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	<title>The Toolbox at LisaKiftTherapy.com &#187; Therapy Process</title>
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		<title>Inner Child Work in Individual Therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 17:26:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Individual psychotherapy can provide a powerful medium to do the deeper work required to help people who are stuck in the past.  &#8220;Inner child work&#8221; is one avenue for this where the therapist gently guides the client to their emotional experience during the time period of the primary wounding, childhood for many people.  When emotional [...]


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		<title>The Therapist Couch: Do People Really Lie on It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perched on the edge of the couch in my office, a recent client asked me tentatively, &#8220;Do people really lie on the couch?&#8221;  His question reminded me of one of the cliches of psychotherapy &#8211; the image of a bespeckled older male psychiatrist,  sitting out of view of his patient who is laying on the [...]


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		<title>Choosing a Marriage Counselor</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The following is the introduction to a recent article I wrote for www.family-marriage-counseling.com - a site where many of my articles are featured&#8230;.follow the link at the bottom to read the entire article&#8230;

If your marriage is in trouble – or if you’re simply looking for more effective ways to communicate with your spouse – marriage [...]


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		<title>Difference Between Therapy and Counseling?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 19:13:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The term &#8220;therapy&#8221; is short for &#8220;psychotherapy&#8221; so let&#8217;s start with that definition. According to one dictionary, &#8220;psychotherapy&#8221; means&#8230;&#8221;The treatment of mental and emotional disorders through the use of psychological techniques designed to encourage communication of conflicts and insight into problems, with the goal being relief of symptoms, changes in behavior leading to improved social [...]


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		<title>Has Your Therapist Had Therapy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of aspects to finding an individual or relationship therapist. Everyone has a different priority list ranging from cost, location, education, gender and more. What about whether the therapist has done any of his/her own therapy work?  Some graduate schools require their students have a certain number of therapy hours as a [...]


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		<title>When are you &#8220;Done&#8221; in Individual Therapy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How do you know when you&#8217;re done with the therapy process?
Therapists have different ideas about therapy &#8211; whether they strictly adhere to goals related to the presenting problem &#8211; or they take a more more flexible position where there is room for an ebb and flow of the process. I happen to fall more on [...]


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		<title>When is it Time to Try Individual Therapy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Brookes Kift, MFT</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you pondering the possibility of professional help for your mental health concern? To be clear, when I say &#8220;mental health&#8221; I&#8217;m referring to a myriad of possible problems people have including struggles with depression, anxiety, stress, anger and the like &#8211; including issues around blocks to personal growth and awareness. Clearly, &#8220;mental health&#8221; problems [...]


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