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Passionate Marriage (in 6 Simple Steps)

Couples’ lit spotlight: Passionate Marriage: Keeping Love and Intimacy Alive in Committed Relationships, by sex/relationship therapist, David Schnarch. The book samples actual sex therapy sessions to make its case. Don’t care to read 400 pages about how differentiation? Try the six-point plan linked from Schnarch’s website, posted here minus the explanations: Operate from the Best in Yourself. Sustain […]

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Stopping Pain Without Drugs

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Here’s a quick interview with Dr. Vijay Vad, author of “Stop Pain.” He suggests exercise for chronic pain. Not quite on the stress illness bandwagon, but in its neighborhood: I have seen a big explosion in chronic back pain and arthritis, and what I realized is that people have very limited self-help options. In the

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Stress Illness Symptoms

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Sometimes chronic pain and illness, wrestled with over months and years, are finally found to be rooted in stress and tension. For some, just considering that idea can help bring relief. Here’s Dr. David Clarke’s list of common stress-related symptoms, taken from his book, They Can’t Find Anything Wrong!: 7 Keys to Understanding, Treating, and

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Therapy Books

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A reader poll at Where the Client Is came up with the “best-ever therapy books” for therapists and for everyone. Both list-toppers, I think, make good “everybody” titles. They are: Man’s Search for Meaning, by Victor Frankl The Gift of Therapy, by Irvin Yalom Both worth the time.

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Cut Off from the Neck Down

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A big excerpt from Daniel Siegel’s “Mindsight” is up at wheretheclientis.com. Dr. Siegel is a prolific brain science-meets therapy-meets mindfulness writer, based at UCLA. PR says: • Is there a memory that torments you, or an irrational fear you can’ t shake? • Do you sometimes become unreasonably angry or upset and find it hard

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Therapists’ Favorite Therapy Books

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A still-growing list from Where the Client Is collects therapy books recommended by therapists in two categories–for therapists and for everyone. Here are both: For Therapists Shouldn’t I Be Feeling Better Now? Yvonne Bates Cognitive Therapy: Basics and Beyond, Judith Beck A CBT Practitioners Guide to ACT, Joseph Ciarrochi & Ann Bailey Resolving Sexual Abuse,

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Wherever You Go, There You Are

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A strong recommendation for clinicians and clients, Jon Kabat-Zinn’s Wherever You Go, There You Are. This is Mindfulness 101, helping you focus on each moment, on the here-and-now. Good for sessions, good for stress, good for overall mental health.

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