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	<description>Looking at life through the prism of psychology, philosophy, mental health and more. Created by counsellor, psychotherapist and philosopher Dr Greg Mulhauser, with contributions by person-centred counsellor and psychotherapist Sarah Luczaj.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
	
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		<title>Do You Know the Prescription for Unhealthy Relationships?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:39:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you involved with an abusive, controlling or manipulative partner? A new series of face to face workshops built around the work of our Consulting Clinical Psychologist Dr Joseph M Carver aims to help.]]></description>
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		<title>Someone in Your Life Probably Has a Personality Disorder</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/04/16/someone-personality-disorder/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 11:26:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[It might be your spouse, your parent, your co-worker...even your child. Chances are, someone with a significant role in your life has a personality disorder.  Dr Carver&#8217;s new guide to personality disorders in relationships puts the reality in plain English; more than just a list of diagnostic criteria, this explanation describes what it&#8217;s really like and offers tips for victims.]]></description>
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		<title>Popular Blog Contributor Taking Some Time Off</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/04/15/contributor-time-off/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 16:17:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Our popular blog contributor Sarah Luczaj is taking a few weeks away from writing following a bereavement. Our thoughts and hearts are with her and her family, and we wish her all the best.]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All the Same&#8230;Only Different</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/04/14/all-same-only-different/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2008 18:18:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Dr Greg Mulhauser, Managing Editor</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[technology]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been awhile since our last major overhaul of the site&#8217;s layout and underlying technology, but at last it&#8217;s done! Yep, all the same content is still here, and all the same people &#8212; we just have a different look.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Just Thinking&#8221;: Escaping the Positive and the Negative</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/04/09/thinking-meditation-ocd-cbt/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/04/09/thinking-meditation-ocd-cbt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Apr 2008 11:40:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luczaj</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[breathing]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In the previous post, I had a bit of a vent against both "positive thinking" and "negative thinking". Is the answer not to think at all? Not according to the most helpful way of living with the power of thinking that I have ever come across.]]></description>
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		<title>Positive Affirmations for Breakfast?</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/04/08/positive-affirmations-relaxation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 09:05:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luczaj</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[Applying Psychology]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[control]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[relaxation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The "Motiwake Personal Development Alarm Clock" awakens you with positive affirmations to programme you for the day. Many people use their own "Demotiwake Personal Alarm Clocks" instead. Isn't it a better idea just to drop the programmes and relax?]]></description>
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		<title>Provocative Therapy: Kill or Cure!</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/04/07/provocative-therapy-farrelly/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/04/07/provocative-therapy-farrelly/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:59:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luczaj</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[In Practice]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[empathy]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Provocative Therapy turns all accepted wisdom about therapy on its head. Here is a therapy in which the therapist makes fun of the client's problems, blows them up out of all proportion and suggests crazy and surreal solutions seemingly off the top of their heads. So why does it seem to be effective?]]></description>
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		<title>Compassion Meditation Changes the Brain</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/03/28/compassion-meditation-brain-science-buddhism/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/03/28/compassion-meditation-brain-science-buddhism/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Mar 2008 16:04:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luczaj</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[awareness]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[brain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Compassion meditation produces physical effects in the brain, "proving" in terms of Western science that an Eastern spiritual practice "works". Are compassion and empathy skills which can be developed through meditation, or is this missing the point of a spiritual experience?]]></description>
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		<title>Musings on Control</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/03/26/control-frankl-buddhism-meaning/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/03/26/control-frankl-buddhism-meaning/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 11:58:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luczaj</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[death]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[What does it mean to be in control of our lives? Is it at all possible, or desirable? Is it a better idea to try and let go of our need to control, or to find a way to exert influence at least over the meaning of our lives when bad times hit?]]></description>
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		<title>Abuse and Silence: Male, Female, and Family Perspectives</title>
		<link>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/03/20/sexual-abuse-male-hellinger/</link>
		<comments>http://counsellingresource.com/features/2008/03/20/sexual-abuse-male-hellinger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 13:27:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sarah Luczaj</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Anxiety and Stress]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Depression and Bipolar]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[abuse]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[sexuality]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Men can also be victims of sexual abuse and rape. Maybe they silence themselves and their experiences even more. What can be done with the trauma and shame which so many people carry around in secret?]]></description>
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