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		<title>New Tool for Depression - Focus on Positive Future Expectations</title>
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		<dc:creator>John Schinnerer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For years, I&#8217;ve been teaching clients simple frameworks to manage the emotional mind. These frameworks have to be accessible within 1/3rd of a second, before the emotional mind hijacks the rational mind.
A powerful example of this is the framework developed by Phillip Zimbardo at Stanford regarding time perspectives and valence, which is a fancy way [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Depressed Men Often Trade Places with Spouse Per New Study</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 21:58:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schinnerer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[From ScienceDaily.com&#8230;

&#8216;Trading Places&#8217; Most Common Pattern for Couples Dealing With Male Depression
ScienceDaily (Oct. 21, 2011) — University of British Columbia researchers have identified three major patterns that emerge among couples dealing with male depression. These can be described as &#8220;trading places,&#8221; &#8220;business as usual&#8221; and &#8220;edgy tensions.&#8221;
Published in the Social Science &#38; Medicine journal and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Through Divorce? Learn Self-Compassion for Best Outcome</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Sep 2011 22:03:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As an individual who is currently going through divorce, I know firsthand the emotional distress that divorcees experience. Divorce brings up feelings of loss, sadness, anger, jealousy, grief, guilt, shame, embarrassment, and anxiety (to name but a few!).

All of these are normal feelings for one muddling through a divorce. While I have struggled at times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mental Illness Will Hit 1 Out of 2 Adults in U.S. - Anxiety Not Well Tracked</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 21:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Schinnerer</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I have spent nearly a lifetime trying to understand, manage and fix the human mind. The mind fascinates, torments, inspires, belittles, loves, and elevates. So it was with great interest that I read that the CDC came out with a new report on mental illness, including anxiety and depression.

The Center for Disease Control just released [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Less Criminal Activity and Drug Use in Happy Teenagers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 17:37:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my private practice, I see a number of angry teenage boys. Intuitively, I knew that teaching them to turn down the volume on negative emotions such as anger, anxiety and depression, WHILE teaching them to turn UP the volume on positive emotions would have a powerful impact on their lives. The results in my practice have [...]]]></description>
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