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	<title>Dialectical Behavior Therapy Understood</title>
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	<description>Learn about dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and borderline personality disorder from Christy Matta, MA.</description>
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		<title>5 Steps to Change Feelings of Anger</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever been so angry and stuck in spiteful or resentful thoughts that it seemed to take over your life? Painful feelings such as anger, are often associated with worries about negative consequences &#8212; perhaps that an important goal will be blocked or that you will fail, be criticized, hurt or abandoned.  The intensity [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2012/02/5-steps-to-change-feelings-of-anger/</link>
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		<title>Change is Inevitable, Right?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Or is it?  According to one of the central dialectical tenets of DBT, change is the nature of life.  Everything is in a constant state of change. I can accept the idea of constant change and see it in the world all around me.  Seasons change, children grow, friendships strengthen or grow more distant.  We [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2012/02/change-is-inevitable-right/</link>
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		<title>Can Mindfulness Help Breast Cancer Survivors?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Depression can be a factor in the treatment of an array of different health problems.  It has an impact on the treatment of heart disease, diabetes and stroke.  Depression may not be the cause of these diseases, but it often co-occurs with them and can influence whether patients follow through on treatment recommendations. Mindfulness Based [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2012/01/can-mindfulness-help-breast-cancer-survivors/</link>
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		<title>DBT Diary Cards: There’s An App For That</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Changing problem behaviors requires that you understand and investigate what is happening when the behavior occurs.  When you discuss problems in therapy, it’s critical to know if you are sad when you have the urge to self-injure or feeling threatened when you take a drink.  Information about how you think and feel when you are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2012/01/dbt-diary-cards-there%e2%80%99s-an-app-for-that/</link>
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		<title>Are You on Your Priority List?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What does your to-do list look like?  Is it filled with household chores and work obligations?  Is much of your time spent taking care of the needs of others—children, a partner, elderly parents?  Are you someone who says ‘yes’ to helping out with the PTO fundraiser, putting together that extra presentation at work or organizing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2012/01/are-you-on-your-priority-list/</link>
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		<title>Eating, Motivation, Thinking, Emotion and Your Body Language</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It’s the time of year where many think about making changes, renewing efforts to improve our lives and resolving to feel better this year.  It’s also a time of reflection.  Reflecting on the past year, where we’ve been, what obstacles we’ve overcome and which we still struggle with. As I considered the past year, I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2012/01/eating-motivation-thinking-emotion-and-your-body-language/</link>
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		<title>Are You an Anxious Traveler?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you grip the arm rest during take off and landing when flying, break into a cold sweat at the thought of a long car ride or avoid trips and vacations that involve any sort of travel? I am an anxious flyer.  I don’t avoid trips, but I think twice before booking one.  I have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2011/12/are-you-an-anxious-traveler/</link>
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		<title>Holiday Family Drama? How Do You Cope?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We all have a holiday story: Uncle Joe who drinks too much and tells offensive jokes at dinner; old sibling rivalries revived; our own sudden reversion to childhood behaviors the second we walk in through the front door. We might love the holidays, but find ourselves trapped in a recurrent family drama year after year.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2011/12/holiday-family-drama-how-do-you-cope/</link>
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		<title>Gifts That Don’t Cost Money</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Walk into any store or watch advertisements on TV and you might think that the only road to giving this season is through a diamond necklace, a new electronic gadget or a plastic toy. But greater happiness is not closely correlated with getting things.  It’s our experiences that increase our happiness over time.  And many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2011/12/gifts-that-don%e2%80%99t-cost-money/</link>
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		<title>How to Handle Your Own Mistakes, Errors and Wrong-Doings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is a time of year when we hear a lot about peace and forgiveness.  These are important values and vital to our ability to function in society, in our communities and with those we care about the most.  But often it is very hard to admit wrong-doing and ask for forgiveness, when we have [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://blogs.psychcentral.com/dbt/2011/12/how-to-handle-your-own-mistakes-errors-and-wrong-doing/</link>
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