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	<title>Blogging on Good Therapy &#187; Acceptance and Commitment Therapy</title>
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		<title>Using Self-Compassion to Defend Against Learned Helplessness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After having worked in a residential treatment facility for abused and neglected girls for 8 years, I observed that the phenomenon of learned helplessness had become an all-to-common denominator for these children. It was very rare that an abused child was placed with us for a single incident of abuse. By the time these children [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Internet Therapy Helps Individuals with Tinnitus</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tinnitus is a disabling condition that causes an individual to perceive sounds that are not present. Over 10% of the population suffers with this condition, with nearly 2% of the entire population struggling with tinnitus in the extremely distressing ranges. People in this category have symptoms similar to those who struggle with chronic pain or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Problem-Solving Becomes a Problem</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/problem-solving-becomes-problematic-1121114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:52:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Acceptance and Commitment Therapy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many people come to therapy wanting to know why they have certain problems. They’ve been struggling with this problem for a long time and they want to understand why, because if they could just figure out the cause of the problem, they might be able to solve it. They might say something along the lines [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance and Commitment Therapy Reduces Shame in Substance Users</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/acceptance-commitment-therapy-reduces-substance-user-shame-1108111/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shame is an emotion that is exhibited by many people with addictions and substance use issues. “Shame is also the emotional core of self-stigma, which has been associated with treatment-seeking delays, treatment dropout, and poorer social functioning,” said Jason B. Luoma, of the Portland Psychotherapy Clinic, Research, and Training Center in Portland, Oregon. “Shame has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Disruption of Dirty Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:24:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nobody likes pain. It makes sense that we make every attempt to avoid it or make it go away. That’s just part of being human. But why do some humans seem to have less of it than others? There are two types of pain: clean pain and dirty pain. We don’t have a whole lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can Therapy Affect the Brain?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What does therapy actually do? How does it work? Does anyone really ever change? The field of neuroscience has exploded in recent years, revealing a number of findings about the human brain; how it develops, how it operates, and how it changes. Neuroplasticity explains that the brain is not a rigid organ, but is malleable, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Right, You&#8217;re Wrong</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/im-right-youre-wrong-relationships/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/im-right-youre-wrong-relationships/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 16:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=9482</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s a classic. Of all the themes in the history of relational strife, the I’m Right, You’re Wrong story is by far the most common. And like many things common, we often take it for granted or overlook the magnitude of its influence. When couples enter into therapy together, it may be a hidden goal [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Workability: Beyond True or False</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/workability-acceptance-commitment-therapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/workability-acceptance-commitment-therapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jun 2011 16:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the cornerstones of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is the concept of workability. The aim of ACT is for our clients to create a rich, meaningful, and vibrant life. Workability is how we determine whether a client’s behaviors are serving that end. Usually, people know when their behaviors are not working for them, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Thing That Once Was a Refrigerator</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/acceptance-commitment-therapy-functional-contextualism/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/acceptance-commitment-therapy-functional-contextualism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 21:45:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JiovannCarrasco</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was a youngster, about eight years old, I played hide and seek with some of the neighborhood kids. As I fervently and keenly scanned for a good hiding place I happened upon a broken down and rusted refrigerator in an old man’s yard. It was the perfect size so I quickly hopped inside [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is Mindfulness? What is &#8220;Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction&#8221;?</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mindfulness-based-stress-reduction-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2010 16:12:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ReneeBurgard</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is “mindfulness?” “Mindfulness is: paying attention, on purpose, in a particular way, in the present moment, with non-judging awareness.” Jon Kabat-Zinn “Mindfulness is being aware of what we’re doing while we’re doing it.” &#8220;The root [of mindfulness] is experiencing the itch as well as the urge to scratch, and then not acting it out.&#8221; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Acceptance &amp; Commitment Therapy, Kids, and Chronic Pain</title>
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		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/acceptance-commitment-therapy-kids-chronic-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Update Chronic physical pain with no known source is a problem that affects millions of Americans, wreaking havoc on professional and personal lives and in many cases, paving the way to depression. It seems unfortunate that those who suffer from chronic pain must do so without understanding why they hurt, nor how [...]]]></description>
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