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11 Therapies To Help Deal With Loss

World of Psychology | Posted 11.11.2009 | Living

Read More: Therapy, Loneliness, Depression, Grief, Health, Death and Dying, Mourning, Coping, Loss, Love, Sadness, Death, Grieving, Living News

When you do something to relieve your feelings and to give yourself a sense of achievement, you are accomplishing your journey through bereavement....

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Hunting as a Means of Therapy

Reedu Taha | Posted 11.10.2009 | Impact

Read More: Iraq War, Therapy, USA Today, Volunteering, Hunting, Animal Shelters, Big Sister, Big Brother, Impact News
Reedu Taha

"Who would have thought that an article about hunting could bring soldiers and animals in need, together," said Jennifer Panton, President of United Action for Animals.

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Patients Coping With Cancer And ADHD Turn To Yoga

ABC News | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Depression, Therapy, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, Asthma, Psychology, Attention Deficit Disorder, Cancer, Benefits of Yoga, Sleep Disorders, Living News

In this first monthly segment, we look at the increasing body of research into the effects of yoga in a variety of conditions such as cancer, asthma, ...

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Think It's Over Once You're 60? Check Out The Purpose Prize

Julia Moulden | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Philanthropy, Therapy, Purpose Prize, Charity, Child Soldiers, War, The Giving Life, 9/11, New Radicals, Psychology, Uganda, September 11th, Julia Moulden, Peter-C-Alderman-Foundation, Living News
Julia Moulden

This is the true story of a couple of ordinary Americans who thought, once they turned 60, that life would be uneventful. Instead, they've just won a prestigious award that honours their world-changing work.

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Dreamwork As A Healing Path Through Grief And Loss

intent.com | Julie Lange | Posted 10.26.2009 | Living

Read More: Dream Interpretation, Therapy, Psychology, Dreams, The Inner Life, Dreaming, Grief, Grieving, Living News

Within a few weeks of my teenage son Justin's death in 1993, I realized I was in over my head and called a psychologist who had been recommended by a ...

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A Poetry Book Remembers the '07 Shooting at Virginia Tech

John Lundberg | Posted 10.24.2009 | Living

Read More: School Shooting, Therapy, Grief, Death & Dying, T.S. Eliot Prize, Death and Dying, Virginia Tech Shooting, Virginia Tech, The Inner Life, Fred D'Aguiar, Poetry, John Lundberg, Living News
John Lundberg

The centerpiece of Fred D'Aguiar's new collection of poetry, Continental Shelf, "Elegies" remembers those victims of the shooting at Virginia Tech, where D'Aguiar continues to teach.

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Trauma And The Benefits Of Writing About It

Psychology Today | Posted 10.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Stress, Therapy, Trauma, Health, Writing, Narrative, Psychology, Ptsd, Writing Therapy, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Living News

Research by my colleague Jamie Pennebaker and his colleagues suggests that one of the best therapies for this kind of psychological trauma is also one...

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Psychology Holy Wars

Dr. John Grohol | Posted 10.05.2009 | Living

Read More: Psychotherapy, Therapy, Psychology, Psychologist, Graduate, Training, Medical Research, Clincal Work, Health Insurance, Finding a Therapist, Health Care, Finding a Pyschologist, Living News
Dr. John Grohol

Let's say you're in the minority of people who actually seek out the help of a mental health professional. Who do you turn to?

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Mighty Movie Podcast: The Script That Kills: Austin Peck on The Blue Tooth Virgin

Dan Persons | Posted 10.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: La, Film Industry, Emotion, Trilogy of Terror, Script Doctor, Drama, Jealousy, Controversy, Hollywood, Days of Our Lives, Austin Peck, Los Angeles, Indie, Karen Black, Success, Comedy, Creativity, Roma Maffia, Acting Legend, Off Beat, Satire, Soap Operas, Writing, Tom Gilroy, As the World Turns, Daytime Television, Art, Amber Benson, Therapy, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

A TV writer tries his hand at a feature film. His friend reads the script, thinks it's an ungodly mess of muddled symbolism and Freud 101 anxieties. "Be honest," the writer says.

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Travel as Therapy, Pt 1: 10 Ways to Heal the Soul & Expand the Mind

Dr. Alex Benzer | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living

Read More: Suspend Judgment, Local Custom, Alex Benzer, Therapy, Tao Te Ching, Tibetan Buddhism, Warsaw, Lithuania, Mind Expansion, Travel Therapy, Travel, Healing, Lao Tzu, Tolerance, Tulku Lama Lobsang, Living News
Dr. Alex Benzer

Remember, you're only traveling because you've got time on your hands. So relax, take a look around you, and know that what you call a problem now will be a funny story later.

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Even the Losers Get Lucky Sometimes

Lita Smith-Mines | Posted 09.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Attorneys, Stress, Foreclosure Crisis, Therapy, Housing Prices, Housing Market, Homeless, Mortgage Crisis, Homeowners, Real Estate, Housing Slump, Home Foreclosures, Living News
Lita Smith-Mines

A former client sadly related that her home is "worth less than $600,000 and we owe close to $800,000. I can't sleep. I can't eat. I can't believe what I've lost."

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Rural mental-health funding doubtful, even as farm stress worsens

CO. Independent | CO Independent | Posted 11.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Colorado, Farming, Rural America, Depression, Therapy, Tom Harkin, Suicide, Home News

As stress in the farming sector rises across Colorado and nationwide, some mental health professionals are hoping the federal government will s...

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Practical Therapy for Soldiers' Depression

Thomas Scheff | Posted 09.21.2009 | Living

Read More: Lists, Therapy, Depression, Soldiers, Ethiopia, Mental Health, Boy Scouts, New York Times, Time Magazine, Living News
Thomas Scheff

Soldiers, especially male soldiers in or anticipating combat, need time and the confidence to cry, resolve their fears, acknowledge their shame, and deal with their other emotions.

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Mass Therapy for Depressed Soldiers

Thomas Scheff | Posted 09.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Depression, Therapy, US Soldiers, Politics News
Thomas Scheff

My research proposes two basic causes of depression: Hidden emotions, and no secure bond with another person. These ideas lead to a practical therapy for depression that might be effective for the Army.

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Hold That Email!

Michael Sigman | Posted 09.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Email, Ron Artest, Sports Illustrated, Therapy, Lakers, Pema Chodron, Buddhism, Anger, Kobe Bryant, Outrage, Email Etiquette, Indignation, Living News
Michael Sigman

We have a transformative opportunity in moments when our rage impels us to lash out in retaliation.

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TIME Article on Eco-Therapy

Linda Buzzell | Posted 08.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Stress, Depression, Environment, Psychology, Ecopsychology, Ecotherapy, Eco-Therapy, Anxiety, Therapy, Nature, Green News
Linda Buzzell

It's tremendously encouraging to find renewed interest in the relationship between the human mind and the rest of nature.

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Ask Maddisen - How To Enjoy The Wisdom Of Your Inner Child

Maddisen K. Krown | Posted 08.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Ask Maddisen, Psychology, Therapy, Wisdom, Inner Child, Living News
Maddisen K. Krown

Speaking aloud in a loving voice, say "hi" to your inner child and let him know that you'd like to have a talk. Be still.

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Self-Care = Earth Care

Avital Binshtock | Posted 08.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Bpa, Depression, Green, Fat, Earth, Psychology, Obesity, Diet, Medications, Planet, Overeating, Organic, Wellness, Self-Care, Organic Food, Health, Environment, Plastic, Food, Bisphenol A, Therapy, Pollution, Antidepressants, Green News
Avital Binshtock

What's good for our bodies is good for the planet -- and what's bad for the earth is bad for our health.

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Stop Positive Thinking, Study Says

TIME | John Cloud | Posted 08.09.2009 | Living

Read More: Self-Help Books, Psychotherapy, Self Help, Therapy, Positive Thinking, Positive Affirmations, Negative Thinking, Living News

In the past 50 years, people with mental problems have spent untold millions of hours in therapists' offices, and millions more reading self-help book...

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Saving Marriages Strained By The Recession

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Harnett | Posted 08.07.2009 | Living

Read More: Counseling, Marriage, Community Service, Therapy, Unemployment, All for Good, New Jersey, Divorce, Volunteering, Service, Volunteer, Layoff, Foreclosure, Recession, The Giving Life, Good Deeds, Living News

Jobs have been lost and homes have been lost, but if Dr. Alan Singer can help it marriages will not be lost to this recession. Singer is a family t...

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Ecotherapy: Slowing Down to Nature's Pace

Linda Buzzell | Posted 07.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Green, Environment, Therapy, Green Living, Outdoors, Ecotherapy, Nature, Living News
Linda Buzzell

De-linked from the natural rhythms of our bodies and the rest of the planet, we struggle with diminishing success to adapt to the strange mechanical and disembodied world we have created.

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Jon and Kate: Why Do We Relate?

Lorraine Roe | Posted 06.29.2009 | Living

Read More: Mom, Therapy, Kids, Self-Care, Jon and Kate Plus 8, Jon and Kate Affair, Kate Gosselin, Jon and Kate Gosselin, Tabloids, Jon and Kate, Affairs, Self-Help, Living News
Lorraine Roe

I've watched one of the twins leave her lunch box at home. I've watched an uncomfortable one-on-one play date with a horse. I've watched Kate speak lovingly to her husband. ... Oops, scratch that last one.

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Bitch Happy Blogs: Why We Like to Share Our Shame Online

Victoria Namkung | Posted 05.23.2009 | Media

Read More: Blogs, Therapy, Economic-Misery, Fmylife, Recession, My Very Worst Date, Media News
Victoria Namkung

Misery undoubtedly loves company, but a virtual community is often formed when there's a humorous take on sharing one's shame.

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Where There's a Will There's a Won't

Stephen Mo Hanan | Posted 05.22.2009 | World

Read More: Fundamentalism, International Community, Inherent Goodness, Rush Limbaugh Republicans, Therapy, Zen, Well-Being, George F. Will, Evolution, Paradigm Shift, Bill O'Reilly, Inner Peace, Utopianism, Islamic Republic of Iran, World News
Stephen Mo Hanan

When did viewing the world with a sense of wonder at its marvels and goodwill toward its occupants ever feel unnatural? It's the most natural state on earth.

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Psychotherapy Goes To The Mat

TIME | Alana B. Elias Kornfeld | Posted 05.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Yoga Therapy, Psychotherapy, Yoga, Therapy, Benefits of Psychotherapy, Psychology, Benefits of Yoga, Living News

Talk. Share. Cry. Stretch? Psychotherapy has historically been an exercise of the mind, but in the offices of more and more modern-day mental-health p...

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