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		<title>Why I do what I do&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now and then people ask me: &#8220;How can you sit there and listen to other people&#8217;s problems day after day?&#8221; Sometimes I get a reminder of why I do what I do. Here&#8217;s one that came in recently via Facebook: Hello from one of your sicker former patients! Life is good in (a state), I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One size of psychotherapy cannot fit all</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jul 2011 00:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My clients are sometimes unsure about exactly what sort of things will happen in psychotherapy and precisely how long it will take. I honestly cannot answer that question for you quickly. We will have to invest some time together because one size of psychotherapy does not fit all. However, here’s The Big Picture about what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We can only be kept in the cages we refuse to see</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 10:36:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>All affect is interior</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Apr 2010 13:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a little passage from Inner Gold, a book Arnie Kotler put together from some lectures by Robert A. Johnson. Arnie is a friend and a former teacher of mine. Robert A. Johnson is a psychoanalyst. I am going to quote the entire passage first so you can read it as one piece and get [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want to succeed? Then you had better fail&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/1046</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<title>7 Steps to Total Health</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/735</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This 7-step framework comes partially from the work of Dr. Steven Ilardi. I have modified it but I use a lot of his ideas. He outlines a 6-step program in his excellent little book The Depression Cure which I highly recommend. Here are a couple of differences in my work and that of Dr. Ilardi. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Trance of Unworthiness- Audio &amp; More</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 21:20:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a short audio reflective exercise that can help you awaken from what Tara Brach calls &#8220;The Trance of Unworthiness.&#8221;  Below the audio link is an excerpt from one of her articles that I found on the internet. And if you want to know a lot more, read her book &#8220;Radical Acceptance.&#8221; Audio Link: http://askdrcliff.com/audio/tranceunworthy.mp3 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Developments in my Practice</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/676</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:29:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Audio Podcast is in development I have been intrigued with the idea of delivering help in a way that is simple, clear, effective, and free. I have created countless CD-roms with lots of different sorts of materials trying to help. I am currently creating a podcast that you will be able to listen to and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where to start? It is an inside job.</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/618</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2009 12:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lot of people who come to my office ask me &#8220;Where should I start?&#8221; As with most questions, the answer is &#8220;That depends&#8221;. The answer depends on where YOU want to go. That&#8217;s right, it is up to you. There is no answer that is always right. There is no authority figure, no book, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Freedom from your suffering is possible</title>
		<link>http://askdrcliff.com/archives/609</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Aug 2009 15:28:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cliff</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[People do not come to my office because of physical or emotional pain- they come see me because they are suffering. I like that old saying &#8216;pain is inevitable, suffering is optional&#8217;. There is a big difference between authentic emotion and human suffering. Suffering is a fact of the human condition. However, it is not [...]]]></description>
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