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		<title>IMAGERY</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:03:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Imagery is a popular relaxation technique. A therapist, or even a friend, can guide you through it (guided imagery) or you can guide yourself through it with your own imagination (self-guided imagery). It involves closing your eyes and usually imagining that you are somewhere peaceful.  More than one sense is typically involved and sometimes all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Would You Give Heroine to an Addict?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Note:  This post is quite different from my typical posts and was inspired by the media coverage on Whitney Houston&#8217;s death. As a specialist in anxiety, I am all too familiar with Xanax, one of the prescription drugs that Whitney was prescribed.  Xanax is a benzodiazepine,  a class of drugs known to be highly addictive.  Xanax [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolution &#8211; Part 3 of 3 &#8211; Sticking to It!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:01:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t Fall Prey to The Abstinence Violation Effect (AVE) AVE is when you make a slip and then completely abandon a goal. So for instance, you quit smoking having puffed your last fag at 11:58 on New Year’s Eve and manage to keep from smoking until February 10th. On that date, you go out with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolution &#8211; Part 2 of 3.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 20:15:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[HOW TO KEEP YOUR RESOLUTION: Self-Monitor Studies show that we are much more likely to meet goals if we monitor them. This helps to hold you accountable and each time you meet the goal and write it out it can be reinforcing. I suggest something very simple, like writing in your calendar YES or NO. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Year’s Resolution &#8211; Part 1 of 3</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 17:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[RESOLUTION FACTS How many New Year’s Resolutions have you made over the years? How many have you kept? Over 85% of people make a resolution. By February 1st about 30% of people have already ditched the commitment, by July 1st 80% have given up, and only about 6% keep their resolution to the end of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Make a WISH!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 04:02:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Make a Wish Foundation is a fantastic charity that grants last wishes to terminally ill children. Now Thru 12/18, I will be donation more than 1/2 of my profits to The Make a Wish Foundation. I will automatically donate $4 for any paperback book sold thru 12/18. If you purchase a kindle, nook, or general [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catching Zzzz&#8217;s: Medication vs. Behaviors</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[10 Facts: 1. Medication is more effective than behavioral strategies for about two weeks. 2. Stimulus control, progressive muscle relaxation, and other behavioral strategies are more effective than medication in the long run. These methods may start to work in a couple of days, but take about two weeks to reach their maximum effectiveness. 3. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Sleep Advice</title>
		<link>http://www.anxietystlouispsychologist.com/2011/11/167/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:32:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In general, use your bed for sleep and only for sleep (except sexual activity). Do not balance your checkbook, watch movies, or have conversations in your bed. Don&#8217;t go to bed until you are sleepy. If you find yourself worrying about not being able to sleep, can tell that you won&#8217;t fall asleep soon, or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Address Your Worries Before Bed</title>
		<link>http://www.anxietystlouispsychologist.com/2011/10/address-your-worries-before-bed/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:43:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Given that we feel more vulnerable, and therefore more anxious, about our worries after tucked into bed (see previous post) consider addressing the issues you are likely to worry about while you are still up and about. Around 30 min to 2 hours before you go to bed make two columns on a sheet. Under [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vulnerability, Worry, and Sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If worrying keeps you awake at night, it’s pretty likely that you have experienced a phenomenon in which your worries seem more manageable by the light of day. Why is this? Consider this: when you are lying in bed at night you are 1) lying down, 2) it’s dark, 3) you are wearing less clothing, [...]]]></description>
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