaviors into adulthood, according to a new study. “The findings from the current study argue for early and ongoing efforts aimed at the prevention, early identification, and treatment of disordered eating behaviors in young people,” [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Workability: Beyond True or False</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/workability-acceptance-commitment-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/workability-acceptance-commitment-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:00:45 +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[Follow the Heart]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8815</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the cornerstones of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is the concept of workability. The aim of ACT is for our clients to create a rich, meaningful, and vibrant life. Workability is how we determine whether a client’s behaviors are serving that end. Usually, people know when their behaviors are not working for them, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Pleasure Principle: What It Is and How It Can Improve Your Relationship to Food and Your Body</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/pleasure-principle-food-relationship/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/pleasure-principle-food-relationship/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 18:20:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ondinanandinehatvany</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8798</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Pleasure Principle is simply this: Our bodies are wired to move towards pleasure and avoid pain. We naturally gravitate towards things that taste, smell and feel yummy and delicious. We naturally avoid the opposite. To try to fight the pleasure principle, as so many diets encourage us to do, is to fight one of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>She Hates Her Thighs</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-hate-thighs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-hate-thighs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 21:22:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShirleyKatzLeon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8775</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[She hates her thighs, the sight of them drive her mad. The tissue is soft, the weakness mocks her. Yet she is somehow pulled into the ritual of gazing and when not in front of a reflection, imagining the horror of her flesh. She is repulsed by its frailty, yet it eludes her, defies her, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Self-Esteem in Action</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-esteem-action/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-esteem-action/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 18:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TinaGilbertson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8765</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Self-esteem is not a thing that’s either high or low that we carry around with us. Nor is it a thing we wear to protect ourselves from pain. Self-esteem is not a thing at all: it’s an action. It’s something we do. We esteem ourselves. What high self-esteem means is that you treat yourself as [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>People with Body Dysmorphia May Actually See Things Differently</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-dysmorphia-visual-perception/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-dysmorphia-visual-perception/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 May 2011 16:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8606</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study suggests variance in the brain activity of people suffering from body dysmorphia. According to Dr. Jamie Feusner, a UCLA assistant professor of psychiatry, people with body image issues have decreased brain activity when they view holistic images. “No study until this one has investigated the brain’s activity for visually processing objects in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>A Diet Fit For a Princess</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/kate-middleton-diet/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/kate-middleton-diet/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 23:29:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahKlinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8550</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Like everyone else in the U.S., I was aware of the recent wedding of Prince William of Wales to Kate Middleton, the biggest royal wedding since Prince Charles married Princess Diana. I couldn’t escape the chatter about it in the news. The morning of the ceremony, the radio alarm went off and I awoke to the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Redefining Ourselves: Navigating Life with a “Spoiled Identity”</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/redefining-spoiled-identity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/redefining-spoiled-identity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 01:04:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DamonConstantinides</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8487</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Each of us has our own unique identity made up of a combination of personality traits, personal and family history, and other attributes. But what happens inside when an identity is not celebrated by a person’s community? In Stigma: Notes on the Management of a Spoiled Identity (1963), author Erving Goffman uses the term “spoiled [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Eating Disorders and the Internet</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-internet-proana/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-internet-proana/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:53:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JosieTuttle</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8445</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Good, the Bad, and the Downright Horrible With the Internet, the world is literally at your fingertips. With just a few clicks and keystrokes, you can find yourself swimming in weight-loss information heaven. Everything you&#8217;ve ever wanted to know about that weird lemonade diet your brother swears by, thousands of low-fat recipes, workouts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body Image in Transgendered People</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-transgender/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-transgender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 00:29:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShirleyKatzLeon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I decided to dedicate myself to investigating and writing about the experience of body in transgendered people. Though I am by no means “expert” in working with this population, I have learned significantly from clients I have worked with who identified themselves as transgendered. I set out to organize my observations and insights by grounding [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Thoughts on Springtime and the Constancy of Change</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-control-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-control-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:09:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahKlinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8368</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s that time of year- spring! It’s about renewal and rebirth: life-force energy that has lain dormant through winter is now resurging above ground, driving the emergence of flowers and tender young shoots. I look out my window and can no longer see the street for the riot of leaves. Spring is a colorful illustration [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Get Your Brain in the Habit of Exercising</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/make-exercise-habit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/make-exercise-habit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8363</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people who are dissatisfied with their body image or personal health choose to start an exercise routine, but unless it becomes habit, they may lose their motivation. A new article explains that the basal ganglia, or “habit-learning system” of the brain is responsible for developing long-term habits. &#8220;It&#8217;s all about competition between short-term reward [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Images of Thin Bodies Harmful or Helpful?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/women-images-thin-bodies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/women-images-thin-bodies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2011 08:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Media’s focus on images of thin bodies may actually improve how young women feel about themselves, according to a new study led by Silvia Knobloch-Westerwick, associate professor of communication at Ohio State University. Overweight women who were dieting were asked to look at images of thin women for five days. During that time, these women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Disorders on the Rise in Older Women</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-older-women/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-older-women/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 21:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging & Geriatric Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most eating disorders are first identified when a girl is in her teens. However, a recent article reveals that more and more women in midlife and older are admitting having eating disorders. Some of these women have had relapses from earlier struggles, and some have recently started having issues with food and body image. “We’re [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does a Little Chat Make You Feel Fat?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/fat-talk-women-self-esteem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/fat-talk-women-self-esteem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8265</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Women often engage in conversations about their body weight. For most women, this type of discussion is common. Women can think that complimenting a friend while making disparaging remarks about their own physique is beneficial to the other and has no negative consequence for themselves. But experts are finding that this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bad News for Bikini Aimed at Young Girls</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ashley-bikini-self-esteem-young-girls/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ashley-bikini-self-esteem-young-girls/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The Ashley Bikini, marketed by Abercrombie &#38; Fitch, has caused outrage among parents and professionals over the psychological implications it could have. The padded bikini that is designed for second and third grade girls emphasizes sexuality at an age that is far too young, according to professionals. &#8220;These bras are an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ideal Body Images &#8211; Inspiration or Aggravation?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-fit-models-photos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-fit-models-photos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Mar 2011 08:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[New research uncovered a correlation between people who are dissatisfied with their bodies and how they view pictures of ideal physiques. The study showed that a person with a poor self image avoided looking at photos of thin and fit bodies, except in cases where the images were surrounded by articles that implied that the [...]]]></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>
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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>Our Bodies/Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/women-body-image-media/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/women-body-image-media/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Feb 2011 21:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ShirleyKatzLeon</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a psychotherapist working often with people with eating disorders, I have helped many clients who were suffering from a negative body image. They may or may not have a struggle with food, but they don’t like their bodies, they don’t take pleasure in their bodies, they think their bodies are ugly. These are usually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tips to Reboot Your Weight Loss Program</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reboot-weight-loss-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 22:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MartaRocha</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The New Year is in motion and how are you doing with your New Year’s resolution weight loss goals? Did you do well for a few weeks and now you are feeling depressed because you haven’t been able to stick with the plan? We have seen the amazing weight loss success of the singer and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Disorders, Self-Image, and Self-Portraits</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorder-self-portrait-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorder-self-portrait-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8004</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s common for someone with an eating disorder to try and hide their condition from close friends, family, and even a psychotherapist they’re seeing for other reasons. In many cases, the work done in therapy will uncover either the eating disorder or address causes contributing to it. As National Eating Disorders Awareness Week approaches, we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How We See Others, How We See Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/facebook-adolescent-girl-low-self-esteem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/facebook-adolescent-girl-low-self-esteem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7959</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Eating disorders and low self-esteem are just two of the problems that have been linked to media exposure for adolescent girls. We often see ourselves not in light of our own strengths and attributes, but in light of the perceived strengths and attributes of others. While counselors and psychotherapists do treat [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Mental Health, Weight Influences More than Just Self Esteem</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-weight-self-esteem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mental-health-weight-self-esteem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 16:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary For many, weight is not just felt physically, but mentally and emotionally as well. Connections between depression and obesity are well documented, and many people who are dangerously underweight suffer from psychologically-rooted eating disorders. Society places a lot of value on self-esteem, so when many people think about weight, we think [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For Real Change This Year, Skip the Resolutions and Look to Your Life Goals</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/life-goals-new-year-resolutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/life-goals-new-year-resolutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 22:11:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SarahNoel</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7808</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s that time of year again – the gyms are packed, nicotine patches are flying off the shelves, and book shelves are loaded with titles that promise dramatic weight loss and a svelte new figure. The obligatory New Year&#8217;s Resolutions are made, and all too often, are forgotten as quickly as they were made. By [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body Dysmorphic Disorder: Recovery Is Likely But Arduous</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/recovery-body-dysmorphic-disorder/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/recovery-body-dysmorphic-disorder/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Jan 2011 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a type of severe anxiety in which people are extremely obsessed with their physical appearance, so much so that they fixate on tiny or nonexistent defects, unhappy even if those traits are surgically altered. A new study of those with moderate BDD finds that through therapy and counseling, recovery outcomes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exploring Resilience through Personality Type</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/resilience-positive-attitude-military-cancer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/resilience-positive-attitude-military-cancer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 16:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary One of 2010’s psychology and therapy buzzwords was “resilience.” Resilience is the ability to naturally get through difficult situations with a lesser degree of psychological baggage than others. In 2011, counselors and researchers alike will continue to explore traits and experiences that foster resilience. From there, we’ll likely see these elements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Unintended Consequences of a Positive Compliment</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/compliments-girls-body-image/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/compliments-girls-body-image/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 21:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7639</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The number of youth, especially young women, whose body image issues lead to eating disorders and the need for therapy or counseling is staggering. Hoping to offset the skinny-obsessed influence of pop culture, many parents make a point of reinforcing their daughters with positive praise. Yet, there may be a downside. “A child who hears [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Body Shame: The Far End of Negative Body Image</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-shame-self-esteem-media-psychology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/body-image-shame-self-esteem-media-psychology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Dec 2010 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7577</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Negative body image can be the result of many factors: external criticism, media standards, feelings of failure in other areas of life, social isolation &#8211; the list goes on. But when a therapist or counselor works with patients who have poor self-image esteem, some of those patients experience this negative self-image [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Females and Males Handle Adolescent Turbulence Differently</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/adolescent-issues-girls-boys-psychology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/adolescent-issues-girls-boys-psychology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 08:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s a cliché to say so, but too often we forget: everyone is different. We respond to stresses in different ways and bring different personal histories to everything we encounter. Even in something as seemingly-universal as teenage angst, there’s plenty of variation. For one thing, the social bonds that girls form are usually different from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eating Disorders and Kids: Statistics Show How Little We Know</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/youth-eating-disorders-obesity-obsession-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/youth-eating-disorders-obesity-obsession-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 16:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7479</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary When you picture a young person with an eating disorder, who do you picture? “Caucasian, well-off females” are a common presumption, according to the authors of a new report in the American Academy of Pediatrics’ journal, Pediatrics. People of color, boys, and kids of younger and younger ages are also affected, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Perception of Body Weight Matters More than Numbers</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-perception-body-image-psychology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-perception-body-image-psychology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 21:00:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7463</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Eating disorders and unhealthy weight-related behaviors are complex: they’re physical, psychological, and emotional, all wrapped up into one. It’s an issue that’s addressed both by therapists or counselors and by medical professionals and doctors. Previous research has found that people’s perceptions of their weight has a greater impact on their attitude toward eating and exercising [...]]]></description>
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