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		<title>When Feeling Like a Victim Hurts More than Helps</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you no doubt know, bad things happen to good people from time to time. There’s no rhyme or reason for it and it’s not particularly fair, but such things do happen. Sometimes these events are quite awful such as serious traumas or illnesses. And when these things happen out of the blue, people often [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When a Loved One Has Anxiety: Acceptance Goes a Long Way</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When people you care about or love have problems with anxiety, the most natural thing in the world is to help. You may find yourself wanting to reassure them that everything will be OK. That sounds good, but in other blogs, we’ve discussed how reassurance can boomerang and easily make things worse. No doubt, we’ll [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grieving About Books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today is quiet. The southern Rockies that I see out my windows are dusted with snow and the sun peeks in and out between broken clouds. The wind is picking up and the temperature is below 50—it’s a pretty typical winter day. Later as it cools, I think I’ll make a fire. My goals for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Negative Reinforcement: It Isn&#8217;t What you Think It Is</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most lay people, and quite a few professionals for that matter, have an erroneous assumption about what negative reinforcement is all about. Specifically, they believe that negative reinforcement and punishment are essentially the same thing. But they’re not. And you should really know what negative reinforcement is all about because it can affect you and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Take an Optimistic Perspective on Your Pessimism!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No doubt you’ve encountered or even read numerous blogs, articles, and/or books that extoll the virtues of optimism. Some research has shown that optimists tend to have better relationships, happier lives, and greater accomplishments. Some authors suggest that you can never be too optimistic and that, by implication, you should worry if you tend toward [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2012/01/take-an-optimistic-perspective-on-your-pessimism/</link>
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		<title>Fighting Fire with Fire: Rack up as Much Anxiety as You Can!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people, who have more anxiety than they want, work hard to rid themselves of their anxiety. They try relaxation training, meditation, medication, and more, all in a desperate attempt to conquer uncomfortable, distressing feelings. And who can blame them? After all, isn’t that the goal of therapy—to rid yourself of anxiety, uncertainty, doubts, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges in Behavior Therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I’m pretty sure that I came out of the womb as a cognitive behavioral therapist. Well, maybe a behavioral therapist—I guess I wasn’t using language those first few months. But, I’ve always been acutely aware of how rewards, lack of rewards, and thinking all interact and influence feelings and behavior. In my early training, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2012/01/challenges-in-behavior-therapy/</link>
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		<title>Feeling Upset? Check for Distorted Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The way you think about things can affect the way you feel. That’s a basic premise of cognitive therapy. Here’s an example. One morning you get to work and realize that you left your iPad at home. You have these thoughts: “Oh no, I forgot my iPad. I’ll never be able to get any work [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2012/01/feeling-upset-check-for-distorted-thinking/</link>
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		<title>One More Step Before You Decide to Get Treatment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, Laura responded to my blog on Six Reasons for Not Treating Your Anxiety or OCD with one of her own blogs that may have helped you rethink your “treatment interfering beliefs” in a more productive way. If so, you’re ready to move ahead, right? Well, not quite. I think it’s also wise to take [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/anxiety/2012/01/one-more-step-before-you-decide-to-get-treatment/</link>
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		<title>Six Ways to Combat Resistance to Change</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of days ago, Chuck wrote about why some people either believe they can’t get better or decide not to get treatment for their anxiety or OCD. Some readers had other ideas like having no money or not having access to good cognitive behavioral therapy. Here are six ideas for overcoming such obstacles to [...]]]></description>
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