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	<title>Blogging on Good Therapy &#187; Fear</title>
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		<title>Why Victims Don’t Acknowledge Stalking</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/victims-dont-acknowledge-stalking-0131122/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 23:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acknowledgement of victimization is the first step on the road to recovery. Yet many individuals who are victims of stalking don’t ever acknowledge that they have been victimized. Although there is much research examining this phenomenon in sexual assaults, little research has been devoted to the psychological ramifications of unacknowledged victims of stalking. To address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Love in</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/taking-love-in-0113125/</link>
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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<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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		<category><![CDATA[Relationships & Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trust Issues]]></category>

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		<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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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Contemplating the New Year</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/contemplating-new-year-0103125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/contemplating-new-year-0103125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 22:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerCleary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This post is made up of the flotsam and jetsam that have been washing around in the ocean of my mind, waiting to be shared. May it be of benefit to you. New Year’s resolutions don’t often work because we need to be at a certain stage of readiness to make real change. But we [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>Helping Shy Children in the Classroom</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/helping-shy-children-academically-1208112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/helping-shy-children-academically-1208112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 22:50:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Academic Concerns]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Anxiety / Phobia]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10960</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Shy children may be at a disadvantage in the classroom, in part due to their shyness, but also as a result of how they are perceived by their teachers. “Teachers’ attitudes and beliefs directly and indirectly influence children’s social, emotional, and academic development,” said Robert J. Coplan of the Department of Psychology at Carleton University, [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Criticism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Issues]]></category>

		<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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		<title>How to Help your Child Deal with Bullies</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/deal-with-bullies-1130114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/deal-with-bullies-1130114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:30:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JeffreyGallup</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aggression & Violence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></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=10855</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How do we equip our children with the skills to deal with bullies and the people who are going to try and make their lives difficult? Victims of bullying feel hurt, alone, scared, fearful, depressed, and they become desperate for help. Often, children end up in counseling because they have been bullied and they finally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Self-Defense Programs Help Sexual Assault Survivors</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-defense-programs-help-sexual-assault-survivors-1118112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-defense-programs-help-sexual-assault-survivors-1118112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Helplessness/Victimhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexual Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10788</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sexual assault can significantly change how a woman lives her life. Many women who have been sexually assaulted look for methods of protection in order to avoid being victimized again. Some purchase guns, tasers or mace. Others acquire dogs for protection. And many women enroll in modern self-defense training (MSDT) classes in order to gain [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Willingness to See Things Differently May Decrease Anxiety</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/willingness-to-see-things-differently-may-decrease-anxiety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/willingness-to-see-things-differently-may-decrease-anxiety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 17:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Behavioral Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10452</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[: People who struggle with anxiety tend to feel more threatened and fearful than others. In clinical studies, threat and neutral stimuli are used to determine the attentional bias of participants with anxiety and it has been found that those who perceive the stimuli as more threatening are often the same individuals with the greatest [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>13</slash:comments>
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		<title>Does Physical Hand Washing Affect Risk Taking Behavior?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hand-washing-risk-taking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/hand-washing-risk-taking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:55:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9609</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Superstitious people believe the physical act of touching a good luck charm can elicit luck and think that physical cleansing can remove bad luck. However, researchers from the University of Toronto, the University of Michigan, and the University of California, Riverside, wanted to determine if superstitious people would take more or less risk as a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Are Fearful Toddlers at Risk for Anxiety Issues?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/fearful-toddlers-anxiety/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/fearful-toddlers-anxiety/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 17:00:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9568</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Most young children experience anxiety or fear in uncomfortable situations. Almost all kindergartners are a little apprehensive on their first day of school. But Kristin Buss, of Penn State University, wanted to see if these fearful behaviors were a precursor for future anxiety issues. She said, “The exact mechanisms by which individual differences in fearful [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>14</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Fear of Hurting the Other and the Inhibition of Self</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/fear-hurting-others-self-inhibition/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/fear-hurting-others-self-inhibition/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 18:53:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BeverlyAmsel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family of Origin Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Individuation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shame and Guilt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9409</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even when it is unintended, some people find it intolerable to hurt someone they love. To experience hurting the other can create shame, guilt and strong “I am a bad person” feelings. As a result, we may avoid saying what is on our mind and put aside our own feelings and needs. This inhibiting of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Now What? All Graduated and No Place to Go</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/college-graduate-future-plans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/college-graduate-future-plans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jul 2011 19:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ColleenBurkeSivers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Career Counseling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Young Adult Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9387</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to all of you college grads out there! You made it through four or more years of cramming for tests, writing papers, late nights studying (and other late night activities), hangovers, morning classes, dining hall food or top ramen and boxed macaroni and cheese. You also had a lot of unforgettable experiences, made lifetime friends, learned [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</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>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></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>Negative Emotions May Improve Memory</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/negative-emotions-improve-memory/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/negative-emotions-improve-memory/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science of Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8778</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Undergraduate students at the Washington University in St. Louis were given memory tests to determine the effects of negative emotions have on recall and retention. Bridgid Finn, Ph.D., postdoctoral researcher in psychology in Arts &#38; Sciences, said, “Memory is labile and dynamic – after you retrieve something, you’re still engaged in processing that information in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Play and Your Health: Play to Create Success at Work</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/play-therapy-work-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/play-therapy-work-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:42:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAliceLong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Creative Blocks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health / Illness / Medical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Play Therapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8779</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What are your basic needs? Do any of your basic needs fit into the categories of better health and conquering specific fears? Do health issues or your fears hold you back from living fully and contributing in the way you would like to? What can you do to help yourself? Discover your own unique ways [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Part II: (Don&#8217;t) Keep Coming Back</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/alcoholic-family-members-alanon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/alcoholic-family-members-alanon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 01:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DarrenHaber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addictions & Compulsions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug & Alcohol Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shame and Guilt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8590</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thanks again to those who responded to my last article on why some partners or loved ones (POLOs) of those struggling with addiction/alcoholism may be reluctant to attend Al-anon. I’ll sum up the answers into 4 categories, based on public and private (i.e., emails to me) responses to the article: 1. Denial. For a POLO [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>21</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Cruelty Conundrum</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/cruelty-conundrum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/cruelty-conundrum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 May 2011 17:58:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FeliceBlock</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Adlerian Psychology / Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8566</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Why do people we care for sometimes engage in cruel behavior? What can we do about it? Alfred Adler believed the ultimate goal for all human beings is to belong and feel connected to others. Unfortunately, when a person doesn&#8217;t find connection with others through kindness and good deeds, they become discouraged and feel inferior [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Feedback Challenges</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/feedback-challenges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/feedback-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 21:49:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cedar</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ethics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Right Use of Power]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Shame and Guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Workplace Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8494</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I enjoy reading the responses to my articles. Responses to the most recent one of Feedback: The Single Most Important Skill, focused on the complexity of giving and receiving feedback. I want to now add a few comments to those responses. Here are some challenges I have named related to using feedback. A. A Fear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part I: Making Friends with Feelings</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/five-kinds-feelings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/five-kinds-feelings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 00:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarenKochenburg</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abandonment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Inadequacy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8464</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a therapist, I talk about feelings a lot. Building a good relationship with one’s emotions can be incredibly helpful for increasing self-confidence and peace of mind. This can be daunting to many people—some feelings seem so big and overwhelming it can be scary to acknowledge them and actually spend time with them. The idea [...]]]></description>
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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>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Control Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women's Issues]]></category>

		<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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		<title>Saying No to the “Disease”</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/alcoholism-label-disease-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/alcoholism-label-disease-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Apr 2011 17:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DarrenHaber</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addictions & Compulsions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drug & Alcohol Addiction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shame and Guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Non-Pathological Model]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8282</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, once again it’s my readers who are instructing me just as much as (if not more than) the other way around. Thanks to all who take the time to read and comment on my blog articles. Your feedback is much appreciated. Based on the verbal and written feedback I’ve gotten on my last post, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Do I Say?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/visiting-friend-cancer-treatment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/visiting-friend-cancer-treatment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NormaLee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8238</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“Dave” is a 72 year old man who recently found out that his friend “Carl” has colon cancer. Carl had surgery and ended up with a colostomy. His prognosis was not very good.  Dave went to see him in the hospital.  Carl didn’t look so good, but Dave wasn’t about to tell him that.  “You [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Things You Can Do in Overcoming Sex Addiction</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/overcome-sex-pornography-addiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/overcome-sex-pornography-addiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2011 18:41:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JanieLacy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addictions & Compulsions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isolation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Love]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sex Addiction]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8175</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“I’ve tried so many times and so many different ways, what is the point of trying anymore?” “I am too ashamed, what will others think if I admit this?” “Is there really a way to overcome this, it feels like too much?” These are just a few of the statements I repeatedly hear from individuals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jung &amp; Play: Re-writing Your Myth</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/jung-writing-personal-myth/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/jung-writing-personal-myth/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:19:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAliceLong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jungian Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8021</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Without playing with fantasy, no creative work has ever yet come to birth. The debt we owe to the play of imagination if incalculable. -C.G. Jung Jung wrote about the need for finding and living our myth, our story, as he grew older, he wrote his most important works and found his own unique ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Panic Attacks</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/panic-attack-perceived-danger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/panic-attack-perceived-danger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 19:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SusanneMDillmann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panic]]></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=7952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since many survivors of a traumatic life event(s) experience the grip of panic attacks, I want to focus on demystifying these sometimes painful and often frightening experiences. While it may seem that there is no benefit from a panic attack, in its essence, a panic attack is an attempt by your body and mind to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Generosity</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/paramitas-generosity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/paramitas-generosity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 01:07:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerCleary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7909</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My meditation class is exploring the six Paramitas, or perfections, the path of the Bodhisattva (one who vows to liberate all beings from suffering). It is simpler than it sounds. In truth, it is the path to happiness, and any one of us can follow it. In the months to come I will write posts [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do We Have to Do This Over and Over? Exploring the Roots of Prejudice</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/exploring-roots-prejudice/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/exploring-roots-prejudice/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>judithbarr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aggression & Violence]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Power: Healing to the Root]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7901</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether we know it or not . . . whether we want to know it or not . . . we all have currents of prejudice within our psyches. Although many think of their prejudices as simply “the truth,” others realize that there are some major roots to our prejudice . . . roots that need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychotherapy and Science Go Hand in Hand</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/connections-between-psychotherapy-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/connections-between-psychotherapy-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 16:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7868</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary A good therapist wouldn’t treat his or her clients like a science project. Though there is a scientific basis for how brain chemistry and feelings correspond, we don’t experience our world through chemicals. We experience it through pain and sadness, joy, and relief. These are the mediums that the psychotherapist works [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Was an Artist</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/santa-artist-creative-blocks-art-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/santa-artist-creative-blocks-art-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 21:40:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BarbaraMosinski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Therapy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7536</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa Claus lived long ago in a far away land, far from the United States, in the hills of Bavaria before Thomas Nast drew the first caricature of a rollie-pollie man who evolved into the one depicted in advertisements today. Santa was an original Bohemian, you might say. He was well known in his community [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Restoring Marital Balance: Knowledge is Power</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/chronic-illness-marriage-power-communication/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/chronic-illness-marriage-power-communication/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>HelenaMadsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chronic Illness / Disability]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7496</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Before you got sick, was there a better balance of power in your marriage? Did you feel more like an equal to your spouse? Did you have greater confidence? Before you got sick are the operative words here. Since then, I’m guessing the balance of power has shifted in your relationship. Perhaps you’re no longer able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Sexual Anorexia</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sexual-anorexia-addiction-abuse-shame-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sexual-anorexia-addiction-abuse-shame-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CarolineFrost</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7356</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent interest in sexual addiction has drawn attention to a variation called Sexual Anorexia.  Also called sexual “acting in,” sexual anorexia is characterized by a severe aversion sexual contact and the obsessive avoidance of sex. Other signs of sexual anorexia include: -shame and loathing after sex -rigid, judgmental attitudes about sex -excessive fear about sexually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recession&#8217;s Psychological Fallout Isn&#8217;t Limited to the Unemployed</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/recession-mental-health-guilt-unemployment-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/recession-mental-health-guilt-unemployment-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Psychologists and therapists nationwide, especially those who specialize in work-related counseling, report employee stress levels that are higher than any time in the past several decades. The mental health consequences of a fragile economy are significant. Often, those whose jobs have been cut are the focus of the recession-mental health discussion, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>3 Ways to Help the Sex Addict&#8217;s Spouse</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sex-addict-spouse-relationship-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sex-addict-spouse-relationship-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:52:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JanieLacy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abandonment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7313</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So often when the topic of Sexual Addiction comes up, the primary focus is on the sex addict, the symptoms and causes of sex addiction, and the journey to freedom from sexual addiction.  While this is certainly a much needed focal point, something very important often gets overlooked and that is the effect sexual betrayal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How Does Co-dependency Affect Us as Adults?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/codependency-adult-relationships-dysfunction-family-addict/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/codependency-adult-relationships-dysfunction-family-addict/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 19:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JoyceMcleodHenley</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Codependency]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Inadequacy]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7186</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[How does growing up in a dysfunctional family affect us as adults? The same behaviors and beliefs that we thought enabled us to survive as children cause us a myriad of problems in adulthood. These are so ingrained and automatic that we do them without even realizing it. Changing any of these behaviors provokes anxiety [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Perceived Life Threat Triggers Long-Term Psychological Distress</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/post-traumatic-stress-perceived-threat-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/post-traumatic-stress-perceived-threat-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 21:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></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=7150</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We know that post-traumatic stress and other long-term psychological distress can arise when people live through a profound and direct trauma such as an attack or injury. But new research shows that just perceiving a life threat, even if distanced from immediate danger, has long-term consequences, too. Of 1,500 Swedish residents who were within the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anniversary of September 11</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/september-11-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/september-11-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:01:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7136</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As I sit here in my upstate NY cottage on a chilly late summer morning, I am suddenly aware that today is the anniversary of 9/11. It has been floating in and out of my consciousness lately, mostly due to the controversy in the news about the proposed Islamic Center on the site and of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding How Angry Emotions Lead To Behavior</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anger-excitement-association-psychology/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/anger-excitement-association-psychology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 16:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7043</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary Few would argue against classifying anger and fear as negative emotions, or against classifying excitement as a positive one. But new research shows that, in some ways, anger has more in common with excitement than it has in common with fear. Researchers at Boston College wanted to explore how emotions alter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Study Finds Lots of Family Support Among Elderly Ethnic Groups May Increase Fear of Dying</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/elderly-fear-of-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/elderly-fear-of-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging & Geriatric Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Typically, people tend to expect that as family support and care availability increases, quality of life acceptance of the inevitability of death should also rise. Yet this idea has been challenged by a new study published in the Postgraduate Medical Journal. The study examined the self-reported quality of life and fear of dying among both [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to Understand the Quake’s Impact on Haiti</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/trauma-earthquake-haiti/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/trauma-earthquake-haiti/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SusanneMDillmann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6104</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our human relationship with nature is somewhat of an enigma; it seems impossible to decipher whose impact is greater. We are able to tame and sculpt nature, altering it to match our needs. We shift the course of gigantic rivers, upbraid forests and transform arid prairies into green metropolises. Our behaviors deplete the ozone, impact [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Phobias</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-treatment-phobias/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-treatment-phobias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:19:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>EvelynGoodman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agoraphobia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Phobias]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Anxiety / Phobia]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6036</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Phobias and avoidant behaviors are often a byproduct of panic attacks and high anxiety states. For example, if you have a panic attack while driving in traffic youmay want to avoid driving in traffic in the future. The two situations have become linked in your mind and just thinking about doing it can bring on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fear of H1N1 Flu May Spark Anxiety Among Students</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/fear-of-h1n1-flu-may-spark-anxiety-among-students/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/fear-of-h1n1-flu-may-spark-anxiety-among-students/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 21:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5684</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The symptoms of the so-called “Swine Flu” have been amply detailed among various media in recent months and weeks, but anxiety isn&#8217;t typically listed. However, many students may be feeling anxious about their chances of contracting the virus, and about what effects absenteeism might have on their grades and other measures of performance. Recently,a counselor [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare Reform&#8230; Blinded by Fear</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/healthcare-reform-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/healthcare-reform-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:26:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>judithbarr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5229</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So much is being said and felt about healthcare reform. But do we know if our fears surrounding the issue of healthcare reform are from the here-and-now, or from once-upon-a-time long, long ago? As a psychotherapist I see how often our ancient terrors are enmeshed with our current fears, such that the fear we feel [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ongoing Research Uses Computational Brain Models to Study Fear</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ongoing-research-uses-computational-brain-models-to-study-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ongoing-research-uses-computational-brain-models-to-study-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 21:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=4827</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Typically, studies examining the precise functioning of the brain are lengthy and expensive, given the need to use advanced MRI equipment and recruit patient participants. But a student at the University of Missouri is proving that such studies can extract meaningful data from computational models, making research both easier and more affordable. Computer and electrical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money and the Inner Child</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/money-and-the-inner-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/money-and-the-inner-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 22:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahjenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Child & Adolescent Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family of Origin Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3485</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have, until now, chosen not to write about peoples’ present fears sounding money. I am making a conscious decision not to hook into the energy of fear surrounding it. Yet, over and over, ironically, it keeps coming up like a bad penny. Certainly, it isn’t the first time that I have had so many [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Smell of Fear, More than a Metaphor</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-smell-of-fear/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-smell-of-fear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2009 21:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=3020</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Update It has been said in a number of mediums –though most of them haven&#8217;t been too exactly academic&#8211; that you can smell another person&#8217;s fear. Though the idea that we can sense when other people is afraid is not at all a new concept and has a firm foundation in cognitive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bring Back the Spark in Your Relationship</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/relationship-spark/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/relationship-spark/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Feb 2009 04:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MonaBarbera</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships & Marriage]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1579</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You may have a good relationship – but miss the spark that was once there. Maybe job, kids, or financial stress has come between you, or you’ve settled into a routine. You can do a lot to get the spark back. First of all, resolve to look at your part of it. Try an experiment, [...]]]></description>
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