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	<title>Blogging on Good Therapy &#187; Spirituality</title>
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		<title>Mindfulness Regression Sex Therapy For Individuals and Couples</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MouWilson</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[From sex and relationships, to confusion about career and life choices, to those persistent and pesky maladies of the mind like anxiety and depression, past-life regression therapy can heal the mind and body. Past-life regression is a form of therapy commonly known as hypnotherapy. But hypnotherapy, in my opinion, is just a term for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Benefits of Expressive Arts Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 21:12:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DouglasMitchell</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Expressive Arts Therapy bridges the gap between the conscious and the unconscious. It can bring light to areas of therapy that are blocked, inhibited, and stuck, as well as bringing greater focus to those areas of concern. The primary focus is on the process, which allows the client to discover new insight and meaning that [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Discussing Spirituality in Therapy May Be Appropriate</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/discussing-spirituality-in-therapy-0105112/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/discussing-spirituality-in-therapy-0105112/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 23:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The majority of Americans believe in a higher power or God. Eighty percent of people living in the United States are affiliated with a structured form of religion, and the majority of those people consider their faith a significant aspect of their lives. “Thus, religion is likely to impact the lives of many counseling and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving Suffering</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/surviving-suffering-1229116/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/surviving-suffering-1229116/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 00:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last month, one of my readers felt shortchanged by my article on suffering. Not to be defensive about it, but the editors changed my original title [Ed. note: "Suffering" was the original title of November's article]. Nevertheless, perhaps it would be worthwhile to give my suggestions on how to survive painful and difficult periods in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>9</slash:comments>
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		<title>Resiliency in Men Raised in Abusive Homes</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/resiliency-in-men-raised-in-abusive-homes-1229111/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/resiliency-in-men-raised-in-abusive-homes-1229111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Domestic Violence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Estimates from the U.S. Department of Justice indicate between 21% and 38% of households with partner violence had children under the age of 12 years living in the home and, among urban households, 60% of children witnessed the violence,” said Gerald Gonzales of the Department of Counseling Psychology &#38; Human Services at the University of [...]]]></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>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
		<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>Part I: Source Energy Optimizes Life &#8211; Finding Source Energy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/finding-source-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/finding-source-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelpicucci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Focalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Somatic Experiencing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10917</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Part One: Finding Source Energy In 1983, when diagnosed with a rare, deadly cancer, I sought the assistance of spiritual healer, Barbara Ann Brennan.  She realigned my energy fields which seemingly helped put my cancer into remission, much to the surprise of my oncologist.  It was the beginning of my understanding of Source Energy. Whether [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on Suffering</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reflections-on-suffering-1129114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reflections-on-suffering-1129114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:30:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cultural & Social Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10852</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Confession: I often get take-out from Whole Foods Market, which is just a short walk from my New York City apartment. Mostly it’s because I’m tired or lazy or haven’t been organized enough to stock my refrigerator. Anyway, this is not an article about Whole Foods; it’s about suffering, or what I imagined to be [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>How to Reconcile Religious and Spiritual Differences with Your Partner</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/couples-reconcile-religious-spiritual-differences-1031114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/couples-reconcile-religious-spiritual-differences-1031114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 20:08:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10594</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Every so often I will be treating a couple, one of whom says that the other doesn’t care about religion or spiritual matters. The complainant may cite a lack of support for his or her spiritual or religious activities. Sometimes the partner resents the time devoted to religious/spiritual pursuits.  Sometimes one or the other person [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ancestor Healing Work in a Season of Change</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ancestor-healing-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ancestor-healing-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 02:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10231</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I took a break from writing my monthly article this past summer because I thought I was running out of things to write about. I also knew that it was going to be a tumultuous time for me, and I wanted to be fully in the experience and not have to be concerned about deadlines. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Wisdom Of Awareness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/wisdom-happiness-awareness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/wisdom-happiness-awareness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerCleary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10069</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The final paramita, or practice leading to happiness, is Prajna, or Wisdom. This is not the wisdom that comes with age or long study. This is the wisdom of seeing what is actually happening in any given moment. This is discriminating awareness, which can tell the difference between our imagined storylines about what is going [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Psychotherapy and the &#8220;Middle Way&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-middle-way/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-middle-way/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BethPatterson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: For those Considering or Exploring]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10016</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When I hear the clients in my psychotherapy and grief counseling practice talk in black and white terms, or view their options in terms of extremes, I am reminded of the Buddhist concept of the Middle Way. When the Buddha was asked how one should meditate, he responded, &#8220;not too tight, not too loose.&#8221; He [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Reward of Patience</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/paramita-patience/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/paramita-patience/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 00:44:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerCleary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Worry]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This month our Paramita, or practice on the path towards happiness, is Patience. The practice of patience involves a shift in our perspective. Buddhist teacher Sylvia Boorstein says patience “…remains present as long as the mind remembers that things end…when their conditioning causes end&#8230;” Conditioning causes are the elements that are coming together in this [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Wholeness of Grief</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/grief-loss-child-yoga-chanting/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/grief-loss-child-yoga-chanting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 23:57:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KarlaHelbert</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When he was three months old, my firstborn child was diagnosed with a choroid plexus carcinoma, a rare, aggressive brain tumor that grows on the structure inside the brain that makes cerebral spinal fluid. Two weeks after the initial resection of the tumor, and two more subsequent surgeries to drain fluid from his brain, he [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Family and Loss &#8211; In It Together</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-death-grief-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/family-death-grief-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Mar 2011 00:44:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JohnMigueis</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication Problems]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8240</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I facilitate a Family Issues and Loss group for adults. What I find interesting is how one topic almost always spills into the other. When a family loses a member they are not only faced with having to cope with the absence of that person, they must also struggle with fulfilling that person&#8217;s role(s). Failure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Courage, Acceptance, &amp; Becoming a Domestic Dad</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/early-fatherhood-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/early-fatherhood-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BlakeEdwards</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Control Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Men's Issues]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Their screaming and whining has got to stop.” My back and shoulders feel like dead weight. It’s as if my emotions have dried up inside of me. Then, quickly, they flow in like a tide, then burst upward over the stiff walls and spill over and out of me like molten volcanic magma. Toddlers, tantrums, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical Discipline</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ethical-discipline-paramitas-buddhism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ethical-discipline-paramitas-buddhism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerCleary</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aggression & Violence]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To continue with the theme of the Paramitas from last month, when we began with Generosity, we will look at the practice of Ethics or Morality (Shila in Pali), sometimes referred to as Discipline. Many of us have a negative response to the words Morality and Discipline (and possibly Ethics). It can sound like something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part II: Voice Dialogue and Healing the Inner Scapegoat &#8211; A Transpersonal Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/voice-dialogue-transpersonal-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/voice-dialogue-transpersonal-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:22:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FrancescaStarr</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the fourth in a series of articles on the Scapegoat and how Voice Dialogue can help heal this ancient phenomenon that continues to occur within all human communities and within certain sensitive and susceptible individuals. The first two articles explored the Shadow, the phenomenon called projection, and the history of the Scapegoat in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Appropriate Conversations about Spirituality in Counseling</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/appropriate-conversations-counseling-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/appropriate-conversations-counseling-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A client of mine who is currently “taking a break” for financial and other reasons wrote me an email letting me know that part of the reason for his decision was that he did not feel that our discussions about spirituality were a productive use of his time. Coincidently, we were at the point where [...]]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Attachment]]></category>
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		<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>Animals &amp; Psyche</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/animals-psyche-jung/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/animals-psyche-jung/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAliceLong</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7821</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Anima(ls) meaning breath….soul By encouraging the soul’s interest in animals, we can embrace what animals have: resilience, pleasure, and a link to the elemental forms that sustain and renew us all. -Neil Russack, MD Most of us have encountered animals as pets, wild creatures, or dream animals. Connecting with animals often helps us break through [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spiritual Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/spiritual-bankruptcy-depression/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/spiritual-bankruptcy-depression/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The term “spiritual bankruptcy” is a word used in the rooms of 12 step programs to characterize addicts who have lost their connection to “higher power.” One dictionary definition describes spiritual bankruptcy as “a state of complete lack of some abstract property.” As we begin the year, I’ve been pondering what I believe “spiritual bankruptcy” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Recovering from Holiday Stress</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/recovering-from-holiday-stress-laughter-mindfulness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/recovering-from-holiday-stress-laughter-mindfulness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Jan 2011 22:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>RachelStein</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Stress and the holidays seem to go hand-in-hand. Whether it’s the financial pressures of the season, encounters with family, loneliness at this time of year, or reminders of the past, the holidays seem to bring on an onslaught of stress. More people visit the dentist during the holidays, because they’re clenching their jaws and cracking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Religion and Mental Health: Addressing Eating Disorders Among Orthodox Jews</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-orthodox-jews/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eating-disorders-orthodox-jews/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Dec 2010 21:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7613</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting treatment for an eating disorder often requires the joint care of a therapist or counselor as well as a medical physician, if the disorder has progressed enough to cause bodily harm. But among some communities, acknowledging eating disorders (and mental health concerns in general) is difficult to do. The Orthodox Jewish community is one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movie Stars and Veterans on Meditation, Abuse Victims on Prayer</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ptsd-abuse-trauma-prayer-meditation-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ptsd-abuse-trauma-prayer-meditation-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 16:00:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The experiences of abuse survivors and combat veterans have much in common: fear, danger, violence, uncertainty, and trauma. These two groups of people experience high rates of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression even after they’re safely out of harm’s way. So learning how to deal with the memories on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurturing Yourself during the Holidaze</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-care-holidays-eating-disorder-womens-issues-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/self-care-holidays-eating-disorder-womens-issues-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 21:11:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ondinanandinehatvany</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7598</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Holidaze is not a misspelling. I use it because it is so indicative of what the holidays can feel like—a holy daze! As we run around buying gifts and preparing our foods and celebrations, it is so easy to forget ourselves and go far beyond our limits. When the gift opening or the meal or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections on the End of a Year; The End of a Decade</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reflection-decade-spirituality-life-transition-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/reflection-decade-spirituality-life-transition-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:55:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7587</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As the year draws to a close, I find myself reminiscing about the end of 2010 and the end of the first decade of the 21st century. For me, the year feels like it has gone by quickly. I know that in reality one year is the same as the next in terms of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Final Phase of Healing</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/final-phase-healing-trauma-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/final-phase-healing-trauma-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:44:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SusanneMDillmann</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The second phase of healing (remembering and mourning) comes to a close when you have come to terms with the traumatic experiences; when they truly are non-intrusive memories of events that happened in the past. Growing out of the second phase of healing enables you to apply the energy and emotional stamina, which went into [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nurturing the Nurturer: Tips for New/Seasoned Moms on Banishing Holiday Stress</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/post-partum-depression-holiday-season-self-care-resources/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/post-partum-depression-holiday-season-self-care-resources/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AndreaSchneider</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7526</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are swiftly upon us, and for many, it is a season of joy, anticipation, family and friends, decorations, and memories in the making. For the woman experiencing postpartum challenges, however, the holidays can add an additional layer of stress to excavate oneself out of. Women who are grappling with a PMAD (the clinical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In-Depth Map for Three of the Eight SUCCESS LOVE NOW Steps</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/success-love-now-gratitude-purpose-surrender-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/success-love-now-gratitude-purpose-surrender-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Dec 2010 17:04:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurieMoore</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Success Love Now is an eight step process I created for people who wish to achieve goals while awakening into deeper states of love, joy and peace. Running to achieve a goal can become stressful for clients. Aiming to find peace in meditation outside of goals can feel removed from real life. Many people wish [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronic Illness and the Family</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/chronic-illness-family-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/chronic-illness-family-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:13:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LynneSilvaBreen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It may be the idealized image of television shows, or perfect, ever-present pictures in advertising in newspapers and magazines, or just the plan hopefulness with which we all start our families. But most of us don’t plan to include chronic, life-long health problems in our family plan. Our bodies are quite amazing creations, able to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jungian Therapy—A Journey to Wholeness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/jungian-therapy-dream-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/jungian-therapy-dream-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Nov 2010 20:43:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAliceLong</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Dream Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, I participated in an exciting Jungian-based conference in Charlotte, North Carolina. Given the depth of the presentations at the conference, I would like to provide you with a description of two gifts we received while attending, Muriel McMahon and Robert Moss: Muriel McMahon Muriel McMahon is a Jungian analyst and Elder in the Algonkin, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I Love the Eleventh Step</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eleventh-step-twelve-step-program-spirituality-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/eleventh-step-twelve-step-program-spirituality-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Nov 2010 23:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7395</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Eleventh Step: We sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood God, praying only for knowledge of God’s will for us and the power to carry that out. I love the eleventh step. I actually love all the steps as originally stated in AA and adapted to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Part I: Voice Dialogue and Healing the Inner Scapegoat &#8211; A Transpersonal Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/voice-dialogue-psychotherapy-inner-scapegoat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/voice-dialogue-psychotherapy-inner-scapegoat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:17:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>FrancescaStarr</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Abuse / Survivors of Abuse]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Overwhelm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family of Origin Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healing Stories]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Identity Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Isolation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Shame and Guilt]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the third in a series of articles on the Scapegoat and how Voice Dialogue can help heal this ancient phenomenon that continues to occur within all human communities and within certain sensitive and susceptible individuals. The first two articles explored the Shadow, the phenomenon called projection, and the history of the Scapegoat in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Studying Tai Chi</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/tai-chi-spirituality-yoruba/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/tai-chi-spirituality-yoruba/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Oct 2010 22:27:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7271</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently started studying Tai Chi with a Sensei (Master) who’s almost 69 years old. He moves gracefully and powerfully and also looks great. I was sent to him by the Orishas, the divinities in my religion (Yoruba), whom I trust to guide me in directions that will benefit me. They did not tell me [...]]]></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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fear]]></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>Have Faith</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/faith-therapy-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/faith-therapy-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Aug 2010 20:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family of Origin Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Non-Pathological Model]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trust Issues]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[At times during the past decade in my Spiritual Psychotherapy practice, I’ve advised a skeptical patient to have faith in the process. This is usually in response to a question about how and when he/she will know whether or not the therapy is working. When I think of my response, it really is a paradox, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Stress-Reducing Qualities of Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/stress-spirituality-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/stress-spirituality-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 08:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6990</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For people who are religious, thinking about God can help them feel more calm and less distressed when things don’t go according to plan, says a new study. Researchers got people thinking about God-related ideas, then measured their brain patterns while they took a complicated computer test. Religious people showed a less-distressing response to their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>For The Physically Ailing, Relationships and Spirituality Go Hand in Hand</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/relationships-spirituality-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/relationships-spirituality-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6947</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hospitals are increasingly incorporating more than just medical care for patients who are ill or injured. Psychologists, counselors, and religious guides can all play a role in helping an individual maintain mental, emotional, and spiritual balance, even toward the end of life. A new study of spiritual care looks at both the number of people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and the Natural World</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/spirituality-natural-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/spirituality-natural-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:16:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6873</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A very spiritually oriented colleague recently asked me what I love to do. She had shared that she loved her work particularly as it related to being the container which held other peoples’ emotions. I replied that while I derived satisfaction from my work, the things I LOVED to do were: singing and dancing to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Offerings</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/offerings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/offerings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healing Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As a Yoruba Priest, I frequently make offerings to the Orishas (divine spirits who guide our lives) and my ancestors. The type of offerings varies, with the simplest being a white candle, glass of water, white flowers and a bowl of fruit on my ancestral altar. We Yoruba also make offerings we call “Ebo”. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spirit of Mother</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/spirit-of-mother/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/spirit-of-mother/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 May 2010 19:08:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As we approach Mother’s Day, a holiday designed to pay homage to our birth mothers and their mother’s and any other living relatives with the word “mother” in their titles, many people have conflicted feelings about the holiday itself and its obligations. Not everyone is eager to spend time, effort and money honoring this individual [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Psychotherapy: The View from the Edge</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-spiritual/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-spiritual/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 20:33:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LynnSchlossberger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6467</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The spiritual dimension can surface most unexpectedly. The change process seems to invite it. People come to therapy because they perceive, at some level, that something about their inner lives needs to change. This sense of impending change can be frightening and confusing. It may involve specific changes they are aware of, such as a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning It Over</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-spirituality-god/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-spirituality-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Apr 2010 20:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Addictions & Compulsions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6410</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This article is a meditation on the third step of Alcoholics Anonymous (and all other 12-step programs). The third step says: “We made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood him.” In some versions of the step I have come across, the step reads [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Character and Destiny</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/character-destiny/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/character-destiny/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6253</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In a recent New Yorker profile of the playwright and actor Sam Shepard written by John Lahr (The New Yorker, February 8, 2010), I came across a section that struck me deeply. Discussing one of his plays, “Starving Class,” which has as its theme the impossibility of retreating &#8220;…from their legacy of self destruction,&#8221; one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Do We Value Religion More As We Age?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychology-religion-age/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychology-religion-age/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging & Geriatric Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6124</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What prompted this article was something I read recently in AARP Magazine. (I guess I’m dating myself with that one!). “The older you are, the more likely you are to value religion, says a new Pew Research Center survey, ‘Growing Old in America.’ Do religious folks outlive their secular age-mates? Maybe. Earlier research indicates that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ecotherapy and Spirituality</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-ecotherapy-spirituality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-ecotherapy-spirituality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:10:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>LaurelVogel</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecotherapy / Nature Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=6081</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tu B&#8217;Shvat, a Jewish celebration of trees, begins the evening of January 29th, marking the time when the tree sap begins to rise in the region of the custom&#8217;s origin. During this time of appreciating and respecting life, celebrants eat tree fruit or nuts. If I was a Jewish celebrant, this evening after sunset I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spirituality and Therapy: Opening the Portal with Prayer</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapist-spirituality-prayer/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapist-spirituality-prayer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 16:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=5982</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past decade, as I began to practice spiritual psychotherapy as well as more traditional psychotherapy, I have worked with a number of clients who have expressed difficulties with prayer. Some don’t know whom to pray to; others don’t know how; and others report that they have tried it and their prayers were rarely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving Out From the Shadow of Trauma</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-healing-trauma/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/therapy-healing-trauma/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jan 2010 20:05:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SusanneMDillmann</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life Purpose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Healing from Trauma Part III Once you have grown through the first two phases of healing, you are able to more fully work on creating a life that you desire and a future that you wish to strive towards. The shackles of the traumatic experience begin to fall off and you enter a space where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Spirituality of Forgiveness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-spirituality-of-forgiveness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-spirituality-of-forgiveness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:17:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forgiveness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the unique features of my practice is my ability to assist patients who are comfortable using a range of religious and spiritual practices to achieve closure on unresolved conflicts and trauma. These include individuals who may have spent years uncovering the root causes of their suffering but who still are not at peace [...]]]></description>
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