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	<title>Blogging on Good Therapy &#187; Psychotherapy &amp; Spirituality</title>
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		<title>Letting Go of Our Fear of Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/letting-go-fear-of-loss-0201125/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:46:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family of Origin Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Many of us allow fear of loss to affect the way we live our lives, especially if our family of origin carries with it stories of loss. Letting go of this fear helps us enjoy the here and now.]]></description>
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		<title>Calming the Emotional Chaos of Grief</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/calming-emotional-chaos-grief-0130125/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/calming-emotional-chaos-grief-0130125/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 22:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NicoleUrdang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Divorce / Divorce Adjustment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Overwhelm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holistic Psychotherapy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Self-Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A death, divorce, illness, sudden unemployment, or any major loss, creates chaos in your life. This emotional fracturing, as well as the practical aftershocks of dealing with estates, lawyers, housing, finances, doctors, etc., often yields intense feelings that can be overwhelming. When you think you simply can’t assimilate another thing, it’s crucial to just stop. [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mindfulness Regression Sex Therapy For Individuals and Couples</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mindfulness-regression-sex-therapy-0125124/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/mindfulness-regression-sex-therapy-0125124/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:18:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MouWilson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Depression]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emotional Intelligence]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hypnotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Panic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Regression Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sexuality / Sex Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoga Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=11429</guid>
		<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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		<slash:comments>6</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>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Therapy News]]></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>Part I: Source Energy Optimizes Life &#8211; Finding Source Energy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/finding-source-energy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/finding-source-energy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Dec 2011 19:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>michaelpicucci</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Focalizing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Somatic Experiencing]]></category>
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		<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>How to Face Your Demons</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/face-your-demons-1103114/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/face-your-demons-1103114/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:20:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NicoleUrdang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holistic Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=10642</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment. &#8211; Eckhart Tolle If you are reading this, the demons haven&#8217;t won. Facing your demons is part of life. [...]]]></description>
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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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></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>Learn to Sit with Discomfort in Your Life</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sit-with-discomfort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/sit-with-discomfort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>NicoleUrdang</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holistic Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></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=9913</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a confession to make: I don’t believe you can feel happy 24/7, any more than you can feel anything every minute for your entire life. We are designed to feel a broad spectrum of emotions because, so far, they have kept us safe and helped perpetuate the human race. We all know how [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Creativity vs Shadow</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/creativity-shadow/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/creativity-shadow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 16:43:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BarbaraMosinski</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Art Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jungian Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Human Being of Therapy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8701</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently ordered Deepak and Gotham Chopra’s book, The Seven Spiritual Laws of Superheroes on my iPad. I haven’t been this excited to read something since I read Carl Jung’s book The Archetypes many years ago. Luckily my iPad can hold both books and more at about 2 lbs. Both books address the archetype of  [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</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>
		<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Contemplative Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mindfulness Based Approaches / Contemplative Approaches]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></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>Psyche’s Nature is Playful</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/jung-synchronicity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/jung-synchronicity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 22:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAliceLong</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dream Analysis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jungian Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Play Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8375</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“The Egyptians highly valued their animals, turning them into gods and goddesses” -Neil Russack, Animal Guides: in Life, Myth and Dreams Imagine a perch extending out of the waters of the Abyss. On it rests a grey heron, the herald of all things to come. It opens its beak and breaks the silence of the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</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>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health / Illness / Medical Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pregnancy & Birthing]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8258</guid>
		<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>Aromatherapy and Psychotherapy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/aromatherapy-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/aromatherapy-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>TraciStein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biofeedback / Neurofeedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cognitive Behavioral Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Complementary & Alternative Medicine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health / Illness / Medical Issues]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Stress]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8196</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Scents, Memories, and Emotions The use of pleasant aromas to enhance wellbeing dates back thousands of years. Fragrant oils were used in religious and other ceremonies in the Far East, as well as in ancient Egypt and Greece. Essential oils were extracted from herbs and flowers to create medicines and perfumes, to scent one’s home, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga for Eating and Body Concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/yoga-eating-disorders/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/yoga-eating-disorders/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 05:25:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DeborahKlinger</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body Image]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Body-Mind Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Different Side of Treatment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Eating & Food Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elements of Good Therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Follow the Heart]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Grief, Loss, & Bereavement]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Post Traumatic Stress / Trauma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self-Love]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=8125</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In addition to being a psychotherapist, I am a certified Phoenix Rising Yoga Therapy practitioner and a yoga instructor. I’ve long been interested not only in movement but in the role of body-oriented techniques in the process of psychological healing. This began when I was in my late twenties, long before I ever knew that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ethical Discipline</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/ethical-discipline-paramitas-buddhism/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:45:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KerCleary</dc:creator>
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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>Spiritual Bankruptcy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/spiritual-bankruptcy-depression/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 20:55:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>KalilaBorghini</dc:creator>
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		<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>Inner Imaginal Conversations</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/inner-imaginal-conversations-jungian-dream-analysis/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/inner-imaginal-conversations-jungian-dream-analysis/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Dec 2010 19:10:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>MaryAliceLong</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Indigenous peoples for thousands of years have considered dreams to be guides to their lives helping them in decision-making especially in regards to significant life events. Jung believed that dreams promote growth and individuation and that dreams are sources of informative and creative power. He believed that each person is able to explore their dreams [...]]]></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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		<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>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>
				<category><![CDATA[Anxiety]]></category>
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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>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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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7413</guid>
		<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>
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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>
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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>
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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>Sundays Well Spent: Will Shopping or Church Make Us Happier?</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/shopping-church-happiness-psychological-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/shopping-church-happiness-psychological-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/?p=7089</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study uses individual surveys, church attendance records, and changes in retail hours (to include or exclude Sunday mornings) to gauge whether attending church or spending the morning shopping makes people happier. The group most affected by expanded store hours was white women, and the study found that they were significantly happier if they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>APA Presentations Highlight Mindfulness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/apa-mindfulness-meditation-psychotherapy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Aug 2010 16:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Summary The annual convention of the American Psychological Association offers a notable collection of presentations and lectures, often from some of the leading names in psychology. This year, two particularly high-profile presenters at the APA Convention were Sir Michael Rutter, MD and Steven Hayes, Ph.D. Sir Rutter, who is widely published and [...]]]></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>
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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Spirituality]]></category>

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		<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>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Religious Issues]]></category>
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		<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>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>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
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		<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>You Always Hurt the One You Love</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/you-always-hurt-the-one-you-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/you-always-hurt-the-one-you-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:13:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnrhead</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relationships & Marriage]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The song from which I borrowed my title continues: “The one you shouldn’t hurt at all.” Yet it does indeed seem to be nearly universal that we hurt, and are hurt by, those with whom we believe we are “in love.” When we are on the receiving end of the hurt we usually try to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychotherapy and Meditation: Sitting with What Is</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-and-meditation-sitting-with-what-is/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-and-meditation-sitting-with-what-is/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2009 22:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>anneihnen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sitting in meditation means sitting with what is. The challenge, of course, is that a lot of what is doesn’t feel very good: we experience fear, restlessness, grief, anxiety, shame. For many of us, these experiences are enough to send us fleeing from the cushion, convinced that meditation isn’t for us or that we’re doing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychotherapy and the Flywheel of Consciousness</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-consciousness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-consciousness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2009 22:02:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnrhead</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Therapy News]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1896</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many machines with rotating parts contain flywheels. Almost all automobile engines have them. A flywheel is a heavy wheel which rotates when the machine of which it is a part is running. Because it is heavy the flywheel absorbs surges of energy, thereby causing the machine to run more smoothly. The flywheel also stores kinetic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rising Trends: Clergy Seek Psychotherapy</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/clergy-seek-psychotherapy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/clergy-seek-psychotherapy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 17:12:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A GoodTherapy.org News Update While there is no “typical” psychotherapy patient or lifestyle that automatically suggests a need for psychotherapy, there are certainly some fields of work and walks of life which, being subject to especially high or enduring levels of stress, commonly benefit from a positive counselor relationship. One such profession is that of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Ego, A Story Teller</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-ego/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-ego/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jan 2009 06:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahjenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“In nature we never see anything isolated, but everything in connection with something else which is before it, beside it, under it and over it.” -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Within each of us survive volumes of stories, an ever-expansive library of sorts that holds the perceptions about people, events, and experiences in our lives. Each [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing How You Know</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/knowing-how-you-know/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/knowing-how-you-know/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:22:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahjenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Specific Issues Treated & Changes Made]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you’ll discover will be wonderful. What you’ll discover is yourself.” – Alan Alda I got on the plane, bags in tow. Convinced that I needed everything I had packed, my attire reflected the “business like” image I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready, Steady, Play!</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/play-for-adults/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/play-for-adults/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 06:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sarahjenkins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Being & Doing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healing from The Inside Out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Relating to Self and Others]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=1121</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.” &#8211; C.S. Lewis After my childhood, then teenage years, my musings and passion for creative writing “grew up,” succumbing to the norms that college and graduate school required. My journals, having unceremoniously [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Solitude and Surrender</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/solitude-and-surrender/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/solitude-and-surrender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 05:31:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnrhead</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=769</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have been reading about solitude and writing about surrender. They seem to go together and have much to say about the spiritual dimension of psychotherapy. Solitude is usually defined as a period of time away from the company of other humans. However within that definition there is a great deal of variation in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>As Natural as Breathing</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/natural-breathing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/natural-breathing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 07:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnrhead</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=537</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For a long time I have experimented with various visualizations with regard to breathing. Usually these involve visualizing something associated with inhalation, such as peace, and something else associated with exhalation, such as joy. For the past few months I have settled on the concept/image of grace on inhalation, and love on exhalation. I have [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Art of Soul Transformation: Self-Psychology and Creativity</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-art-of-soul-transformation-self-psychology-and-creativity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/the-art-of-soul-transformation-self-psychology-and-creativity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 05:12:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>SilviaBehrend</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Art & Practice of Psychotherapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy: Models & Methods]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Self Psychology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.goodtherapy.org/custom/blog/?p=493</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So many of us understand counseling to be an art, a marriage of knowledge and a certain ability to use that knowledge elegantly, incorporating intuition and spirituality. In my experience as a minister offering counseling and as a chaplain in a hospital, I have found that there is another dimension to the “art” of counseling: [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Psychotherapy, Intimacy, and the Sacred</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-intimacy-and-the-sacred/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/psychotherapy-intimacy-and-the-sacred/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:31:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>johnrhead</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Psychotherapy & Spirituality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Intimacy refers to being seen or known. One can be seen or known by oneself, by another being (human or otherwise) or by God. Individual psychotherapy usually focuses on knowing oneself better, which is to say becoming more intimate with one’s self. The usual term for this process is “insight.” Group psychotherapy addresses being better [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Original Sin and Infallibility:  A Psychological Evaluation and Therapeutic Perspective</title>
		<link>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/original-sin-and-infallibility-a-psychological-evaluation-and-therapeutic-perspective/</link>
		<comments>http://www.goodtherapy.org/blog/original-sin-and-infallibility-a-psychological-evaluation-and-therapeutic-perspective/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 06:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up as a Catholic child and teenager in Germany some sixty years ago I learned about original sin.  I was told that I and every other human being inherited the mark of original sin from Adam and Eve because of their disobedience to God’s command not to eat from the tree of the knowledge [...]]]></description>
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